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3.2 HOWTHE STAR
LASERPRINTER4 STORESFONTS
3.2.1 Bit-mappedfonts
StarMicronicshasearnedareputationforattractive,well-designedfontson
its printers,andthislaserprintercontinuesthetradition.
TheStarLaserPrinter4 usesbit-mappedfonts.Eachcharacters madeup
of a patternor “map”of dots,just likecharacterson a dot-matrixprinteror
on yourcomputerscreen.Resolutionmakesthedifference:to makeeach
characterthe StarLaserPrinter4 usesten ortwentytimesasmanydotsas
a dot-matrixprinteror computerscreendoes.
Everysizeofprintyouwant,pluseveryitalicorboldfacevecsion,hasitsown
bit mapand is normallyconsidereda separatefont.It takesa gooddealof
printermemoryto hold allthefontsyoumightwantat anygivenmoment.
Star Las&Pnnter4 fonts can be groupedinto three categories:internal,
cartridge,and downloadablefonts.
3.2.2 Internalfonts
TheStarLaserPrinter4 hassevenbuilt-ininternulfontsthatresideperma-
nentlyin its read-onlymemory(ROM).That’swhy theseare sometimes
called“residentfonts”:
Courier 12point Medium
Courier
12point Bold
Courier 12point Italic
Courier 1Opoint
Medium
Courier 1Opoint Bold
Courier 1Opoint Italic
LinePrinter
8.5point
Medium
Courieris the faceused on themostcommonelectrictypewriters.Courier
is not printed with proportionalspacing.The LinePrinterfont, designed
originallyformainframecomputem,is smallanddesignedto packa lotof
charactersintoeveryinchof print(greatfor spreadsheets).
Withthesemost frequentlyused fontsin ROM, a pagecan be assembled
muchfasterthanifthefontshadtobeloadedintotheprinterforeachprinting
job.
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