^A — Select a Font

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^A — Select a Font

Goal

Select a printer font with ^A.

Description

^A selects the font: a built-in single-size bitmap font (letters A–Z and digits 1–9, e.g. ^AD) or the scalable font ^A0 with height and width in dots.

Example

^XA
^FO20,20^AD^FDBuilt-in font D^FS
^FO20,70^A0N,36,36^FDScalable font 0^FS
^XZ

Rendered ^A label

Result

Bitmap font D on top, scalable font 0 at 36 dots below it.

Article author: Arthur Isaev