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3.1. Resident Fonts
A font is a set of characters of a particular design. The design is referred to as a
typeface. Several
characteristics identify a font. These include the font type (bitmap, scalable, or KPDL), symbol set,
spacing, pitch, height, style, stroke weight, and typeface family.
The printer provides three types of resident fonts:
bitmap fonts, scalable (outline) fonts, and
KPDL fonts. Also, fonts may be downloaded to the printer’s memory from a memory card or disk.
These fonts are referred to as
downloadable or soft fonts. The printer accepts as many
downloadable fonts as its user available memory permits.
Bitmap fonts
A bitmap font is made of a fixed bit pattern (Figure 3.1.). This pattern is stored in a special format
for use in the printer. Bitmap fonts have a fixed height (size) for each character. Therefore, different
font sets are required for different font sizes. For example,
Dutch801BM10-Roman is a 10-point
font and
Dutch801BM8-Roman is an 8-point font.
Figure 3.1. Bitmap Font Character
Scalable fonts
Scalable fonts provide the outline of the characters (Figure 3.2.). This outline is scaled according to
the scaling information from the computer and filled in for printing. Depending on the capabilities of
the software you use, the scalable fonts can be scaled from 0.25 point to 999.75 points in quarter
point increments.
Figure 3.2. Scalable Font Character
3.1. Resident Fonts
Summary of Contents for Ecosys FS-6700
Page 1: ...User s Manual Kyocera Laser Printer FS 6700 Table of Contents ...
Page 86: ...2 17 Chapter 2 Operating the Laser Printer Sample Status Page 1 4 5 6 2 3 7 8 9 ...
Page 123: ...3 4 Resident Scalable Fonts 1 3 2 List of Fonts ...
Page 124: ...3 5 Chapter 3 Fonts Resident Scalable Fonts 2 ...
Page 125: ...List of Fonts 3 6 KPDL Fonts 1 ...
Page 126: ...Chapter 3 Fonts 3 7 KPDL Fonts 2 ...
Page 172: ...6 5 Chapter 6 Symbol Set Tables LaserJet 5M Dutch801 RomanSWM 6N LaserJet 5M PS Math 5M ...
Page 173: ...6 6 6 1 HP LaserJet 5M Symbol Sets LaserJet 5M PS Text 10J LaserJet 5M Math8 8M ...
Page 174: ...6 7 Chapter 6 Symbol Set Tables LaserJet 5M Pi Font 15U LaserJet 5M MS publishing 6J ...
Page 175: ...6 8 6 1 HP LaserJet 5M Symbol Sets LaserJet 5M Windows 9U LaserJet 5M Desktop 7J ...
Page 176: ...6 9 Chapter 6 Symbol Set Tables LaserJet 5M ISO Latin 2 2N LaserJet 5M ISO Latin 5 5N ...
Page 180: ...6 13 Chapter 6 Symbol Set Tables LaserJet 5M PC 852 Latin 2 17U LaserJet 5M PC Turkish 9T ...
Page 181: ...6 14 6 1 HP LaserJet 5M Symbol Sets Macintosh 12J ...
