LJ SERIES 2D EMULATIONStroke weightThe stroke weight determines the degree of darkness of the font.This can vary from ultra thin to ultra black, with seven grades ofshading, medium being the normal stroke weight. Mostapplications use two stroke weights: medium and bold.TypefaceA typeface can be defined as the specific design of a set of fontcharacters. Characters of a given typeface share a similar style.Font selectionYou may select fonts either by their characteristics or by using afont ID number. All font selection commands have two forms,one for the primary font and one for the secondary font.Font select commands are listed later under ”PCL4 commandreference.”Font selection by characteristicsThe user selects fonts according to their characteristics. Theprinter follows a “best fit” system to search for the font whichmost closely matches the one requested. The characteristics forfont selection are listed in order of priority:• Symbol set• Spacing• Pitch• Height• Style• Stroke weight• Typeface• Soft font with the lowest ID number• Left cartridge• Right cartridge• Internal font orientation.If you select landscape orientation and only one landscape font isavailable, that font will be used regardless of the othercharacteristics.XEROX 4213 LASER PRINTER PROGRAMMER REFERENCEE 3-5
