Star Micronics 4111 Applications Manual page 40

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Downloadable fonts run the gamut from Egyptian hieroglyphics to those
eye-catching decorative fonts known as display fonts. They also include the
more exotic foreign-language characters, such as Arabic or Cyrillic, and
symbol and mathematical fonts (sometimes with fractions).
How can you compare cartridge and downloadable fonts? When you use
cartridge fonts you don't have to take time to download them. They don't
take any of your Star LaserPrinter 4111'sRAM memory either. But
downloadable fonts offer many more choices. Downloadable fonts usually
cost less too.
The printer always knows where its internal fonts are. For each emulation
program, it also keeps track of cartridge and downloaded fonts in a part of its
memory called the~ont table.
So with the Star LaserPrinter 4111 you can have many fonts available at any
one time — the internal fonts, the fonts on any cassettes you've plugged in,
and any fonts you have downloaded. You can change fonts in mid-line to
emphasize a word or two whenever you want. You can mix internal, cartridge
and downloaded fonts in the same document.
3.2.4 Hints: Where to get fonts
You can print any downloadable font that works on the HP LaserJet HI.
Several other companies sell downloadable fonts which are compatible
with your Star LaserPrinter 4111. T he Bitstream Corporation in Boston is
one of the more popular; Conographic is another. Xerox includes a set of
fonts with its Venm}a Publisher desktop publishing software, which you
can use with your printer.
The SoftCraft company now markets a Bitstream-developed product
called "Fontware". With Fontware you can generate bit-mapped fonts of
any size from a library of outline fonts. In outline fonts each character's
profile is defined just once and the printer generates any font height from
that profile, which saves printer memory.
Don't hesitate to ask your Star dealer where you can buy cartridge and
downloadable fonts. If you really can't find the one you need, you can
design and download your own customized fonts. This is no easy job, but
if you're curious it's described in chapter 4.
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