The icon of a bitmapped font (also called a
When you request a bitmapped character, your computer looks for an installed bitmapped font in the size you specified. (See “How the Computer Looks for Fonts” later in this appendix.) If it can’t find that font, your computer tries to construct one by scaling a size that it does find.
In most cases, scaled bitmapped fonts don’t look nearly as good as preinstalled ones. Such scaling is one reason for the jagged edges (sometimes called “jaggies”) you’ll see on your screen or in a printed document when you request an uninstalled size (for example,
Bitmapped fonts are designed on grids of 72 dots per inch
When you print a bitmapped font, it prints at a resolution of 72 dpi. Because most modern printers can print at resolutions far better than this (your Color StyleWriter 6500 prints at 300 dpi or better), printed bitmapped fonts almost always have jagged edges or stairstep sides.
Fortunately, the computer can use bitmapped fonts in combination with other font formats, reserving bitmaps for the screen and other kinds of fonts for the printer.
PostScript fonts
PostScript is a
No bitmapped font, no menu entry: If your system doesn’t have the bitmapped font, the PostScript font name won’t appear in your font menu.
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