CHARS

Required

No

Default Value

(None)

Data Type

AFP

If the fonts will be saved in a resource group, the CHARS parameter also provides the names of the fonts ACIF saves in the resource group. The CHARS command can also be used to specify the font used for the entire report when the input data does not contain TRCs and the specified page definition does not name a font.

Use the CHARS parameter to specify coded fonts in a font library having names of six or fewer characters (including the prefix). You can rename any fonts having more than six characters or use a text editor to create new coded fonts for use with the CHARS parameter. When ACIF is used to convert line data or mixed-mode data, you must specify a page definition with the PAGEDEF parameter. You can then specify the fonts either in the page definition or with the CHARS parameter, but not both. You cannot mix fonts specified in a page definition with fonts specified with CHARS for a single file. If you use the CHARS parameter to specify fonts, but you also use the PAGEDEF parameter to specify a page definition that names fonts, the CHARS parameter is ignored. Therefore, if your page definition names fonts, you should not use the CHARS parameter.