Brother HL-Series Technical Reference Manual page 64

Revision C 16/01/96
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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.
< Bitmapped font > ··· This type of font descriptor is not recommended for HL-10h,1260 and 660.
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 Bitmapped 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
St yle LSB
T ypeface LSB
Serif St yle
Placement
Underline Height
Height Extended
8 7
Font Type
Reserved
Spacing
St yle LSB
T ypeface LSB
Serif St yle
Placement
Underline Height
Height Extended
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(LSB) 0
(LSB) 0