CHAPTER 2 PCL - 63 
  The Font descriptor has information for the whole character set.  When this font descriptor is sent to the 
printer with a font header to identify the font ID, the descriptor parameters become the basis of the 
downloaded fonts.
 
  The data format for each type of font descriptor block is shown below. 
 
<Bitmap font> 
B
te 15 
MSB
                                 8 7                                    
LSB
 0
0 Font Descri
tor Size 
64
 
2 Descri
tor Format 
0
 Font T
e
4 St
le MSB Reserved
6  Base Line Position 
8 Cell Width
10 Cell Hei
h
 
12 Orientation S
acin
14 S
mbol Se
 
16 Pitch 
Default HMI
 
18 Hei
h
 
20 x-Hei
h
 
22 Width T
e St
le LSB
24 Stroke Wei
h
 T
eface LSB
26 T
eface MSB  Serif St
le
28 
ualit
 Placemen
30  Underline Distance  Underline Hei
h
32 Text Hei
h
 
34 Text Width 
36 First Code
38 Last Code
40 Pitch Extended  Hei
ht Extended
42 Ca
 Hei
h
 
44 - 47  Font Numbe
 
48 - 63  Font Name
64 Co
ri
ht 
o
tional
 
 
<Special Bitmap font> 
B
te 15 
MSB
                                 8 7       
LSB
 0
0 Font Descri
tor Size 
68
 
2 Descri
tor Format 
20
 Font T
e
4 St
le MSB Reserved
6  Base Line Position 
8 Cell Width
10 Cell Hei
h
 
12 Orientation S
acin
14 S
mbol Se
 
16 Pitch 
Default HMI
 
18 Hei
h
 
20 x-Hei
h
 
22 Width T
e St
le LSB
24 Stroke Wei
h
 T
eface LSB
26 T
eface MSB  Serif St
le
28 
ualit
 Placemen
30  Underline Distance  Underline Hei
h
32 Text Hei
h
 
34 Text Width 
36 First Code
38 Last Code
40 Pitch Extended  Hei
ht Extended
42 Ca
 Hei
h
 
44 - 47  Font Numbe
 
48 - 63  Font Name
64 X Resolution 
66  Y Resolution   X=Y: 300 or 600
n   Co
ri
ht 
O
tional