Unicode and Fonts
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Table 10 Requested CPI and Resulting CPI
If the requested spacing is zero, the character spacing will be defined by the character
definition, and will result in variable spacing.
Line spacing
The legacy commands select line spacing as lines per inch. With scalable characters,
the lines per inch is a minimum spacing. If a character is larger then the spacing
between lines, the line spacing will be increased to allow enough room for the
characters on that line.
Selecting character size by points.
In addition to the legacy or classic method of character size selection, the Epic 880TM
allows selection by point size. Point sizes from 4 to 72 points may be selected for
both the horizontal and vertical axes. If a horizontal point size of zero (0) is selected
for the horizontal spacing the characters are printed using variable spacing based on
the character definition, using the vertical point size for the horizontal point size.
To provide fine control over character size, two commands are available, one of which
specifies the size in points, and the other of which specifies the size in ΒΌ-point
increments.
If the font is a stroke font, the boldness of the characters is controlled through
variations in individual stroke width.
Internal Fonts The Epic 880TM is provided by default with a standard WGL4 outline-based font, and
optionally with an additional GB18030 stroke-based font. Additional user defined
outline or stroke fonts may be used as required.
The default font provided with the Epic 880TM is called UTAH MT Condensed from
Monotype. This is a condensed variable-pitch font that produces reasonable fixed-
pitch results. In some cases, extra wide characters in this font may produce
undesirable fixed-pitch results. If this is unacceptable, the TransAct Sub font may be
loaded, containing slightly narrower characters in key locations. As another
alternative, the printer may be ordered with a fixed-pitch font, which will not allow
variable-pitch printing.
The Epic 880TM supports TrueType fonts. There are several companies that will
provide custom character sets. The Epic 880TM uses fonts provided by Monotype.
You can contract Monotype through their website www.fonts.com, or by phone in U.S.
& Canada (toll-free 1-800-424-8973, directly at 1-781-970-6020), or the United
Kingdom (Free Phone 0800 371242, direct +44 (0)1737 765959.)