<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>ZPLFONTS.com Blog</title><description>Articles on ZPL fonts, Unicode printing, DPI sizing and label design.</description><link>https://zplfonts.com/</link><item><title>How to Choose the Right ZPL Font for Your Label</title><link>https://zplfonts.com/blog/choose-the-right-zpl-font/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://zplfonts.com/blog/choose-the-right-zpl-font/</guid><description>Bitmap font, font 0 or a downloaded TrueType? A plain-English guide to picking the right ZPL font for your label size, language and printer.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Install a TrueType Font on a Zebra Printer</title><link>https://zplfonts.com/blog/how-to-install-truetype-font-on-zebra-printer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://zplfonts.com/blog/how-to-install-truetype-font-on-zebra-printer/</guid><description>Step-by-step guide to installing a TrueType font on a Zebra ZPL printer, storing it in flash and printing with it using ^A@ or ^CW.</description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>ZPL Font 0 vs Bitmap Fonts (A to H): Which Should You Use?</title><link>https://zplfonts.com/blog/zpl-font-0-vs-bitmap-fonts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://zplfonts.com/blog/zpl-font-0-vs-bitmap-fonts/</guid><description>Font 0 or bitmap fonts A to H? Compare scalability, sharpness, small-text readability and printer differences to pick the right one for your label.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>ZPL Unicode Printing: A Practical UTF-8 Checklist</title><link>https://zplfonts.com/blog/zpl-utf8-printing-checklist/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://zplfonts.com/blog/zpl-utf8-printing-checklist/</guid><description>Accents or symbols printing wrong on a Zebra label? Work through this seven-step UTF-8 checklist covering ^CI28, BOMs, fonts and hex escapes.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Print Hindi and Arabic on Zebra Labels</title><link>https://zplfonts.com/blog/print-hindi-and-arabic-on-zebra-labels/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://zplfonts.com/blog/print-hindi-and-arabic-on-zebra-labels/</guid><description>Printing Hindi (Devanagari) and Arabic on a ZPL printer: when fonts work, when they don&apos;t, and how to use graphics as a reliable fallback.</description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fonts for Barcode Text in ZPL: Human-Readable Lines Done Right</title><link>https://zplfonts.com/blog/zpl-barcode-human-readable-text-fonts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://zplfonts.com/blog/zpl-barcode-human-readable-text-fonts/</guid><description>How to choose and size the human-readable text under a ZPL barcode, when to let the printer draw it, and when to place your own.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why Your ZPL Text Looks Different on 203 and 300 DPI Printers</title><link>https://zplfonts.com/blog/zpl-fonts-203-vs-300-dpi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://zplfonts.com/blog/zpl-fonts-203-vs-300-dpi/</guid><description>Moved a label from a 203 DPI to a 300 DPI Zebra printer and everything shrank? Here is why it happens and how to scale fonts and positions properly.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zebra Printer Printing Boxes Instead of Text: Causes and Fixes</title><link>https://zplfonts.com/blog/zebra-printer-printing-boxes-instead-of-text/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://zplfonts.com/blog/zebra-printer-printing-boxes-instead-of-text/</guid><description>Zebra label printer printing squares or blocks instead of letters? Find the cause: missing glyphs, wrong ^CI value, font not loaded, or bad data.</description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Wrap Text in ZPL with the ^FB Field Block Command</title><link>https://zplfonts.com/blog/zpl-field-block-wrap-text/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://zplfonts.com/blog/zpl-field-block-wrap-text/</guid><description>Learn how ^FB wraps and aligns text in ZPL: width, max lines, line spacing, justification, indents and the common ways labels lose text.</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The 10 ZPL Font Commands Every Developer Should Know</title><link>https://zplfonts.com/blog/zpl-font-commands-every-developer-should-know/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://zplfonts.com/blog/zpl-font-commands-every-developer-should-know/</guid><description>A working developer&apos;s tour of the ten ZPL commands that control fonts, size, position, encoding and text blocks, with short examples for each.</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Print Any Font on a Zebra Label by Converting Text to a ^GF Graphic</title><link>https://zplfonts.com/blog/zpl-gf-print-any-font-as-graphic/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://zplfonts.com/blog/zpl-gf-print-any-font-as-graphic/</guid><description>When the printer can&apos;t hold or render your font, turn the text into a ^GF bitmap. 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Compare fonts, flexibility, language support and long-term viability, with advice for new and existing projects.</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Test ZPL Labels Without Wasting Media</title><link>https://zplfonts.com/blog/test-zpl-labels-without-wasting-media/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://zplfonts.com/blog/test-zpl-labels-without-wasting-media/</guid><description>A practical workflow for testing ZPL label designs: preview first, test small, check the printer config, and only then print real labels.</description><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>