HP 5961-0509 manual Orientation UB, Left Offset SI, Top Offset SI, 11-56Soft Font Creation

Orientation (UB)

Orientation byte specifies the orientation of the character. The orientation of the character must match the orientation of the font.

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Value Orientation

0Portrait

1Landscape

2Reverse portrait

3Reverse landscape

If the orientation is not supported or is different from the orientation specified in the font header, the character is discarded.

Left Offset (SI)

Left offset specifies the distance in dots from the reference point to the left side of the character pattern on the physical page coordinate system (this value is orientation dependent). The left and top offsets locate the character reference point about the cursor position (see Figure 11-6 and Figure 11-7).

PCL 5 printers support kerning (both negative left and right side bearings) of both fixed-pitch and proportionally-spaced fonts. Note that large offsets could place the character off the printable area of the page causing the character to be clipped.

The legal range for the left offset is –16384 to 16384 dots.

Top Offset (SI)

Top offset specifies the distance in dots from the reference point to the top of the character pattern on the physical coordinate system (this value is orientation dependent.) The left and top offsets locate the character reference point about the cursor position (see Figure 11-6 and Figure 11-7). The legal range for the top offset is –16384 to 16384 dots.

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