Bound Fonts; Unbound Fonts - Brother HL-Series Technical Reference Manual

Revision C 16/01/96
Microsoft Windows 3.1 TrueType Compatible Fonts:
Tennessee
Helsinki
BR Symbol
W Dingbats
BR-Script Fonts:
Atlanta
Copenhagen
Portugal
Calgary
Brother Original FOnts:
Bermuda Script
German
US Roman
San Diego
You can select a font in any of these typefaces, specifying height (point size) and symbol set. Characters printed in
scalable fonts are always proportionally spaced - that is, the spacing between characters on a line depends on their
shapes. To add to the number of fonts available, you can buy scalable typeface cartridges/cards which you can
insert into the printer's cartridge/card slots, and scalable typeface disks from which you can copy the typefaces into
the printer's memory. You can also create your own downloadable scalable typefaces, using software commands.

Bound fonts

Bound fonts are the fonts which have only a single symbol set.

Unbound fonts

Unbound fonts are the fonts which have a large amount of symbols selected from complementary symbol index
(intellifont) or unicode symbol index (TrueType).
Font sources
Depending on your model, fonts available to the printer can be in one of three places, either in the printer's ROM
as supplied from the factory, on a cartridge/card or on a PCMCIA memory card or in the printer's RAM. RAM
fonts are downloaded from a personal computer.
Internal fonts
The printer comes with some bitmap fonts contained in its ROM and many scalable typefaces which can be used
to create scalable fonts.
Cards/Cartridges fonts
You can buy cartridge/card -based bitmap fonts and scalable typefaces. Plug the cartridge/card into one of the
printer's cartridge/card slots and then select any font from them as if it were in the printer's ROM. Depending on
your model, you can also save bitmap fonts and scalable typeface in the flash ROM memory and you can use it as
font card.
Downloadable fonts
You can buy diskettes containing fonts which can be copied directly to the printer using the DOS COPY
command. You can also design of your own fonts and download them to the printer.
One disadvantage of downloaded fonts is that they reside in the printer's RAM memory. The printer also uses this
memory for composing the text and graphic output that it prints on the page. If the memory contains too many
fonts the printer may run out of memory. Since downloaded fonts are stored in the printer's RAM they are lost
when the printer is switched off, and you must redownload them before you can use them again.
Roman, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic
Medium, Oblique, Bold, BoldOblique
Book, BookOblique, Demi, DemiOblique
Roman, Italic, Bold, Bold italic
Roman, Italic, Bold, Bold italic
MediumItalic
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