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DDecipoint One tenth of a point. A unit of measurement equal to 1/
720 inch.
See also
point.
Default A value, parameter, attribute, or option assigned by a
program or system when another is not specified by the
user.
Diagnostic Pertainsto the detection and isolation of printer
malfunctionsor mistakes.
Disable Todeactivate or set to OFF.
EEmulation Refers to the ability of a printer to execute the
commands of another printer language or protocol.
Enable ToactivateorsettoON.
Escape sequence Two or more bytes that describe a specific printer
control function. In an escape sequence, the first byte is
always theASCII ESC character. (
See also
command
sequence, SFCC.)
Expanded Afont enh ancement referring to larger-than-normal
character width with no change in character height.
FFalse Off or zero.
Compare with
true.
Family (or type) A set of all variations and sizes of a type style.
Fixed-pitchfonts
See
font, monospaced.
Font The complete set of a given size of type, including
characters, symbols, figures, punctuation marks,
ligatures, signs, and accents. To fully describe a font,
you must specify seven characteristics: 1) type family,
2) spacing (proportional or monospaced), 3) type size
(12 point, 14 point, etc.), 4) scale factor (character
height/width ratio), 5) type style, 6) character weight,
and 7) character proportion (normal, condensed,
expanded).