Brother HL-1050 Technical Reference Manual page 72

2/19/04
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The Font descriptor has information for the whole character set. When this font descriptor is sent to the
printer with a font header to identify the font ID, the descriptor parameters become the basis of the
downloaded fonts.
• The data format for each type of font descriptor block is shown below.
<Bitmap font>
Byte 15 (MSB)
0 Font Descriptor Size (64)
2 Descriptor Format (0)
4 Style MSB
6 Base Line Position
8 Cell Width
10 Cell Height
12 Orientation
14 Symbol Set
16 Pitch (Default HMI)
18 Height
20 x-Height
22 Width Type
24 Stroke Weight
26 Typeface MSB
28 Quality
30 Underline Distance
32 Text Height
34 Text Width
36 First Code
38 Last Code
40 Pitch Extended
42 Cap Height
44 - 47 Font Number
48 - 63 Font Name
64 Copyright (optional)
<Special Bitmap font>
Byte 15 (MSB)
0 Font Descriptor Size (68)
2 Descriptor Format (20)
4 Style MSB
6 Base Line Position
8 Cell Width
10 Cell Height
12 Orientation
14 Symbol Set
16 Pitch (Default HMI)
18 Height
20 x-Height
22 Width Type
24 Stroke Weight
26 Typeface MSB
28 Quality
30 Underline Distance
32 Text Height
34 Text Width
36 First Code
38 Last Code
40 Pitch Extended
42 Cap Height
44 - 47 Font Number
48 - 63 Font Name
64 X Resolution
66 Y Resolution
n Copyright (Optional)
8 7
Font Type
Reserved
Spacing
Style LSB
Typeface LSB
Serif Style
Placement
Underline Height
Height Extended
8 7
Font Type
Reserved
Spacing
Style LSB
Typeface LSB
Serif Style
Placement
Underline Height
Height Extended
X=Y: 300 or 600
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(LSB) 0
(LSB) 0