Text & Fonts

^A@Use Font Name to Call Font

Selects a scalable/bitmap font by its stored file name.

Category
Text & Fonts
Syntax
^A@o,h,w,d:o.x

What ^A@ does

^A@ chooses a font by referencing a downloaded font file (for example a TrueType font stored in printer memory) rather than a built-in slot. Height and width set the point size in dots.

Syntax

^A@o,h,w,d:o.x

Parameters

ParameterDescriptionValuesDefault
oOrientationN,R,I,BN
hCharacter height in dots
wCharacter width in dots
d:o.xDrive, name and extension of the font file

Example

^XA
^A@N,50,50,E:TT0003M_.TTF^FO50,50^FDCustom font^FS
^XZ

Paste this into the free ZPL viewer to see it render, or convert it to PDF.

Notes & tips

  • References a font stored in printer memory.
  • Use ^CW to assign a font to a single-letter slot instead.

See the full ZPL command reference for all 92 documented commands.

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