Bitmapped fonts are fixed in size and specified by characteristics called "attributes," such as typeface, stroke weight, style and so on. Various types of bitmapped fonts are produced by the combination of these attributes.

Scalable Fonts

 

With scalable fonts, characters are freely enlarged or compressed from the one

 

point to any size you wish in 0.1 point increments.

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Appendix

Some Basic Facts about Fonts

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