Specifications

Example:
The example below shows the differences in font orientation when using ^FT and
^FO relative to their ^LH position. The origin point of the font when using the ^FT
command is always at the left of the baseline position of the first element or
character in the field.
In normal orientation, all characters rest on the baseline. In rotated orientation, all
characters are drawn to the right of the label from the baseline. In inverted
orientation, all characters are drawn down from the baseline and are printed to the
left. In bottom orientation, all characters are drawn towards the left of the label from
the baseline and printed to the right. The “dot” shows the origin point for both the
^FT and ^FO font orientations.
Scalable Normal Font Orientation, Scalable Rotated Font Orientation
Scalable Inverted Font Orientation, Scalable Bottom-up Font Orientation
Comments: When a coordinate is missing, the position following the last formatted
field is assumed. This “remembering” simplifies field positioning with respect to
other fields. Once the first field is positioned, other fields will follow automatically.
There are several instances where using the ^FT command without specifying x and
y parameters is not recommended.
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When positioning the first field in a label format.
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At any time with the ^FN (Field Number) command.
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Following a ^SN (Serialization Data) command.
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