Some Basic Facts About Fonts; Attributes Of Fonts - Canon imageCLASS MF7460 Reference Manual

Before Using the
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Some Basic Facts about Fonts

Original and Paper
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Copying
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Sending and
Receiving 4
Printing and
Scanning
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Network (imageCLASS
MF7480/MF7470 Only) 6
Remote UI (imageCLASS
MF7480/MF7470 Only) 7
System Settings
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Maintenance
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Troubleshooting
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Appendix
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This section summarizes some of the basic facts you should
know about fonts.
What Is a Font?
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A font is a collection of letters and symbols used when printing
a document. In general, a group of letters and symbols sharing a
common design is referred to as a font. A font consists of the letters
A to Z in both upper and lowercase, digits, and symbols.
The design that distinguishes one font from another is referred to
as a "typeface. " Each font has a typeface name, such as Courier, CG
Times, Letter Gothic, etc.
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Attributes of Fonts

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All fonts share some common characteristics, which are called
"attributes. " The typeface is one such attribute. The letters and
symbols that are actually printed are determined by the values of a
collection of these attributes.
Typeface The design of the letters (for example,
Courier, CG Times, Helvetica, or Gothic).
Stroke Weight The thickness of the lines with which the
letters are drawn (e.g. bold, medium, or light).
Style Whether the letters are drawn straight or at
an angle (e.g. upright or italic).
Point Size Height of the letters (e.g. 10 point or 5 point).
Pitch ( cpi) Number of characters that are printed in one
inch (e.g. 10 cpi, 12 cpi, or Scale).
Character Width Indicates whether the character width is set
( Fixed/PS) to "Fixed" or "Proportional. "
Orientation Orientation of the characters on a page
("Portrait" or "Landscape").
Symbol Set The rule that defines the correspondence
between the character codes coming from
the host computer, and the letter forms that
appear on the page (for example, Roman-8).
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