Fonts; Font Terminology - Star Micronics 4111 Applications Manual

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Fonts
The fonts you use determine what your pages will look like. In this chapter
we'll first clarify the meanings of words people use when they talk about
fonts.
Next we'll examine the three kinds of fonts (internal. cartridge and down-
loaded) that you can use on your Star LaserPrinter 4111.We'll cover the
particular sets of symbols you can choose for those fonts too.
Finally, we'll find out how to load the printer with your selection of fonts.
3.1 FONT TERMINOLOGY
3.1.1 Typefaces and fonts
First, a few definitions. A typeface is a family of characters with the same
basic design. The artistic character design you choose establishes the "tone
of voice" for all your documents.
Several variables can characterize typefaces, including weight (light, me-
dium, bold), width (condensed or extended), and style (upright or italic).
Courier, for example, is a typeface family that includes the characters in both
Courier mediurnitalic and Courier bold upright.
Let's consider these variables. Bold print is sometimes called "emphasized"
or "double-strike". On earlier printers boldface is generated by printing each
character twice;dot-matrix machines print the second impressionjust a hair
below or to the right of the first one.
With the Star LaserPrinter 4111 you can have different stroke weights in two
ways. You can have two different fonts, storing and switching between a bold
and a medium version of the font. Or you can usejust one font and set bold
on and off with Escape sequences. The latter way usesjust half as much font
memory.
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