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Special Fonts in SAS/QC Software

Font Selection

Each of the four special software fonts matches a particular SAS/GRAPH font, as shown in Table A.1. If you are using a software font for the general text on your graph, choose the special software font corresponding to the SAS/GRAPH font in the table that provides the closest match.

Table A.1 Special Software Fonts

Special Software Font

Matching SAS/GRAPH Font

QCFONT1

SIMPLEX

QCFONT2

DUPLEX

QCFONT3

SWISSE

QCFONT4

SWISS

Eight special TrueType fonts are provided to match a variety of general fonts based on three criteria, as summarized in Table A.2.

Table A.2 Special TrueType Fonts

Serifs

Bold

Italic

Special TrueType Font

no

no

no

Arial Symbol

no

no

yes

Arial Symbol/Italic

no

yes

no

Arial Symbol/Bold

no

yes

yes

Arial Symbol/Bold Italic

yes

no

no

Times New Roman Symbol

yes

no

yes

Times New Roman Symbol/Italic

yes

yes

no

Times New Roman Symbol/Bold

yes

yes

yes

Times New Roman Symbol/Bold Italic

The following figures illustrate the four special software fonts. In each of the figures, the symbols are shown in the special font, and the title and the character codes are shown in the matching SAS/GRAPH font.

Figure A.1 QCFONT1 and SIMPLEX Fonts
 QCFONT1 and SIMPLEX Fonts

Figure A.2 QCFONT2 and DUPLEX Fonts
 QCFONT2 and DUPLEX Fonts

Figure A.3 QCFONT3 and SWISSE Fonts
 QCFONT3 and SWISSE Fonts

Figure A.4 QCFONT4 and SWISS Fonts
 QCFONT4 and SWISS Fonts

Table A.3 shows the character codes and corresponding symbols available in the special TrueType fonts.

Table A.3 Symbols in Special TrueType Fonts

Character

Hex Code

Symbol

 

20

 

0

30

<

3C

<

3D

C

43

D

44

L

4C

M

4D

N

4E

P

50

R

52

S

53

U

55

V

56

W

57

X

58

Y

59

Z

5A

a

61

b

62

c

63

d

64

e

65

f

66

g

67

h

68

i

69

j

6A

k

6B

l

6C

m

6D

n

6E

o

6F

o

p

70

q

71

r

72

s

73

t

74

u

75

v

76

w

77

x

78

y

79

z

7A

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