tie fontsyouusedeterminewhatyourpageswilllooklike.Inthischapter
we’llfirst clari~ the meaningsof wordspeopleuse whenthey talk about
fonts.
Nextwe’llexaminethe threekindsof fonts(internal,cartridgeanddown-
loaded) that you can use on your Star LaserPrinter4. We’ll cover the
particularsetsof symbolsyoucanchoosefor thosefontstoo.
Finally,we’llfindouthowto loadthe printerwithyourselectionof 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(condensedorextended),andstyle(uprightor italic).
Courier,forexample,isatypefacefamilythatincludesthecharactersinboth
Co’uriermedium italicandCourier bold uprighti
Let’s considerthesevariables.Boklprintissometimescalled“emphasized”
or’’double-strike”.Onearlierprintersboldfaceisgeneratedbyprintingeach
charactertwice;dot-matrixmachinesprintthesecondimpressionjust ahair
belowor to the rightofthe firstone.
Withthe StarLaserPrinter4 you can havedifferentstrokeweightsin two
ways, dependingon which emulationyou are using. You can have two
differentfonts,storingandswitchingbetweena boldanda mediumversion
ofthefont.Oryoucanusejust onefontandsetboldon andoffwithEscape
sequences.The latterwayusesjust half as muchfontmemory.
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