Printronix ANSI Printer manual Fifo

Appendix C

family (or type)	A set of all variations and sizes of a type style.
FF	Form Feed.
FIFO	First In, First Out.
fixed-pitch fonts	See font, monospaced.
flash memory	A rugged, high-density non-volatile memory used to
	store programs, instructions, and routines in PSA®
	printers. Compare NVRAM.
FM Header	Format Header. Command strings used to switch
	between SCS and IPDS.
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) typeface
	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
	7) character proportion (normal, condensed,
	expanded).
font, landscape	A font printed parallel to the long edge of a page.
font, monospaced	Also called fixed-pitch fonts. 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	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.

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