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A — Text field

Prints text at the given position with an internal font. Rotation, horizontal and vertical magnification and reverse printing come from the parameters.

Engine status: Partially rendered

The command is drawn but some of its parameters are ignored; the detail is in the note below.

Syntax

Ax,y,rot,font,hm,vm,N/R,"text"

Example

N
q812
Q1218,24
A50,50,0,4,1,1,N,"HELLO"
P2

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Rendered example

Output of the example above in our renderer (203 dpi). Not verified on a physical printer.

Parameters

Parameter	Meaning
`x,y`	Top-left start of the text in dots, shifted by any R reference point
`rot`	Rotation code 0–3 in clockwise quarter turns: 0 none, 1 = 90°, 2 = 180°, 3 = 270°
`font`	Built-in font 1–5; the preview draws any other number with font 3 and warns
`hm`	Horizontal multiplier; accepted but not applied by the Labelixa preview
`vm`	Vertical multiplier; the font height is multiplied by it
`N/R`	N prints normal text, R prints it reversed: white on black
`"text"`	The data in double quotes; a comma inside the quotes stays part of the text

Common mistake

Writing the rotation in degrees: EPL uses codes 0–3, so A50,50,90,4,1,1,N,"HELLO" is invalid — the validator flags it and the preview draws the text unrotated.

The same job in other languages

ZPL equivalent: ^FO · ^A · ^FD · TSPL TEXT · Language comparison

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