VI. Appendix
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Developer handbook DATAformXTension © 1992-2004 www.gassenhuber.de
Box font and XPressTags
The table puts the nine Tags of the DATAform box font opposite the XPressTags for character
attributes.
DATAform Box font
XPressTags
Tag
Format
Format
Tag
Font
*1"Helvetica"
No. or Name
Name
<f"Helvetica">
standard
*20
Number
XPressTag
<P>
bold
*21
Number
XPressTag
<B>
italic
*22
Number
XPressTag
<I>
underlined
*24
Number
XPressTag
<U>
outline
*28
Number
XPressTag
<O>
shadow
*216
Number
XPressTag
<S>
superscript
*232
Number
XPressTag
<+>
subscript
*264
Number
XPressTag
<=>
strike through.
*2512
Number
XPressTag
</>
all caps
*21024
Number
XPressTag
<K>
small caps
*22048
Number
XPressTag
<H>
word underline *24096
Number
XPressTag
<W>
Size
*312
Point
Point
<z12>
Horizontal scale *40.85
from 1
Percent
<h85>
Colour
*5"Black"
No. or Name
Name
<c"Black">
Shade
*60.9
from 1
Percent
<s90>
Kern amount
*7-20
1/200 Em spaces
1/200 Em spaces
<k-20>
Track amount
*820
1/200 Em spaces
1/200 Em spaces
<t20>
Baseline shift
*91.1
multiple of size
Point
<b13.2>
¶*T3*F1*1"Helvetica"*22*312*40,85*5"Black"*60,9*7-20*820*91.1*$box font¶
creates a text box and defines the text style by box font and *F1:
¶*T3*F2*$<f"Helvetica"PIz12h85c"Black"s90k-20t20b13.2>XPressTags¶
creates the same text style by XPressTags and *F2:
XPressTags
box font