| SAS/GRAPH Software: Reference |
SAS/GRAPH software includes methods of storing rendered
versions of Bitstream fonts, along with three graphics options to control
how the fonts are rendered.
When your
graphics output uses one of the Bitstream fonts provided in SAS/GRAPH
software, SAS/GRAPH must process
information contained in corresponding FONT catalog entries to determine how
to draw characters of the specified size and typeface. The process of calculating
the character shapes and sizes is known as rendering the font.
Bitstream fonts available in SAS/GRAPH
software include the Century, Swiss, and Zapf families.
SAS/GRAPH software
can store rendered versions of the Bitstream fonts in memory or in special
SAS files. Using these rendered versions of the fonts can provide a speed
improvement when characters of the same size and style are used again during
the SAS session. SAS/GRAPH software
can read the rendered version of the characters from memory or from the rendered
font file rather than having to perform the rendering calculations again each
time the characters are used. If you store the rendered fonts in files in
a permanent SAS data set, SAS/GRAPH
software can use the rendered font files again in subsequent SAS sessions.
Note:
Because the rendered font
files use a special utility member
type, they do not appear in the list of library members that is displayed
when you issue a DIRECTORY command for the SAS data library in which the font
files are stored. ![[cautend]](../common/images/cautend.gif)
You control whether and how rendered versions of fonts
are stored using the FONTRES=, RENDER=, and RENDERLIB= graphics options.
See Graphics Options and Device Parameters Dictionary
for details.
The fonts available with
SAS/GRAPH
software are listed in the following tables. All of these fonts are stored
in the catalog SASHELP.FONTS. For many fonts, the last letter or letters of
the font name indicates weight or spacing of the font:
- CAUTION:
- Empty and uniform versions of fonts cannot
be used if you have deleted their filled or proportionally spaced counterparts.
If the label of a font in SASHELP.FONTS is "Depends on," it
is possible to delete it. However, empty and uniform versions of fonts are
generated from their regular, bold, or italic counterparts. Therefore, if
you delete any of these fonts, you cannot use the uniform or empty version
of that font. For example, you must have the CENTB (Century Bold) font in
order to use the CENTBE (Century Bold Empty) font.
Roman Alphabet Text Fonts
![[IMAGE]](./images/01215138.gif)
Roman Alphabet Text Fonts--continued
![[IMAGE]](./images/01215139.gif)
Cartographic Font
![[IMAGE]](./images/01215140.gif)
Electronic Font
![[IMAGE]](./images/01215141.gif)
Marker Font
![[IMAGE]](./images/01215142.gif)
Math Font
![[IMAGE]](./images/01215143.gif)
Music Font
![[IMAGE]](./images/01215144.gif)
Special Font
![[IMAGE]](./images/01215145.gif)
Weather Font
![[IMAGE]](./images/01215146.gif)
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