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Appendix D
4) scale factor (character height/width ratio)
5) type style (Roman or italic)
6) character weight (bold, normal, etc.)
7) character proportion (normal, compressed, expanded).
font, landscape A font printed parallel to the long edge of a page, or a font
capable of being produced on a landscape page
orientation.
font, monospaced Also called fixed-pitch font and mono-font. Every
character, regardless of horizontal size, occupies the
same amount of font pattern space. All monospaced
fonts use specific pitch size settings. Monospaced fonts
are sometimes used when strict character alignment is
desired (tables, charts, spreadsheets, etc.).
font name See typeface.
font pattern A font pattern is the matrix of pixels which represents a
character, symbol, or image.
font, portrait A font printed parallel to the short edge of a page.
font, proportional A font in which the width of a character cell varies with
the width of the character. For example, [i] takes less
space to print than [m]. Using proportional fonts generally
increases the readability of printed documents, giving
text a typeset appearance.
font weight The thickness of the lines making up a character. For
example, “bold” and “light” are different font weights.
font width The measurement of the width of a character cell in dots.
H
hex codes Codes based on a numeral system with a radix of 16.
host computer The computer that stores, processes, and sends data to
be printed, and which communicates directly with the
printer. The term “host” indicates the controlling
computer, since modern printers are themselves
microprocessor-controlled computer systems.
HS Abbrev. for high speed font.
Hz Abbrev. for Hertz. Cycles per second, a measure of
frequency.
I
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
IGP Intelligent Graphics Processor. An interface that converts
graphics commands received from the host computer to
binary plot data that is usable by the printer.
initialization A series of processes and self-tests to set power-up
default conditions and parameters.