Choosing the appropriate font appearance is up to the user.
See Appendix B, "Fonts," for samples of each font. Choosing
the appropriate font size and spacing depends on how much
space is available on your supply. Monospaced characters
occupy the same amount of space within a magnification,
making it easy to predict the field size. Use monospaced fonts
for price fields and data you want to list in a column.
Proportionally spaced characters vary in height and width,
making it difficult to predict the field size. However, you may
be able to place more characters on a line.
Monarch offers software to convert TrueType
fonts into
printer fonts that can be interpreted by Monarch® MPCLII
printers. Optional font ROMs are also available for these
printers. Call your Monarch Representative for more
information.
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The Format Worksheet is divided into sections that list the
field types. Each section has boxes to fill in with parameters
that define your format. A format worksheet is included in
Appendix D, "Format Design Tools." Keep the worksheet as a
hard copy backup of your format.
Filling in the Format Worksheet
Decide what type of field to use for each piece of information
on your label.
1. Make a copy of the Format Worksheet.
2. Define the Format Header.
3. Define all non-printable text fields before you define the
ones you want to print. See "Defining Non-Printable Text
Fields" in Chapter 4 for more information.
4. Define the rest of your fields. Apply options as you
require them. See Chapter 5, "Defining Field Options," for
more information.
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