User`s manual

9Glossary
serif A short line stemming from and at an angle to the upper or lower
end of the stroke of a letter or number character.
A
serif
set To turn on, activate, invoke, or enable.
shadow printing A typeface with a heavy line thickness produced by
doublestriking. The printer forms a character, then prints it again,
but fractionally offset from the first position. See also bold,
character weight.
sixel A vertical column consisting of six pixels and treated as a unit in
graphics applications.
slewing Rapid vertical paper movement.
SOCS Select Other Coding System: A control sequence that allows you
to enable another emulation.
start bit The signal that indicates the start of a character or element in a
serial data stream.
stop bits The signal that indicates the end of a character or element in a
serial data stream.
string Two or more bytes of data or code treated as a unit.
symbol set See character set.
true On or 1. “High true” refers to a positive relative voltage
representing the ON state; “low true” refers to a negative relative
voltage representing the ON state.
type style Refers to either the upright (roman) or italic character style within
a specific font family.
typeface A descriptive name or brand name that identifies a particular
design of type.
typographic font See font, proportional.