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Text Properties

Terry Burton edited this page Feb 6, 2015 · 13 revisions

includetext

Show human readable text for data in symbol.

Notes

  • If a character in the data does not have a printable representation then it is not displayed

Example

Display the text encoded in this Code 39 symbol:

0 0 moveto (SEE ME) (includetext)
/code39 /uk.co.terryburton.bwipp findresource exec

textfont

The font name for text.

Notes

  • The font name must be the literal name of a PostScript font that is available to the system.
  • This option should be used in combination with the includetext option.

Example

Customise the human readable text of this USPS POSTNET symbol

0 0 moveto (64501) (includetext textfont=Times textsize=9)
/postnet /uk.co.terryburton.bwipp findresource exec

textsize

The font size of the text in points.

Note

  • This option should be used in combination with the includetext option.

Example

Customise the human readable text of this USPS POSTNET symbol

0 0 moveto (64501) (includetext textfont=Times textsize=9)
/postnet /uk.co.terryburton.bwipp findresource exec

textgaps

The inter-character spacing of the text.

Note

  • This option should be used in combination with the textxalign option.
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