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3.1. Resident Fonts
A font is a set of characters of a particular design. The design is referred to as a
typeface
. Several
characteristics identify a font. These include the font type (bitmap, scalable, or KPDL), symbol set,
spacing, pitch, height, style, stroke weight, and typeface family.
The printer provides three types of resident fonts:
bitmap
fonts,
scalable
(outline) fonts, and
KPDL
fonts. Also, fonts may be downloaded to the printer’s memory from a memory card or disk.
These fonts are referred to as
downloadable
or
soft fonts
. The printer accepts as many
downloadable fonts as its user available memory permits.
Bitmap fonts
A bitmap font is made of a fixed bit pattern (Figure 3.1.). This pattern is stored in a special format
for use in the printer. Bitmap fonts have a fixed height (size) for each character. Therefore, different
font sets are required for different font sizes. For example,
Dutch801BM10-Roman
is a 10-point
font and
Dutch801BM8-Roman
is an 8-point font.
Figure 3.1. Bitmap Font Character
Scalable fonts
Scalable fonts provide the outline of the characters (Figure 3.2.). This outline is scaled according to
the scaling information from the computer and filled in for printing. Depending on the capabilities of
the software you use, the scalable fonts can be scaled from 0.25 point to 999.75 points in quarter
point increments.
Figure 3.2. Scalable Font Character
3.1. Resident Fonts