HP PCL 5 - Operation of ADC and MEt

11-16 Soft Font Creation EN
Note Access to those codes which are unprintable, yet have a character
defined, requires the use of the Transparent Print Data command
(refer to Chapter 8 for more information).
Style MSB (UI)
The Style MSB (byte 4) is combined with the Style LSB (byte 23) to
make the style word. The contents of the style word are described
below. The Style word (decimal) is calculated using the formula:
Style Word = Posture + (4 x Width) + (32 x Structure)
The binary structure of the Style word is shown below.
2 Bound font. All character codes 0 to 255 are
printable, except 0, 7 to 15, and 27 [decimal]
(see note below).
10 Unbound font. Character codes correspond to
HP MSL numbers (for Intellifont unbound scalable
fonts).
11 Unbound font. Character codes correspond to
Unicode numbers (for TrueType unbound scalable
fonts).
Table 11-9 Font Type Values (continued)
Table 11-10
Value Posture (StyleWord partial sum)
0 Upright
1 Italic
2 Alternate Italic
3 Reserved