Font characteristics

The following table shows the Lexmark 644 escape sequence for typeface characteristics. The sequences must be XML-compatible, as described in Encoding PCL sequences .

Characteristic

Escape sequence, (# is a placeholder)

Example

Meaning

Font spacing, either fixed or proportional

<ESC/>(s#P
<ESC/>(s1P

Proportional spacing

Type face (font family)

<ESC/>(s#T
<ESC/>(s4099T

Courier typeface

Characters per inch, used with monospace fonts

<ESC/>(s#H
<ESC/>(s<var name= 
"fontPitch"/>H

The variable is replaced to reflect the font size in the form.

Character height, used with variable-width fonts

<ESC/>(s#V
<ESC/>(s<var name = "fontSize"/>V

The variable is replaced to reflect the font size in the form.

Font style

<ESC/>(s#S
<ESC/>(s0S

Upright style

Stroke weight

<ESC/>(s#B
<ESC/>(s3B

Bold

Type face (font family)

<ESC/>(s#T
<ESC/>(s4099T

Courier typeface

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