3) character and text information – Brother MW-260 User Manual
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1-3) Character and text information
MPrint has 5 bitmap font styles, “Brougham”, “Letter Gothic Bold”, “Brussels”, “Helsinki” and “San Diego”,
and 3 outline font styles, “Letter Gothic”, “Brussels” and “Helsinki” for MW-145BT and MW-260.
The Bitmap fonts are available with 3 sizes as standard, 24 dots, 32 dots and 48 dots. You can also use
variations of each font size, such as double-width characters. For more details, please refer to the
“Detailed font size information”
section.
Each font can use either proportional or fixed-width settings. There are 2 types of font designed for
fixed-width, “Brougham” and “Letter Gothic Bold”. There are 3 types of font designed for proportional width,
“Brussels”, “Helsinki” and “San Diego”. For more details, please refer to the “Detailed font width
information”
section.
Detailed font size information
There are 6 types of size variations available for each font.
1. Regular
size
2. Half-width
size
3. Double-width
size
4. Half-width and double-height size
5. Double height size
6. Double height and width size
The difference between the net font size and described font size is that the net font size is smaller than
the described font size. The net font size depends on the currently selected font.
i.e.
Brougham
Described font size (dots)
24 32 48
Net font height (dots)
21 28 44
Net font width (dots)
11 16 26
Special characters for rules (┘└ ┤─ ├ │ ┼ ┬ ┐┌) and shaded characters are automatically set
the same width as “Brougham”, overriding any custom proportional (PS pitch) or fixed-width settings.
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