1. ZPL II, ZBI 2, Set-Get-Do, Mirror, WML Programming Guide
  2. ZPL II, ZBI 2, Set-Get-Do, Mirror, WML Programming Guide
  3. ZPL Commands
  4. ^A
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^A

^A

The
^A
 command specifies the font to use in a text field.
^A
 designates the font for the current
^FD
 statement or field. The font specified by
^A
 is used only once for that
^FD
 entry. If a value for
^A
 is not specified again, the default
^CF
 font is used for the next
^FD
 entry.

Scalable/Bitmapped Font

Format:
 ^Afo,h,w
Parameter
Details
f =
 font name
Values:
A
 through
Z
, and
0
 to
9
Any font in the printer (downloaded, EPROM, stored fonts, fonts
A
 through
Z
 and
0
 to
9
).
Parameter
f
 is required. If
f
 is omitted it defaults to the last value of the
^CF
 command.
o =
 field orientation
Values:
N =
 normal
R =
 rotated 90 degrees (clockwise)
I =
 inverted 180 degrees
B =
 read from bottom up, 270 degrees
Default:
 the last accepted
^FW
 value or the
^FW
 default
h =
 Character Height (in dots)
Scalable
Values:
10
 to
32000
Default:
 last accepted
^CF
Bitmapped
Values:
 multiples of height from
1
 to
10
 times the standard height, in increments of 1
Default:
 last accepted
^CF
w =
 width (in dots)
Scalable
Values:
10
 to
32000
Default:
 last accepted
^CF
Bitmapped
Values:
 multiples of width from
1
 to
10
 times the standard width, in increments of 1
Default:
 last accepted
^CF

Scalable Font Command

Example:
 This is an example of a scalable font command:

Bitmap Font Command

Example:
 This is an example of a bitmap font command:
Comments:
Fonts are built using a matrix that defines standard height-to-width ratios. If you specify only the height or width value, the standard matrix for that font automatically determines the other value. If the value is not given or a 0 (zero) is entered, the height or width is determined by the standard font matrix.
This command interacts with the justification parameters of
^FO
 and
^FT
 and with the field direction parameter of
^FP
. For output and examples, see Field Interactions.