B-8 Packet Reference Manual
TrueType Font Information
TrueType fonts follow the TrueType outline font standard. These fonts are smooth at any point
size. There are no jagged edges, because the font is created from an equation every time it is
used. The height and width magnification are defined in point size.
72 points = one inch. One inch = cell size. The cell size is the built-in space around the
individual characters of the scalable font. The point size range is 4 to 255. The field width
varies with each letter. The printer accepts downloaded TrueType fonts.
Downloading TrueType Fonts
The MONARCH® MPCL™ Toolbox (Font Utility) is available on our Web site and converts
TrueType fonts to Hex or Run-Length encoding for the printer.
When downloading a TrueType font, you download the entire font, not particular characters or
one point size. You can print a variety of symbol sets with International (Turkish, Latin, Spanish,
etc.) characters. TrueType fonts are designed to be regionally specific; therefore, all symbol sets
may not be supported in a given font.
Save the fonts to flash memory for optimal performance with downloaded fonts. No memory
configuration packets are necessary since flash memory cannot be reallocated.
Using International Fonts
International fonts are available as bitmap or TrueType fonts. See "Bitmap Font Information" or
"TrueType Font Information" for more details. The extended features printer is required to print
International fonts. Save the font into the printer’s flash memory.
To use symbol set 110 (Unicode UTF-8), download an International TrueType font. An
International TrueType font containing Chinese or Japanese characters requires the extended
features printer. An International TrueType font containing Arabic characters may not.
To use International fonts, consider the following information:
♦ All fonts contain an internal character mapping. The mapping is organized by one or more
standards, such as BIG5. These mapping standards can provide over 65,000 characters,
which are not represented in this manual. The printer supports several mapping standards:
♦ Unicode (UCS-2)
♦ BIG5
♦ GB2312
♦ SJIS
♦ Specify a symbol set based on the characters to print and one that is compatible with the
font's character mapping. For example, to print Japanese characters, select symbol set 932
(Japanese Shift JIS) and a font compatible with that symbol set. See "Selecting a Symbol
Set" for more information.
♦ To enter batch data, use the method specified by the font's character mapping and a
compatible symbol set.
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