Font Characteristics - Xerox 4215 User Manual

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Font Characteristics

Fonts are made up of the following seven
characteristics:
Symbol Set A symbol set is a unique subgrouping
of all the available characters in a font.
example, Roman-8 and IBM-PC, ECMA-94, ISO 25
are the symbol sets available with the PCL 5
mode.
specific application in mind.
Appendix H for the symbol set tables.
Spacing All fonts are designed with either
fixed or proportional spacing.
spacing is set for fixed, all character cells
are the same width regardless of the size of
the character being printed.
spacing is set for proportional, character cell
width depends on the character size.
example, a "W" is a wider character than an
"I."
(W and I) would be given the same sized
character cell and equal space on the printed
line.
character (W) is contained in a wider character
cell and given more space on the printed line
than the narrower character (I).
Pitch Pitch refers to the number of characters
that can be placed in a horizontal inch of
text.
pitch size.
setting of 10 prints 10 characters for every
cut top 2"
Each symbol set is designed with a
If spacing is fixed, both the characters
If spacing is proportional, the wider
All fixed pitch fonts use a specific
For example, a font with a pitch
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