SB - Scalable or bitmap fonts ; ES - Extra space ; TD - Transparent data - Page 206

CHAPTER 4 HP-GL/2 - 50 

10 ' -Character Slant- 
20 WIDTH "LPT1:", 255 
30 LPRINT CHR$(27); "E"; 
40 LPRINT CHR$(27; "%0B"; 
50 LPRINT "IN;SP1;"; 
60 LPRINT "SD1,21,2,1,4,25,5,0,6,0,7,5;SI0.7,1;" 
70 LPRINT "PA1000,1000;DT#,1;SL0.36,LBPrinter#" 
80 LPRINT "PA1000,300;SL-0.36;LBPrinter#" 
90 LPRINT CHR$(27); "%0A"; 
100 LPRINT CHR$(27); "E"; 
110 END 

<Sample 59> 

SB - Scalable or bitmap fonts 

SB [ 

n

 ] [;] 

n

 : font category selection 



This command enables you to restrict the range of selectable fonts to scalable fonts and the stick font only. 



n

 can be 0 or 1.    If 

n

 = 0 you may only select scalable fonts (or the stick font).    If 

n

 = 1 you may select any 

type of font. 



An SB command can alter the current standard and alternate font selections. 



Setting 

n

 to 1 allows the selection of    bitmapped fonts and has the following side-effects: 



Bitmap characters cannot be edged. 



Bitmap characters can only be printed in orientations of 0º, 90º, 180º or 270º. 



The SL (character slant) command is not applied to bitmap fonts. 



Bitmap font character sizes are approximate only. 



The DF and IN commands set n to 0, - only scalable fonts and the stick fonts may be selected. 



The FI and FN commands implicitly set n to 1 if you use either of them to select a bitmap font. 



If you omit n from the command,    only scalable fonts and the stick font may be selected.    This is 
equivalent to an SB0; command. 



The default setting is scalable fonts and stick font only. 

ES - Extra space 

ES [ 

width

 [,

height

]] [;] 

width

 : factor by which character spacing is changed. 

height

 : factor by which line spacing is changed 



This command enables you to adjust the space between label characters and lines. 



width specifies the factor by which to increase or decrease the character spacing.    Positive numbers specify 
an increase and negative numbers a decrease. 



height specifies the factor by which to increase or decrease the line spacing.    Positive numbers specify an 
increase and negative numbers a decrease. 



If you use the command without parameters, no extra space is used when labels are printed.    This is 
equivalent to ES0,0; 



An ES command remains in effect until another ES command is executed,    a DF or IN command is 
executed or the printer is reset,    either with the EscE command or from the control panel. 

TD - Transparent data 

TD [ 

mode

 ] [;] 

mode

 : normal or transparent data mode. 



This command enables you to specify whether control characters should perform their normal function or 
should be printed.