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ZPL Commands 133
~DU

~DU

Download Unbounded TrueType Font

Description Some international fonts, such as Asian fonts, have more than
256 printable characters. These fonts are supported as large TrueType fonts and are
downloaded to the printer with the ~DU command. Use ZTools to convert the large TrueType
fonts to a Zebra-downloadable format.

The Field Block (^FB) command cannot support the large TrueType fonts.

Format ~DUd:o.x,s,data

This table identifies the parameters for this format:

Parameters Details
d = font location Accepted Values: R:, E:, B:, and A:
Default Value: R:
o = font name Accepted Values: 1 to 8 alphanumeric characters
Default Value: if a name is not specified, UNKNOWN is used

x = extension Fixed Value: .FNT
s = font size Accepted Values: the number of memory bytes required to hold
the Zebra-downloadable format of the font
Default Value: if no data is entered, the command is ignored

data = data string Accepted Values: a string of ASCII hexadecimal values (two
hexadecimal digits/byte). The total number of two-digit values
must match parameter s.
Default Value: if no data is entered, the command is ignored

Example • This is an example of how to download an unbounded true type font:

~DUR:KANJI,86753,60CA017B0CE7...
(86753 two-digit hexadecimal values)

For similar commands, see ~DS on page 131, ~DT on page 132, and ~DY on page 134.

9/15/06 ZPL II Programming Guide 45541L-004 Rev. A