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• Enter an equal sign (=) and the number of the frame that you want to go to. For

example, =1 displays the Text Body and Margin Information frame, and =2 displays

the Carriage Control Information frame.

• Select the name of the frame from the Tools menu.

• Select Next Screen or Previous Screen from the Tools menu.

You can move between fields on a frame with the TAB key.

After you finish defining or editing your form, issue the END command to save your

changes and exit the FORM window.

Note: Turning on Forms by checking the Use Forms check box in the print window

turns Universal Printing off for printing non-graphic windows.

Operating Environment Information

For more information about printing with Forms, see the documentation for your

operating environment.

Using Fonts with Universal Printers and

SAS/GRAPH Devices

Rendering Fonts

Universal printing uses the following two methods to generate and display fonts in SAS

output.

• the FreeType library

• the font-rendering capabilities of the host

Universal printing supports the following font formats:

• TrueType fonts

• Type1 fonts

Note: Universal Printing and SAS/GRAPH do not support double-byte Type1 fonts.

The output methods in the following table are recommended because they use the

FreeType library to render fonts. This means that they can render fonts in all of the

operating environments that SAS supports.

1

1

The FreeType library is used to perform two distinct operations in SAS: measuring the text and rendering the font. Depending on the

output devices specified, the FreeType library can perform one or both of these operations. to render fonts.

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Table 15.9 Recommended Devices (because they use the FreeType library to render fonts)

Output Method Device

SAS/GRAPH devices GIF, GIFANIM, HTML, WEBFRAME

TIFFB, TIFFP, TIFFG3, TIFFB300,

TIFFP300

JPEG

PCL5, PCL5C, PCL5E

PDF, PDFC, PDFA

PNG, PNGT, PNG300

PSL, PSCOLOR, PSLEPSF, PSLEPSFC

SVG, SVGT, SVGVIEW, SVGANIM, and

SVGZ

*

SASEMF, SASWMF

**

SASPRTC, SASPRTG, SASPRTM printer

interface devices

ODS printing and Universal Printing

EMF, EMFDUAL

**

GIF

PCL5, PCL5C, PCL5E

PDF, PDFA

PNG, PNGT, PNG300

PostScript

SVG, SVGT, SVGZ, SVGView, and

SVGnotip

SVGANIM

ODS RTF

PNG, SASEMF

*

, EMF

ODS HTML PNG, PNGT, PNG300, GIF, JPEG, SVG,

SVGT

*

*

If the NOFONTRENDERING option is set, the device driver uses only the FreeType library for

measuring the text. See “FONTRENDERING= System Option” in SAS System Options: Reference

**

These devices use the FreeType library only for measuring text. The final font rendering is done by an

application such as Microsoft Word, which displays the output using system installed fonts.

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You can specify the QDEVICE procedure to see a list of supported fonts. For a more

detailed example, see Example 5: Generate a Font Report.

proc qdevice;

run;

Table 15.10 Devices That Use Host Font-Rendering Only

Output Method Device

SAS/GRAPH devices ACTIVEX, ACTXIMG, JAVA, JAVAIMG

Note: These are client devices.

BMP

EMF, WMF

ZGIF

Table 15.11 Devices That Use Either FreeType Font-Rendering or Host Font-Rendering

Output Method Device By Default, uses ...

SAS/GRAPH devices ZGIF, ZPNG Host font-rendering

HTML, WEBFRAME FreeType font-rendering

TIFFB, TIFFP, TIFFB300,

TIFFP300

FreeType font-rendering

JPEG FreeType font-rendering

Note: You can set OPTIONS FONTRENDERING= FREETYPE_POINTS or OPTIONS

FONTRENDERING=HOST_PIXELS to change the rendering method for devices that

support both the FreeType library and host rendering.

UNIX Specifics

With devices that use host rendering in a UNIX operating environment, the TrueType

fonts must be installed on the X server that is being used. This is usually specified by

the DISPLAY environment variable. For more information, see the Configuration

Guide for SAS 9.4 Foundation for UNIX Environments.

The FONTEMBEDDING and FONTRENDERING System Options

Embedding Fonts in Your Output

Font embedding (using the “FONTEMBEDDING System Option” in SAS System

Options: Reference. ) allows fonts used in the creation of output to travel with that

output, ensuring that it is displayed or printed exactly as you intended. Here are some

important points to know about font embedding:

• Fonts are included in the output files that are created by the Universal Printer and

SAS/GRAPH.

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