Specifications

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• Stroke weight (SB) - valid values are from –7 to +7. 0 denotes the normal (Roman) stroke width, –7 is the
lightest possible stroke and 7 is the boldest.
Value Stroke Weight
–7 Ultra thin
–6 Extra thin
–5 Thin
–4 Extra light
–3 Light
–2 Demi light
–1 Semi light
0 Medium, Book, or Text
1 Semi bold
2 Demi bold
3 Bold
4 Extra bold
5 Black
6 Extra black
7 Ultra black
• Typeface family (UB) – the typeface. This word is made up of the Typeface MSB and the Typeface LSB and
identifies the typeface by number.
Bits 0 to 11 specify the typeface family and bits 12 to 15 specify the vending company.
15 12 11 0
Vendor
Typeface Family
Value Vendor
0 Reserved
1 Agfa Division, Miles Inc.
2 Bitstream Inc.
3 Linotype Company
4 The Monotype Corporation plc
5 Adobe Systems Inc.
The Typeface family number can be 0 to 4095. This value is calculated as follows;
(TrueType base value) + (Vendor value x 4096) = Typeface Family
<Previous Models>
The typeface word consists of four fields. Bits 0 to 8 specify the typeface family, bits 9 to 10 indicate the
version number, bits 11 to 14 identify the vending company, and bit 15 is always set to zero.
15
Vendor
0
Version
Typeface Base Value
11 10 9
8
0
• Serif style (UB) -
Bitmapped font - ignored by this printer.
Scalable font - values for the lower 6 bits are ignored and values for the upper 2 bits indicates the serif style.
Bit 6 indicates sans serif and bit 7 indicates serif.