PRINT FORMAT COMMANDS
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Points to note
Note the following when using the LINE command:
•FONTINDEX
Although the maximum bit-opt value may be 7 (allowing a
maximum font index value of 127), the maxi mum number of
fonts is constrained by the size of available i nput and output
dynamic memory, font memory size, and the CME or PDE
FONTS parameter. Also, internal table structures limit the
number of fonts which can be invoked on a single page to 94
fonts.
•FONTINDEX and OVERPRINT
FONTINDEX, used in conjunction with overprinting, is handled
as follows: For OVERPRINT=PRINT, the LPS overprints
records analogously to an impact printer if the fonts are the
same size. If the fonts differ, records are overprinted without
regard to character spacing. For OVERPRINT=MERGE, the
LPS replaces characters in the previous record which are
blank. Character spacing values are adjusted; thus
proportionally spaced or different size fonts may be used, and
the LPS performs the character placement.
Characters in the previous record which are blank are replaced
only when they are represented by an EBCDIC X40 or an ASCII
X20. Binary character representations other than an EBCDIC
X40 or an ASCII X20, which produce a blank character when
printed with a particular font, is not replaced except in the
following case. During input processing, when a binary
character representation is greater than the highest character in
the specified font, a blank (EBCDIC X40 or ASCII X20) is
substituted into that print position. (A sample of the specified
font shows the highest binary character representation.) In this
case, the LPS replaces this character since it is now an
EBCDIC X‘40’ or an ASCII X‘20’ blank.
If FONTINDEX and OVERPRINT=MERGE are specified and
proportional fonts are being used, data lines are not properly
aligned if printing in landscape mode, and the data switches to
a larger font in the middle of the line.
•Multiple font s
When multiple fonts of various sizes are used on a single page,
the line spacing of any particular line is determined by the
largest font in use in the previous line. The current line can also
be adjusted downward by the difference in height between the
first and the largest font in the current line. The line spacing of
the first line in a report is determined by the first font in the PDE,
provided the FONTINDEX parameter has not been specified.
When FONTINDEX is specified, the line spacing of the first line
of a report is determined by the font indicated by the font index
value in the first line of the report. If there is no font index value
in the record and FONTINDEX is specified, the line spacing for
the first line of the report is determined by the first font in the
PDE. When the FONTINDEX or CME parameters are specified,
the line spacing of the first line of subsequent pages is
determined by the line spacing of the font called out by the last
font index of the previous page into the current PDL font list. If a
PDE DJDE has occurred prior to the page transition, the font
used for the line spacing comes from this list.