In some cases,
the device's device-resident font cannot be used and the SIMULATE
font is used instead. The SIMULATE font is a
SAS/GRAPH font that simulates the device's resident
characters by allowing the same amount of space for the text that
the device-resident characters use. The SIMULATE font is used whenever
the default device-resident font is unavailable, including the following
situations:
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FONT=NONE or FONT=HW
xxxnnn or no font is specified,
and one of the following conditions or sets of conditions is also met:
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GOPTIONS NOCHARACTERS is specified.
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The device driver does not support
device-resident text.
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You request a device-resident font
for a different device.
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You specify an angle or rotation
for the characters that the device does not support.
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The device does not have a scalable
font (characters can be generated only in the proportions specified
with the font),
and one of the following
conditions is also met:
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The values of the HPOS= and VPOS=
graphics options do not match the values displayed in the LCOLS or
PCOLS field or the LROWS or PROWS field in the
Detail window of the device entry.
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The HSIZE= or VSIZE= graphics option
is set to values that are not the default.
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You replay a graph in a template
that is not the same size as the full size of the graphics output
area, or you use a device driver other than the one you used to create
the graph.
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The target device and the display
device have different values for the HPOS= and VPOS= graphics options.
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You use any height specification,
including the HEIGHT=, HTEXT=, HTITLE=, and HBY= graphics options,
that is not equal to 1.
You should never delete
the SIMULATE font from the fonts catalog.
Note: You can change the font that
is used as the SIMULATE font with the SIMFONT= graphics option. If
you use the SIMFONT= option, it is better to specify a uniform font.
Do not specify a device-resident font as a substitute for SIMULATE.
See
SIMFONT for more information about the SIMFONT= option.