Specifications

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• Font type (UB) - specifies type of symbol set.
0 Bound font. A 7-bit font with character codes 20H to 7FH acceptable.
1 Bound font. A 8-bit font with character codes 20H to 7FH and 80H to FFH acceptable.
2 Bound font. 8-bit all character codes are printable. However, 00H, 07H to 0FH and 1BH are printable
only when the data is defined as transparent print data.
10 Unbound font. Character codes corresponding to MSL numbers are acceptable.
11 Unbound font. Character codes corresponding to Unicode numbers are acceptable.
When a 7-bit font or 8-bit font is selected, it is possible for codes 00H to FFH to load characters or delete
them. It is also possible to print the characters if they are defined as transparent print data.
• Style MSB (UW) - combined with the Style LSB to make the style word. The value of the style word is
calculated as follows: style word = posture + (4 width) + (32 structure).
Value Posture
0 Upright
1 Italic
2 Alternate Italic
3 Reserved
Value Width
0 Normal
1 Condensed
2 Compressed or Extra Condensed
3 Extra compressed
4 Ultra compressed
5 Reserved
6 Extended or Expanded
7 Extra Extended or Extra Expanded
Value Structure
0 Solid
1 Outline
2 In-line
3 Contour
4 Solid with Shadow
5 Outline with Shadow
6 Inline with Shadow
7 Contour with Shadow
8-11 Patterned (Complex patterns, subject to type family )
12-15 Patterned with Shadow
16 Inverse
17 Inverse in Open Border
18-30 Reserved
31 Unknown structure
The reserved bits should be set to Zero.
• Baseline position (UI) -
Bitmap font - the height in dots from the top of the character cell to the baseline. The units of dots is
the same as the defined font resolution. This number can be in the range 0 to (cell
height - 1).
Intellifont scalable - a Ycoordinate in the design cell.
TrueType scalable - the height in dots from the top of the character cell to the baseline. This should be set to
0.