Re: Font Size in SQR??

[Ray Ontko <rayo@ONTKO.COM>]

Tam,

Here's an example for a PS printer or SPF output (-printer:ps,
-printer:wp, or -keep):

   begin-program
   do main
   end-program

   begin-procedure main
   alter-printer point-size=10
   print 'Howdy' (1,1)
   alter-printer point-size=20
   print 'Podner' (10,1)
   end-procedure ! main

Here's an example for an HP printer (-printer:hp):

   begin-program
   do main
   end-program

   begin-procedure main
   alter-printer pitch=12
   print 'Howdy' (1,1)
   alter-printer pitch=6
   print 'Podner' (10,1)
   end-procedure ! main

I think that HP printers use pitch to determine size for fixed-pitch
fonts, while PS printers and SPF use point-size to determine size for
fonts.

This should work on all types of printers:

   begin-program
   do main
   end-program

   begin-procedure main
   alter-printer point-size=10 pitch=12
   print 'Howdy' (1,1)
   alter-printer point-size=20 pitch=6
   print 'Podner' (10,1)
   end-procedure ! main

Ray

> I would like to ask can I use the Font = 5 at the first part of the report
> and then use Font = 8 at the middle partand then change back to font = 5
> agin in the last part?
> I try to change the font to bigger, but it can't change to smaller again!
>
>
>
> On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Mark Risman wrote:
>
> > If you want to change the default font size or other similar attributes of the whole SQR, you can also use DECLARE-PRINTER (available in SQR 3 and up) or DECLARE PRINTER (deprecated in SQR 3 and up).
> >
> > - Mark
> >
> >                 -----Original Message-----
> >                 From:   Ray Ontko [mailto:rayo@ONTKO.COM]
> >                 Sent:   Thursday, January 06, 2000 8:21 AM
> >                 To:     SQR-USERS@list.iex.net
> >                 Subject:        Re: Font Size in SQR??
> >
> >                 Howdy,
> >
> >                 >         I would like to ask that how to change the font to be bigger in
> >                 > SQR? My printer is Xerox 4215/MRP2!
> >
> >                 It appears that the Xerox 4215/MRP2 supports HP PCL and Adobe PostScript:
> >
> >                    http://www.mrsp.com/products/42154219/
> >
> >                 If you can figure out how to put the printer into PCL or PostScript
> >                 "mode", then you can use SQR with -printer:hp or -printer:ps to
> >                 generate PCL or PostScript output.
> >
> >                 Then, to change the font, use the ALTER-PRINTER command to change
> >                 the font-size, character-set, type-face, etc.
> >
> >                 Ray
> >                 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >                 Ray Ontko   rayo@ontko.com   Phone 1.765.935.4283   Fax 1.765.962.9788
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> >
>

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