Laser Printer User Manual

tie fontsyouusedeterminewhatyourpageswilllooklike.In thischapter

we’llfirst clari~ themeaningsof wordspeopleuse whentheytalk about

fonts.

Nextwe’llexaminethethreekindsof fonts(internal,cartridgeanddown-

loaded) that you can use on your Star LaserPrinter4. We’ll cover the

particularsetsof symbolsyoucanchoosefor thosefontstoo.

Finally,we’llfindouthowto loadtheprinterwithyourselectionof fonts.

3.1 FONTTERMINOLOGY

3.1.1 Typefacesand fonts

First,a fewdefinitions.A typ~ace is a familyof charactemwiththe same

basicdesign.The artisticcharacterdesignyouchooseestablishesthe“tone

of voice”for allyourdocuments.

Several variables can characterize typefaces, including weight (light,

medium,bold),width(condensedor extended),andstyle(uprightor italic).

Courier,forexample,isatypefacefamilythatincludesthecharactersinboth

Co’uriermedium italicand Courier bold uprighti

Let’s considerthesevariables.Boklprintissometimescalled“emphasized”

or’’double-strike”.Onearlierprintersboldfaceisgeneratedbyprintingeach

charactertwice;dot-matrixmachinesprintthesecondimpressionjust ahair

belowor to therightof the firstone.

Withthe StarLaserPrinter4 youcan havedifferentstrokeweightsin two

ways, dependingon whichemulationyou are using. You can have two

differentfonts,storingandswitchingbetweenaboldandamediumversion

ofthefont.Oryoucanusejust onefontandsetboldon andoffwithEscape

sequences.The latterway usesjust halfas muchfontmemory.