AXIS 570/670 User’s Manual Appendix G: IPDS Fonts 253IBM Mainframe IBM AS/400Typographical FontsThis section deals with font width selections for typographical(proportional pitch) fonts.Note that when an unsupported typographical font (FGID range 512 -65534) is selected, the resulting font will be a fixed pitch (see the table onthe previous page), and the selected font width value will be ignored.Default FontWidthWhen the default font width is selected, the AXIS 570/670 will set a fontwidth in one of the following ways depending on the selected IBMprinter emulation:IBM 4028 The font width is set to 67 (corresponding to a 10 point font).IBM 3812/3816 The font width is set to the smallest available value for the selected FGIDaccording to the font list in Supported Resident Fonts, on page 242. ForFGID 16951 (Century Schoolbook), the resulting font width is 102 (12points), and for FGID 5687 (Times Roman), the resulting font width is40 (6 points).Scalable Fonts If the selected font width (point size) is not available for the selectedFGID, the AXIS 570/670 will set a point size in one of the following waysdepending on the font:Times Roman,Helveticaand CenturySchoolbookThe font width value is converted to a point size used to dynamically scalethe selected font. This means that you have a completely free choice ofpoint sizes (only limited by the host application) when printing with thesefonts.Any othertypographical fontThe nearest smaller available font width for the selected FGID will beused. If a smaller font width isn’t available, the nearest larger font widthwill be used.
