Text & Fonts

Positioning and Text Formatting – ^FO, ^FT, ^FB, ^FR, ^FH

^FO50,50^FDLeft-aligned text^FS ; origin = top-left of the text

Field origin: `^FO` vs `^FT`

^FO50,50^FDLeft-aligned text^FS    ; origin = top-left of the text
^FT50,50^FDText baseline^FS        ; origin = baseline of the first line

^FO is the common choice; ^FT helps when text must sit exactly on a line.

^FB300,3,0,L,0^FDThis text wraps at 300 dots and can have up to 3 lines.^FS

^FBwidth,lines,spacing,alignment,ellipsis

width in dots, line count, line spacing (0 = auto), alignment L/C/R/J, ellipsis 0/1.

In the zplCloud designer the Text fitting property of each text field decides how many lines are

produced: Truncate emits ^FB...,1,... (a single line), Wrap limits the lines to the field

height, and Shrink scales the font instead - the field is then printed as a graphic (^GFA) and

the printer font is not used.

^FO50,50^GB300,60,60,B^FS   ; black box
^FO60,60^FR^FDWhite text^FS  ; ^FR = reverse field

^FR must appear before the ^FD of the text field.

^FH^FDHello_7FWorld^FS       ; _7F = literal "~" (caret = _5E, tilde = _7F)

^FH enables hex escaping: _5E = ^, _7F = ~, _5F = _.

^XA
^FO50,50^FDArticle: ^FS
^FO50,80^FN1^FS              ; variable 1
^XZ

^XA^FN1^FD12345^FS^XZ        ; second format supplies the value

Coordinates are dots from the top-left corner of the label.
Rotate a field with ^A0R (font command) or ^BCR (barcode) – orientation N/R/I/B = 0/90/180/270°.
The zplCloud designer handles rotation at the model level (fields are transformed, label size swapped) – the generated ZPL stays simple and portable.