Appendix D

 

4) scale factor (character height/width ratio)

 

5) type style (Roman or italic)

 

6) character weight (bold, normal, etc.)

 

7) character proportion (normal, compressed, expanded).

font, landscape

A font printed parallel to the long edge of a page, or a font

 

capable of being produced on a landscape page

 

orientation.

font, monospaced

Also called fixed-pitch font and mono-font. Every

 

character, regardless of horizontal size, occupies the

 

same amount of font pattern space. All monospaced

 

fonts use specific pitch size settings. Monospaced fonts

 

are sometimes used when strict character alignment is

 

desired (tables, charts, spreadsheets, etc.).

font name

See typeface.

font pattern

A font pattern is the matrix of pixels which represents a

 

character, symbol, or image.

font, portrait

A font printed parallel to the short edge of a page.

font, proportional

A font in which the width of a character cell varies with

 

the width of the character. For example, [i] takes less

 

space to print than [m]. Using proportional fonts generally

 

increases the readability of printed documents, giving

 

text a typeset appearance.

font weight

The thickness of the lines making up a character. For

 

example, “bold” and “light” are different font weights.

font width

The measurement of the width of a character cell in dots.

 

H

hex codes

Codes based on a numeral system with a radix of 16.

host computer

The computer that stores, processes, and sends data to

 

be printed, and which communicates directly with the

 

printer. The term “host” indicates the controlling

 

computer, since modern printers are themselves

 

microprocessor-controlled computer systems.

HS

Abbrev. for high speed font.

Hz

Abbrev. for Hertz. Cycles per second, a measure of

 

frequency.

 

I

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.

IGP

Intelligent Graphics Processor. An interface that converts

 

graphics commands received from the host computer to

 

binary plot data that is usable by the printer.

initialization

A series of processes and self-tests to set power-up

 

default conditions and parameters.

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