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Use

TrueType fonts are fonts that are not built into the printer, but that are loaded at request from the computer into the printer memory before the actual print process starts.

As of SAP Release 4.6C, you can import TrueType font files and then use these fonts for printing SAP forms. This allows you to use your company's own fonts, for example.

Prerequisites

You need a TrueType file for the desired fonts (for example, myfont.ttf), which you can load into the SAP system. Note that you cannot load double-byte and multi-byte fonts (for example, Japanese or Chinese), since these font files are too large.

Performance

Each time you create a new spool request, you include the font definition in the request. If there are many requests to be printed, the performance of the SAP system may be reduced.

Features

TrueType fonts can by default be used by all device types that use the drivers POSTSCRIPT, PCL, or SAPWIN. Exceptions are the device types:

  • POSTSCPT PostScript printer Latin-1

  • HPLJ1100 HP LaserJet 1100

Activities

To use TrueType fonts for printing SAP forms:

  1. Start SAPscript font maintenance (transaction SE73). Choose Install TrueType Font.

  2. Enter a font name that starts with Z (for example, ZMYFONT). The system uses this name for the TrueType font.

  3. Specify the attributes of the font (normal, bold, italic, or bold and italic). To do this, mark the respective fields:

    normal: no field

    bold: Font Attribute BOLD field

    italic: Font Attribute ITALIC field

    bold and italic: BOLD and ITALIC fields

    To use a font with all attributes, you therefore need four font files (for example, myfont.ttf, myfonti.ttf, myfontb.ttf, myfontbi.ttf).

  4. Enter the path and file name of the font file and choose Execute.

  5. Enter the control sequence that identifies the font in Rich Text Format (RTF).

    The SAPscript text editor and the graphical print preview use this information to correctly display the characters.

    The font information consists of:

    \f<name of the font family> \fcharset<WinCharSet number> \f<font name>

    For the SAPscript font TIMES this information is:

    \froman\fcharset &&& Times New Roman

    For more information, see the RTF Specification from Microsoft (http://www.microsoft.com).

  6. Create a style (transaction SE73) or a form (transaction SO10) and define formats using the TrueType fonts.

Result

You can print and archive forms using TrueType fonts. To print a form, use an output device whose device type uses one of the drivers PCL, Postscript, Prescribe, or SAPWIN.