Troubleshooting
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This document lists the default font IDs for each font range available on the operating system.
Resolving The Problem
This document lists the default font IDs for each font range available on the operating system. The default font IDs are used whenever an operating system spooled file has the font ID set to *CPI. The default font IDs are listed by font pitch and also by font range.
This document was last updated on 4 April 2014.
List of Default Font IDs Based on Font Range (sorted by Font Pitch)
| Font Pitch* | Font Range | Default Font ID | Font Name |
| 5 | 240 - 246 | 245 | Courier 5 |
| 10 | 1 - 65 | 11 | Courier 10 |
| 12 | 66 - 153 | 87 | Letter Gothic 12 |
| 13.3 | 201 - 210 | 204 | Matrix Gothic 13.3 |
| 15 | 211 - 239 | 222 | Gothic 15 |
| 16.7 | 247 - 257, 274 - 279 and 300 - 400 | 400 | Gothic 17 |
| 18 | 258 - 259 | 252 | Courier 17 |
| 20 | 280 - 284 | 281 | Gothic Text 20 |
| PSM* | 154 - 200 | 160 | Essay |
List of Default Font IDs Based on Font Range (sorted by Font Range)
| Font Range | Font Pitch* | Default Font ID | Font Name |
| 1 - 65 | 10 | 11 | Courier 10 |
| 66 - 153 | 12 | 87 | Letter Gothic 12 |
| 154 - 200 | PSM* | 160 | Essay |
| 201 - 210 | 13.3 | 204 | Matrix Gothic 13.3 |
| 211 - 239 | 15 | 222 | Gothic 15 |
| 240 - 246 | 5 | 245 | Courier |
| 247 - 257 | 16.7 | 252 | Courier 17 |
| 258 - 259 | 18 | 252 | Courier 17 |
| 274 - 279 | 16.7 | 252 | Courier 17 |
| 280 - 284 | 20 | 281 | Gothic Text 20 |
| 300 - 400 | 16.7 | 400 | Courier 17 |
Notes:
| 1. | The font pitch is also referred to as the Characters per Inch or CPI. |
| 2. | The term PSM refers to Proportionally Spaced Mode fonts. For proportionally spaced fonts, characters vary in width depending on the character being printed (for example, i is a narrow character, and W is a wide character). The font is based on 12 Characters Per Inch (CPI) or 5/60ths of an inch. More specifically, each character can be one of 5 different widths: 3/60, 4/60, 5/60, 6/60, or 7/60 of an inch. An i is 3/60 of an inch wide, a space is 5/60 of an inch wide, and a W is 7/60 of an inch wide. |
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How Characters Per Inch (CPI) Corresponds to Point Size
] When dealing with a monospaced font, such as font 416, every character has the same width. In this case, the pitch or Characters Per Inch (CPI) has a direct relationship to the point size: CPI = 120 / Pointsize The following chart shows the most common point size and CPI values:
[Point Size Characters Per Inch (CPI) 24 5 12 10 10 12 9 13.3 8 15 7 17.1 6 20
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Table 21 Font Information from the Printer Device Programming Manual
] Appendix D Working with Fonts, Font Character Sets, Code Pages, CHRIDs, and Coded Fonts in the Printer Device Programming manual, SC41-5713-04, contains several tables with more detailed information on fonts, including a list of Font IDs and their corresponding fonts. The iSeries Printer Device Programming V5R4 (SC41-5713-06) is available at: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r4/topic/books/sc415713.pdf The following information was copied directly from Table 21. Font Information from the V5R4M0 (R540) version of the Printer Device Programming manual (though with a few corrections): The legend and table below provide information about each font. This information could save you time in trial-and-error testing when choosing a font for your application
Table 21. Font InformationTable Legend FGID Font Global Identifier Name Name of Font Font Type U = Uniformly Spaced M = Mixed Pitch T = Typographic Attributes Blank = Roman b = Bold i = Italics s = Second Strike w = Double Wide Point Point size (Blank for uniformly spaced & mixed pitch fonts) S = Scalable Pitch Characters per inch (For example, 17) S = Scalable
Table 21. Font Information (continued)FGID Name Type of Font Attributes Point Pitch (CPI) 2 Delegate U
10 3 OCR-B U
10 5 Rhetoric/Orator U
10 8 Scribe/Symbol U
10 10 Cyrillic 22 U
10 11 Courier U
10 12 Prestige U
10 13 Artisan U
10 18 Courier Italic U i
10 19 OCR-A U
10 20 Pica U
10 21 Katakana U
10 25 Presentor U
10 26 Matrix Gothic U
10 30 Symbol U
10 31 Aviv U
10 36 Letter Gothic U
10 38 Orator Bold U b
10 39 Gothic Bold U b
10 40 Gothic U
10 41 Roman Text U
10 42 Serif U
10 43 Serif Italic U i
10 44 Katakana Gothic U
10 46 Courier Bold U b
10 49 Shalom U
10 50 Shalom Bold U b
10 51 Matrix Gothic U
10 52 Courier U
10 55 Aviv Bold U b
10 61 Naseem U
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Table 21. Font Information (continued)FGID Name Type of Font Attributes Point Pitch (CPI) 62 Naseem Italic U i
10 63 Naseem Bold U b
10 64 Naseem Italic Bold U bi
10 66 Gothic U
12 68 Gothic Italic U i
12 69 Gothic Bold U b
12 70 Serif U
12 71 Serif Italic U i
12 72 Serif Bold U b
12 74 Matrix Gothic U
12 75 Courier U
12 76 APL U
12 78 Katakana U
12 80 Symbol U
12 84 Script U
12 85 Courier U
12 86 Prestige U
12 87 Letter Gothic U
12 91 Light Italic U i
12 92 Courier Italic U i
12 95 Adjudant U
12 96 Old World U
12 98 Shalom U
12 99 Aviv U
12 101 Shalom Bold U b
12 102 Aviv Bold U b
12 103 Nasseem U
12 109 Letter Gothic Italic U i
12 110 Letter Gothic Bold U b
12 111 Prestige Bold U b
12 112 Prestige Italic U i
12 154 Essay M
12 155 Boldface Italic M bi
12 157 Title M
12 158 Modern M
12 159 Boldface M b
12 160 Essay M
12 162 Essay Italic M i
12 163 Essay Bold M b
12 164 Prestige M
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Table 21. Font Information (continued)FGID Name Type of Font Attributes Point Pitch (CPI) 167 Barak M
12 168 Barak Bold M b
12 173 Essay M
12 174 Gothic M
12 175 Document M
12 178 Barak M
18 179 Barak Bold M b
18 180 Barak M
15 181 Barak Mixed Bold M b
15 182 Barak M
5 183 Barak Bold M b
5 186 Press Roman M
12 187 Press Roman Bold M b
12 188 Press Roman Italic M i
12 189 Press Roman Italic Bold M bi
12 190 Foundry M
12 191 Foundry Bold M b
12 194 Foundry Italic M i
12 195 Foundry Italic Bold M bi
12 203 Data 1 U
13 204 Matrix Gothic U
13 205 Matrix Gothic U
13 211 Shalom U
15 212 Shalom Bold U b
15 221 Prestige U
15 222 Gothic U
15 223 Courier U
15 225 Symbol U
15 226 Shalom U
15 229 Serif U
15 230 Gothic U
15 232 Matrix Gothic U
15 233 Matrix Courier U
15 234 Shalom Bold U b
15 244 Courier Double Wide U w
5 245 Courier Bold Double Wide U wb
5 247 Shalom Bold U b
17 248 Shalom U
17 249 Katakana U
17 252 Courier U
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Table 21. Font Information (continued)FGID Name Type of Font Attributes Point Pitch (CPI) 253 Courier Bold U b
17 254 Courier U
17 255 Matrix Gothic U
17 256 Prestige U
17 258 Matrix Gothic U
18 259 Matrix Gothic U
18 279 Nasseem U
17 281 Gothic Text U
20 282 Aviv U
20 283 Letter Gothic U
20 285 Letter Gothic U
25 290 Gothic Text U
27 300 Gothic U
S 17, S 304 Gothic Text U
S S 305 OCR-A U
S S 306 OCR-B U
S S 307 APL U
S S 318 Prestige Bold U b S S 319 Prestige Italic U i S S 322 APL Bold U b S S 400 Gothic U
S 17, S 404 Letter Gothic Bold U b S S 416 Courier Roman Medium U
S S 420 Courier Roman Bold U b S S 424 Courier Roman Italic U i S S 428 Courier Roman Italic Bold U bi S S 432 Prestige U
S S 434 Orator Bold U b
8 435 Orator Bold U b
6 751 Sonoran Serif T
8P 27 752 Nasseem T
12P 18 753 Nasseem Bold T b 12P 18 754 Nasseem Bold T b 18P 12 755 Nasseem Bold T b 24P 9 756 Nasseem Italic T i 12P 18 757 Nasseem Bold Italic T bi 12P 18 758 Nasseem Bold Italic T bi 18P 12 759 Nasseem Bold Italic T bi 24P 9 760 Times Roman T
6P 36 761 Times Roman Bold T b 12P 18
Table 21. Font Information (continued)FGID Name Type of Font Attributes Point Pitch (CPI) 762 Times Roman Bold T b 10P 15 763 Times Roman Italic T i 12P 18 764 Times Roman Bold Italic T bi 10P 21 765 Times Roman Bold Italic T bi 12P 18 1051 Sonoran Serif T
10P 21 1053 Sonoran Serif Bold T b 10P 21 1056 Sonoran Serif Italic T i 10P 21 1351 Sonoran Serif T
12P 18 1653 Sonoran Serif Bold T b
13 1803 Sonoran Serif Bold T b 18P 12 2103 Sonoran Serif Bold T b 24P 9 2304 Helvetica Roman Medium T
S S 2305 Helvetica Roman Bold T b S S 2306 Helvetica Roman Italic T i S S 2307 Helvetica Roman Italic Bold T bi S S 2308 Times New Roman Medium T
S S 2309 Times New Roman Bold T b S S 2310 Times New Roman Italic T i S S 2311 Times New Roman Italic Bold T bi S S 4407 Sonoran Serif T
8P *27 4407 Sonoran Serif T
10P *21 4407 Sonoran Serif T
12P *18 4427 Sonoran Serif Bold T b 10P *21 4427 Sonoran Serif Bold T b 16P *13 4427 Sonoran Serif Bold T b 24P *9 4535 Sonoran Serif Italic T i 10P *21 4919 Goudy T
6P *36 4919 Goudy T
8P *27 4919 Goudy T
10P *21 4919 Goudy T
12P *18 4939 Goudy Bold T b 10P *21 4939 Goudy Bold T b 14P *15 4939 Goudy Bold T b 18P *12 5047 Goudy Italic T i 10P *21 5047 Goudy Bold Italic T bi 10P *21 5687 Times Roman T
6P *36 5687 Times Roman T
8P *27 5687 Times Roman T
10P *21 5687 Times Roman T
12P *18 5707 Times Roman Bold T b 10P *21
Table 21. Font Information (continued)FGID Name Type of Font Attributes Point Pitch (CPI) 5707 Times Roman Bold T b 12P *18 5707 Times Roman Bold T b 14P *15 5707 Times Roman Bold T b 18P *12 5707 Times Roman Bold T b 24P *12 5815 Times Roman Italic T i 10P *21 5815 Times Roman Italic T i 12P *18 5835 Times Roman Italic Bold T bi 10P *21 5835 Times Roman Italic Bold T bi 12P *18 5943 University T
12P *18 5943 University T
14P *15 5943 University T
18P *12 6199 Palatino T
6P *36 6199 Palatino T
8P *27 6199 Palatino T
10P *21 6199 Palatino T
12P *18 6219 Palatino Bold T b 10P *21 6219 Palatino Bold T b 14P *15 6219 Palatino Bold T b 18P *12 6327 Palatino Italic T i 10P *21 6347 Palatino Italic Bold T bi 10P *21 8503 Baskerville T
6P *36 8503 Baskerville T
8P *27 8503 Baskerville T
10P *21 8503 Baskerville T
12P *18 8523 Baskerville Bold T b 10P *21 8523 Baskerville Bold T b 14P *15 8523 Baskerville Bold T b 18P *12 8631 Baskerville Italic T i 10P *21 8651 Baskerville Italic Bold T bi 10P *21 8759 Nasseem T
12P *18 8779 Nasseem Bold T b 12P *18 8779 Nasseem Bold T b 18P *12 8779 Nasseem Bold T b 24P *9 8887 Nasseem Italic T i 12P *18 8907 Nasseem Italic Bold T bi 12P *18 8907 Nasseem Italic Bold T bi 18P *12 8907 Nasseem Italic Bold T bi 24P *9 12855 Narkisim T
8P *27 12855 Narkisim T
10P *21 12855 Narkisim T
18P *12
Table 21. Font Information (continued)FGID Name Type of Font Attributes Point Pitch (CPI) 12855 Narkisim T
24P *9 12875 Narkisim Bold T b 8P *27 12875 Narkisim Bold T b 10P *21 12875 Narkisim Bold T b 12P *18 16951 Century Schoolbook T
6P *36 16951 Century Schoolbook T
8P *27 16951 Century Schoolbook T
10P *21 16951 Century Schoolbook T
12P *18 16971 Century Schoolbook Bold T b 10P *21 16971 Century Schoolbook Bold T b 14P *15 16971 Century Schoolbook Bold T b 18P *12 17079 Century Schoolbook Italic T i 10P *21 17099 Century Schoolbook Italic Bold T bi 10P *21 20224 Boldface T b S S 33335 Optima T
6P *36 33335 Optima T
8P *27 33335 Optima T
10P *21 33335 Optima T
12P *18 33355 Optima Bold T b 10P *21 33355 Optima Bold T b 14P *15 33355 Optima Bold T b 18P *12 33463 Optima Italic T i 10P *21 33483 Optima Italic Bold T bi 10P *21 33591 Futura T
6P *36 33591 Futura T
8P *27 33591 Futura T
10P *21 33591 Futura T
12P *18 33601 Futura Bold T b 10P *21 33601 Futura Bold T b 14P *15 33601 Futura Bold T b 18P *12 33719 Futura Italic T i 10P *21 33729 Futura Italic Bold T bi 10P *21 34103 Helvetica T
6P *36 34103 Helvetica T
8P *27 34103 Helvetica T
10P *21 34103 Helvetica T
12P *18 34123 Helvetica Bold T b 10P *21 34123 Helvetica Bold T b 14P *15 34123 Helvetica Bold T b 18P *12
[FGID Name Type of Font Attributes Point Pitch (CPI) 34231 Helvetica Italic T i 10P *21 34251 Helvetica Italic Bold T bi 10P *21 37431 Old English T
12P *18 37431 Old English T
14P *15 37431 Old English T
18P *12 41783 Coronet Cursive T
12P *18 41803 Coronet Cursive Bold T b 14P *15 41803 Coronet Cursive Bold T b 18P *12 Note: Pitch or CPI column for typographic fonts indicates the width of the space character between printed characters. Width, pitch, and CPI of other space characters will vary.
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What Does a Font Look Like?
] How a particular font looks when printed can vary from printer to printer or can depend on whether the spooled file is printed using Host Print Transform (HPT) or Print Services Facility/400 (PSF/400). This can be affected by which fonts are available in the printer hardware, whether you are using HPT with a modified Workstation Customizing Object (WSCST) that requests particular fonts, or whether you are using PSF/400 and are using font substitution. There is no way to provide a sample of each possible font in this document. However, Appendix I What Does a Font Look Like? in the Printer Device Programming manual, SC41-5713-04, contains instructions and source code that allow you to print an FGID, font character set, or coded font and see what it looks like. The source code provided is data description specifications (DDS), which can be used with the following high-level languages: o C o COBOL o PASCAL o RPG To print the FGID, font character set, or coded font you want to see, you should edit the DDS source and insert the correct identifier or name. Note: The iSeries Printer Device Programming V5R4 (SC41-5713-06) is available at: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r4/topic/books/sc415713.pdf [
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For More Information
] For any particular font to print, that font must be resident within the printer hardware or the font must be installed on the operating system. Additional fonts are available in the IBM AFP Compatibility Fonts (5722SS1 Product Option 8), in the AFP Font Collection product (5648-B45) for IBM AIX, IBM OS/400, and Microsoft Windows, or the IBM Infoprint Fonts for Multiplatforms product (5648-E77). For more information, refer to the following Rochester Support Center knowledgebase documents: N1012504: Standard and Keyed Media Set - Master List N1011759: How to Install the AFP Font Collection for IBM i Product (5733B45) N1016757: Documentation for the AFP Font Collection Product (5648-B45) Additional fonts might also be available from a third-party vendor. [
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