Capabilities and limitations for transforming data to AFP

Bar code support
The transform does not support bar codes.
Font support
The first font in the font index with properties that most closely match the desired characteristics is used. Condensed and expanded fonts are usually only used when the font-stretch property is selected. Italic and oblique fonts are considered the same and are used interchangeably.

The XML transforms support converting double-byte character set (DBCS) fonts from one code page to another.

The XML transforms work with the OpenType fonts from the command line. For more information about OpenType Fonts, see Using OpenType Fonts in an AFP System, G544-5876.

Graphic support
You can specify graphic data in one of these AFP resources:
Overlay
An overlay contains a collection of constant image data (such as lines, shading, boxes, or logos) that can be merged with variable data during printing. The AFP output file references the name of an overlay, which is located in a resource directory. Because the ov