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Some Basic Facts About Fonts
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Appendix
Typeface
Typeface refers to the design of the characters and symbols. The following figure
shows an example of some typefaces.
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Typeface
Courier ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Times ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Helvetica ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Stroke Weight
Stroke weight refers to the thickness of the print. There are light, medium, and bold
stroke weights. The printer function has medium and bold fonts available. The figure
below shows an example of medium and bold printing.
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Stroke weight
Style
Style refers to the shape of the characters. The printer function can print in two
styles:
upright and italic. With some fonts like Letter Gothic, the term “Oblique” is used in
the same manner as italics.
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Style
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