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 |
| 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 |
| |
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 |
| default conditions and parameters. |
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