An alternative device-resident
font can be specified in any SAS statement where a font specification
is valid. You can use more than one device-resident font in a single
graph or even in a single statement. All of the fonts that you specify
must exist on your device. If you specify a device-resident font,
make sure that the font is available on the device and that there
is a corresponding Chartype value for the font. If you request a
device-resident font that does not have a Chartype defined,
SAS/GRAPH substitutes the SIMULATE
font.
These are the three
ways to specify alternative device-resident fonts:
-
In the font specification, explicitly
assign a device-resident font using the following form:
identifies the font
as a device-resident font. The font name must begin with the characters
HW.
are the last two or
three characters of the module name in the Module field in the Detail window of your device entry. If the module name
has eight characters (SASGDPSL, for example), use the last three characters
(PSL). If the module name has only seven characters (SASGDVT, for
example), use the last two characters (VT).
is the Chartype number
of the device-resident font that you want to use as listed in the Chartype window in the device entry. This value should
be a three-digit decimal number, with leading zeros if necessary.
-
In the font specification, explicitly
assign a device-resident font using the following form:
device-resident-font-name
identifies the name
of the device-resident font that is listed in the
Chartype window of the device entry.
Device-resident-font-name must be enclosed in quotation marks and the maximum length is 256
characters. The specified font name is converted internally to the
HW
xxxnnn name. Note that in
Annotate, the specified font name must be enclosed in both double
quotes and single quotes (see
The Annotate Function, Variable, and Macro Dictionaries for details).
-
Assign one of the fonts listed
in the
Chartype window of your device entry
as the default device-resident font with the CHARTYPE= graphics option.
You can also change the default device-resident font by modifying
the value of the Chartype field in the
Parameters window of your device entry. Then you can use FONT=NONE in your
SAS/GRAPH procedure or
statement to specify the new default device-resident font.
When you specify FONT=HW
xxxnnn or
device-resident-font-name, the size of the character cells is determined by the values in
the Rows and Cols fields in the
Chartype window
of the device entry. The values of the HPOS= and VPOS= options are
ignored for the font. Consequently, the font retains its original
proportions. In addition, with this method the font catalog is checked
for proportional spacing information. This information is used by
SAS/GRAPH to determine how much space to reserve for proportional
text.
See Graphics Options and Device Parameters Dictionary for additional information.