SAS/GRAPH Software: Reference

Using SAS/GRAPH Software Fonts

Rendering Fonts

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. [cautionend]

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.

Font Lists

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:

B bold (thicker)

E empty (outline) versions of their counterparts

I italic (slanted)

L light (thin)

U uniformly spaced versions of their counterparts; most SAS/GRAPH fonts that do not end in U are proportionately spaced; however, the Kanji fonts are always uniform.

X expanded (wider characters and extra space between characters).

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

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Non-Roman Alphabet Fonts
Type Style Font Name Uniform Font Name

Arabic ARABIC

Arabic Empty ARABICE

Cyrillic CYRILLIC CYRILLIU

Greek GREEK GREEKU

Greek (serif) CGREEK CGREEKU

Hebrew HEBREW

Hebrew NHEBREW*

Hebrew Empty HEBREWE

Hiragana HIRA

Hiragana NHIRA*

Kanji KANJI

Kanji KANSJIS

Kanji Subset

Kanji 1 KAN1

Kanji 2 KAN2

Kanji 3 KAN3

Kanji 4 KAN4

Kanji 5 KAN5

Kanji 6 KAN6

Kanji 7 KAN7

Kanji 8 KAN8

Katakana KATA

Katakana NKATA*

*This font requires a special keyboard and is host-dependent. If you are not equipped to use this font, use the host-independent version listed directly above.

***Non-Roman Alphabet Fonts***
Type Style	Font Name	Uniform Font Name
Arabic	ARABIC
Arabic Empty	ARABICE
Cyrillic	CYRILLIC	CYRILLIU
Greek	GREEK	GREEKU
Greek (serif)	CGREEK	CGREEKU
Hebrew	HEBREW
Hebrew	NHEBREW*
Hebrew Empty	HEBREWE
Hiragana	HIRA
Hiragana	NHIRA*
Kanji	KANJI
Kanji	KANSJIS
Kanji Subset
Kanji 1	KAN1
Kanji 2	KAN2
Kanji 3	KAN3
Kanji 4	KAN4
Kanji 5	KAN5
Kanji 6	KAN6
Kanji 7	KAN7
Kanji 8	KAN8
Katakana	KATA
Katakana	NKATA*
*This font requires a special keyboard and is host-dependent. If you are not equipped to use this font, use the host-independent version listed directly above.

Symbol Fonts
Type Style Font Name Uniform Font Name

Cartographic CARTOG CARTOGU

Electronic ELECTRON ELECTROU

Marker MARKER

Marker Empty MARKERE *

Math MATH MATHU

Music MUSIC MUSICU

Special SPECIAL SPECIALU

Weather WEATHER WEATHERU

*MARKERE is not displayed in the figures.

***Symbol Fonts***
Type Style	Font Name	Uniform Font Name
Cartographic	CARTOG	CARTOGU
Electronic	ELECTRON	ELECTROU
Marker	MARKER
Marker Empty	MARKERE *
Math	MATH	MATHU
Music	MUSIC	MUSICU
Special	SPECIAL	SPECIALU
Weather	WEATHER	WEATHERU
*MARKERE is not displayed in the figures.

Cartographic Font

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Electronic Font

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Marker Font

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Math Font

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Music Font

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Special Font

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Weather Font

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B	bold (thicker)
E	empty (outline) versions of their counterparts
I	italic (slanted)
L	light (thin)
U	uniformly spaced versions of their counterparts; most SAS/GRAPH fonts that do not end in U are proportionately spaced; however, the Kanji fonts are always uniform.
X	expanded (wider characters and extra space between characters).