This section describes the different font sizes available on the Boca Printers and any restrictions pertaining to each. See the following pages for size samples and the printable characters for each font. The samples are show character 33 (!) first, thru character 255. If a character can’t be printed in a certain font size, it will appear as a blank character. All font sizes are available in rotated and non-rotated modes unless otherwise indicated.
Definitions: Normal ASCII character set - characters (33-126).
Extended character set - characters (33-255).
German character set - 8 common German characters (64,91-93,123-126).
British Pound sign - character (96).
OCRA special characters - these are special
Characters recognized by OCRA scanners (95,96,126).
| Software version | Newest font version | Available fonts |
|---|---|---|
| FGL24/44 | SB02 | Font 1 - 4 and 6 - 16 (Euro sign in Font 8 & 13) Resident true type fonts 1 - 6 |
| FGL26/46 | SB07 | Font 1 -16 (Euro sign in Font 8 & 13) Resident true type fonts 1 - 10 |
To print the euro sign in a resident true type a translation table setting is required please consult the following page:
Resident bitmapped font list
You can use these fonts in an FGL layout using the <F#> command where # is the font ID
| Font ID | Font size, Box size | Description |
|---|---|---|
1 | (5x7) (7x8) | This is a self-styled font containing most of the normal ASCII characters. It also includes the German character set and the British Pound sign. It is not recommended for use. |
2 | (8x16) (10x18) | This is a self-styled font containing most of the normal ASCII characters. It also includes the German character set and the British Pound sign. |
3 | (17x31) (20x33) | This is an OCRB-styled font containing most of the normal ASCII characters. It also includes the German character set and the British Pound sign. |
4 | (5x9) (7x11) | This is an OCRA-styled font containing most of the extended non-rotated character set (no extended graphics characters). It does not include lower-case letters in either rotation or the OCRA special character set. It is not recommended for use on 200 dpi printers. |
5 | (8x16) (10x18) | This is a self-styled font containing most of the normal ASCII characters. It also includes the German character set and the British Pound sign. Same as Font 2. |
6 | (30x52) (34x56) | This is an OCRB-styled font containing most of the normal ASCII characters. This font also contains BOCA's condensed German and British character sets. |
7 | (15x29) (20x31) | This is a full OCRA font when printed on a 200 dpi printer. |
8 | (20x40) (20x33) | It is the same as font13 except for a smaller box size. This is the default font size for the 8.5" wide printers to allow them to easily interface to most word processing programs. |
9 | (13x20) (13x22) | It is a 13x20 OCRB style font (includes our condensed German character set and the British Pound sign) sitting in a 13x22 box. (NOTE: Whereas most fonts are drawn the exact width of the character, font 9 is drawn with spaces on one or both sides of the character to optimize character to character spacing. This results in the box width being equal to the character width.) |
10 | (25x41) (28x41) | This is a bold Prestige font containing the condensed German and British character sets. |
11 | (25x49) (26x49) | This is a Script font |
12 | (46x91) (47x91) | Orator font for tall, bold lettering. |
13 | (20x40) (20x42) | Courier styled international character set (223 characters). |
14 | (9x20) (10x22) | For Miltope users only |
15 | (18x24) (20x26) | For Miltope users only |
16 | (18x31) (20x33) | Cyrillic font |
Resident true type font list
Your Boca printers may have the following resident true type fonts depending on the font version. You can use these in an FGL layout using the <RTF#,%> command where # is the font ID and % is the point size. The list also shows the available resident true type fonts in each font version
| Font ID | Command | Name | SB00 | SB01 | SB02 to SB06 | SB08 | SB09 | SB07 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | <RTF1,%> | Comic Sans | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| 2 | <RTF2,%> | Comic Sans Bold | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| 3 | <RTF3,%> | Verdana | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| 4 | <RTF4,%> | Verdana bold | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| 5 | <RTF5,%> | Verdana Italic | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| 6 | <RTF6,%> | Verdana Bold Italic | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| 7 | <RTF7,%> | Liberation Mono Regular | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| 8 | <RTF8,%> | Liberation Mono Bold | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| 9 | <RTF9,%> | Liberation Mono Italic | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| 10 | <RTF10,%> | Liberation Mono Bold/Italic | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Replacement characters
In some resident bitmapped fonts, characters have been replaced by special characters. The table below shows which character to send to print the special character.
Please also consult this page German Characters not printing
Printable characters
The samples are printed in the standard size on a 200dpi printer. The smaller bitmapped fonts have also an enlarged image to show the characters better. The resident true type fonts a printed at 10 points in code page 1252. To set the code page for a true type font please see TrueType font character set command
Bitmapped Font1 - <F1>
Font1 enlarged
Bitmapped Font2 - <F2>
Font2 enlarged
Bitmapped Font3 - <F3>
Bitmapped Font4 - <F4>
Font4 enlarged
Bitmapped Font5 - <F5>
Font5 enlarged
Bitmapped Font6 - <F6>
Bitmapped Font7 - <F7>
Bitmapped Font8 - <F8>
Bitmapped Font9 - <F9>
Bitmapped Font10 - <F10>
Bitmapped Font11 - <F11>
Bitmapped Font12 - <F12>
Bitmapped Font13 - <F13>
Bitmapped Font14 - <F14>
Bitmapped Font15 - <F15>
Bitmapped Font16 - <F16>
Resident true type Font1 - <RTF1,10>
Resident true type Font2 - <RTF2,10>
Resident true type Font3 - <RTF3,10>
Resident true type Font4 - <RTF4,10>
Resident true type Font5 - <RTF5,10>
Resident true type Font6 - <RTF6,10>
Resident true type Font7 - <RTF7,10>
Resident true type Font8 - <RTF8,10>
Resident true type Font9 - <RTF9,10>
Resident true type Font10 - <RTF10,10>
