Printronix P5000 Series Reference Manual page 296

Appendix E
Glossary
font
font name
font pattern
font, landscape
font, monospaced
font, portrait
font, proportional
font weight
font width
G
GL Characters
GR Characters
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The complete set of a given size of type, including
characters, symbols, figures, punctuation marks,
ligatures, signs, and accents. To fully describe a font,
seven characteristics are usually specified:
1) Type family
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).
See typeface.
A font pattern is the matrix of pels which represents a
character, symbol, or image.
A font printed parallel to the long edge of a page, or a
font capable of being produced on a landscape page
orientation.
Also called fixed-pitch fonts. Every character,
regardless of actual 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.).
A font printed parallel to the short edge of a page.
A font in which the width of the 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. This
manual is printed in proportional fonts.
See character weight.
The measurement of the width of a character cell in
dots.
Graphic left: Graphic left characters map half of the
character set table. The GL characters reside at 0 - 127
hex and comprise the ASCII portion of the table.
Graphic right: Graphic right characters map half of the
character set table. The GR characters reside at 128 -
255 hex and comprise the LG portion of the table.