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C o n s i d e r i n g F i e l d Ty p e s

After you select a supply size, the next step in designing a format is to decide what information you want to print on the label. For example, you may want to print your company name, price of an item, and a bar code that combines information from other places. Everything you want to print falls into one of the following categories.

Field Type	Description	Examples
Text	Contains letters, numbers, or	item number, item description,
	symbols you want to print.	department number, price, date
Bar Code	Used for printing bar codes that	item or serial numbers, zip codes,
	can be scanned.	information you don’t want to
		have visible to customers
Constant Text	Prints fixed characters that do not	company name, company address
	change.
Line or Box	Highlights or separates items.	line marking out the regular price,
		border around the supply

Non-Printable	Holds data for later use, such as
Text	for merging into another field.
	The printer does not print
	non-printable text fields.

city, state, and zip code to be included in a bar code

All of the above field types are discussed in

Chapter 4.

C o n s i d e r i n g F o n t s

When working with fonts, you have three considerations:

ufont appearance

ufont size

ufont spacing (monospaced or proportional)

See Appendix B, "Fonts," for samples of each font.

2-6Designing a Format