ES Command - Store Soft Font
For fonts with the rotation parameter set
for “both” (p
2
= 02 hex.):
Repeat the individual font character download
for each 90° rotated character from the start of
the character set until the last rotated character
in the set is downloaded.
a
1-90°
b
1-90°
c
1-90°
“DATA
1-90°
”
a
2-90°
b
2-90°
c
2-90°
“DATA
2-90°
”
a
3-90°
b
3-90°
c
3-90°
“DATA
3-90°
”
a
n-90°
: (Last) Download Character
b
n-90°
: (Last) Spacing To Next Print Charac
-
ter
c
n-90°
: (Last) Downloaded Character’s Width
“DATA
n-90°
” : Character Bitmap
p
3
× c
n
bytes = bit map data
The number of individual character
maps downloaded will be double the
characters in the font set (p
1
).
Example of
Measuring Soft Font
Size
Parameter Dots Data Entered as Hexadecimal
p
3
12 0C hex.
b
10 0A hex.
c 8 08 hex.
980352-001 Rev.A
3-37
Inter-character Space
(actually white dots)
12
D
o
t
s
8Dots
10 Dots
Reference Point