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SF001 Courier 4099
SF100 same as SF000 [not used] (18N
SF101 Helve 4148
SF201 Letter Gothic 4102
SF300 Line Printer (only 8.5 pt) (*4) (18N(s0p16.67h8.5v0s0b0T
SF400 OCR-A 10 cpi 12pt (0O(s0p10h0s0b104T
SF500 OCR-B 10 cpi 12pt (1O(s0p10h0s0b110T
SF601 Times 4101
SF700 Andale font select command prefix (18N
SF701 ANDALE_J 17004
SF702 ANDALE_K 17005
SF703 ANDALE_S 17007
SF704 ANDALE_T 17006
2.8.5 The AFM font metrics
For formatting SAPscript text as right-aligned or centered or as justified, for each affected line the correct position for the 1st character or some
additional inter-word spacing must be calculated. Likewise, for normal/left alignment the position of the line breaks must be determined.
(This is neither required nor used by ABAP.)
This requires that the width of each character (in that line) must be known, for the given (proportional) font and font size.
Such font metrics information is provided as (size-independent) Adobe Font Metrics (AFM) tables in section FO04 of the Device type, for each
supported (proportional) Printer font.
Moreover, the AFM of the space character determines the width of all inter-word spaces.
Note that depending on the language of the document and on the type of font, the width of a character may not be related to its entry in the AFM
table of the Device type, but determined otherwise.
Note also that different Device types and versions thereof (as naturally exist on different SAP systems) may potentially specify different AFM
values, thus resulting in different printout. (E.g. in more recent versions the HPUTF8 DT changed its AFM entry of "N space" from odd-looking
500(-) to better-looking 278(+).)
For more information or in case of problems please contact technical support.
2.8.6 Miscellaneous information
Note: (Supporting non-standard fonts)
See SAP note # 0012462 ("How can I define a new printer font?").
Note: (Printing fonts not supported by the Device type)
A System font requested in a SAPscript document for which no Printer font is defined in the Device type used, will be mapped to a Printer font
supported by the Device type, according to the Font conversion mechanism of SAP.
Essentially, it works in the following way:
In general, a font which does not have the same size as a Printer font supported by the Device type used, will always be mapped to the next
smaller size supported Printer font of the same typeface. E.g. HELVE 075 will be mapped to HELVE 060.
In particular, a font whose size is bigger than the biggest font size defined in the Device type, will always be mapped to the biggest available
size. E.g. HELVE 480 will be mapped to HELVE 180.
Fonts whose size is smaller than the smallest Printer font supported by the Device type used, will be mapped to the smallest available size. E.g.:
HELVE 025 will be mapped to HELVE 060.
Note:
For printing fonts in arbitrary sizes, please refer to standard SAP documentation, or contact Technical support.
Note: (Effective font)
In the SAPscript document/Form a certain System font is specified in order to yield a desired printout.
However, the actual effective font depends on several additional factors, e.g. the language of the document/Form and the "Language vectors" of
the Font families. For details and in case of problems, please contact technical support.
2.9 Color printing
This device type supports both monochrome and color printing.
Most of the color-specific commands are ignored on a black-and-white device.
For which device models support color printing, refer to Volume 1, Appendix D, tag (Cx) in the "Remarks" column.