Star Micronics 4 manual Typefacesand fonts

tie fontsyouuse determinewhatyourpageswilllooklike. In this chapter we’ll first clari~ the meaningsof wordspeopleuse when they talk about fonts.

Next we’ll examinethe three kindsof fonts(internal,cartridgeand down- loaded) that you can use on your Star LaserPrinter4. We’ll cover the particularsets of symbolsyou can choosefor those fontstoo.

Finally,we’ll find out how to load the printerwith your selectionof fonts.

3.1FONTTERMINOLOGY

3.1.1Typefacesand fonts

First, a few definitions.A typ~ace is a familyof charactemwith the same basicdesign.The artisticcharacterdesignyou chooseestablishesthe “tone of voice”for all your documents.

Several variables can characterize typefaces, including weight (light, medium,bold),width(condensedor extended),andstyle(uprightor italic). Courier,forexample,isatypefacefamilythatincludesthecharactersin both Co’uriermedium italicand Courier bold uprighti

Let’s considerthesevariables.Boklprintis sometimescalled“emphasized” or’’double-strike”Onearlierprintersboldfaceis. generatedbyprintingeach charactertwice;dot-matrixmachinesprintthesecondimpressionjust a hair belowor to the right of the firstone.

With the Star LaserPrinter4 you can have differentstrokeweightsin two ways, dependingon which emulationyou are using. You can have two differentfonts,storingandswitchingbetweena boldanda mediumversion of the font.Or youcanusejust one fontandsetboldon andoff withEscape sequences.The latter way usesjust half as much fontmemory.

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