HP 5961-0509 manual LaserJet Family Raster, 11-62Soft Font Creation

Format (UB)

This is the first byte of every character data block header. It specifies the format of the character descriptor and data. The format number for Intellifont scalable fonts is 10.

Table 11-44

Value	Format
4*	LaserJet Family (Raster)

10Intellifont Scalable

15* TrueType Scalable

*These are described elsewhere in this chapter.

If the format number is different from that expected by the device, the character is discarded.

Continuation (B)

This is the second (and last) byte of every character data block header. It specifies whether the following data is the first (0) data block of a new character definition, or a continuation (1) block for a character definition which has already been received by the printer. Because the value field in a Character Definition command is limited to 32767 bytes, characters whose byte count exceed this must be sent in two or more blocks. Table 11-42 shows the continuation block for an Intellifont Scalable font.

Descriptor Size (UB)

This is the first byte of the character descriptor. It specifies the size of the character descriptor in bytes. The typical descriptor size for Intellifont scalable fonts is 2.

Class (UB)

Specifies the format of the character data. For Intellifont scalable fonts values 3 and 4 are used, as described below.

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