This describes the simplest type of font download: Raster image fonts. When saved to a file, these are usually saved as .SFP fles. These files can be downloaded to the printer to make the font available for selection and printing. There are other types of fonts including the scaleable .SFS format and the .TFM formated which is based on TrueType fonts.
Offset | Len | Name | Notes | LJ | DJ | |
0 | 2 | Font descriptor size | 40h 64 |
44h 68 |
48* | |
2 | 1 | Format |
|
00 | 14h 20 |
00 |
3 | 1 | Font Type |
To access unprintable characters, use Print Data Transparent. |
00 | 05 | |
4 | 1 | Style MSB | (always 0 for Format 0 fonts) | 00 | 00 | |
5 | 1 | Reserved | 00 | 00 | ||
6 | 2 | Baseline Distance | (unsigned integer) Distance from top of cell to baseline (from 0 to cell height in dots minus 1). | 2600 | 2600 | |
8 | 2 | Cell Width | (unsigned word) Width of cell in dots. | 1900 | 3200* | |
10 | 2 | Cell Height | (unsigned word) Height of cell in dots. | 3200 | 3200 | |
12 | 1 | Orientation | (unsigned byte) Orientation of font (0=portrait, 1=landscape) | 00 | 00 | |
13 | 1 | Spacing | (byte) Spacing of font
|
00 | 00 | |
14 | 2 | Symbol Set | (unsigned word) Symbol set for this font (value field times 32 + ASCII decimal value of termination character - 64); range 0 to 2047. HP uses 0 to 1023. Termination characters can be "A" to 'V". | 1500 | 1500 | |
16 | 2 | Pitch (default HMI) | (unsigned word) Pitch of font in quarter-dots. Defines default HMI for font. Range: 0 to 16800. | 6400 | 6400 | |
18 | 2 | Height | (unsigned word) Heigth of font in quarter-dots. Value is converted to points (1/720"=1 pt). Range: 0-10922. | C700 | C700 | |
20 | 2 | xHeight | (unsigned word) Height of lower case "x" in quarter-dots. (Ignored by HP LJ Series II, ...) | 6400 | 6400 | |
22 | 1 | Width Type | (signed byte) Proportionate width of characters in font. (Ignored by
HP LJ Series II, ...)
|
00 | 00 | |
23 | 1 | Style | (unsigned byte) Style of font; 0=upright, 1=italics | 00 | 00 | |
24 | 1 | Stroke Weight | (signed byte): Thickness of strokes; (-7 to 7; standard is 0, bold is 3, light is -3). | 06 | 06 | |
25 | 1 | Typeface |
|
03 | 03 | |
26 | 1 | Typeface-x | MSB of typeface value. Always 0 for format 0 fonts. Top four bits used
as a mfgr code and the lower four are combined with the Typeface to form
an extended, 12 bit Typeface field. Mfgrs:
|
00 | 00 | |
27 | 1 | Serif Style | (unsigned byte): (Ignored by LJ II,...)
|
00 | 00 | |
28 | 1 | Quality | Always 0 in format 0 fonts | 00 | 00 | |
29 | 1 | Placement | Always 0 in format 0 fonts | 00 | 02 | |
30 | 1 | Underline Distance | (signed byte) Distance from baseline to top dot row of underline in dots. 0=at baseline, positive=above baseline. | 02 | 02 | |
31 | 1 | Underline Height | (unsigned byte) Thickness of underline in dots. (LJ II is always set to 3 dots.) | F6h | F6h | |
32 | 2 | Text Height | (unsigned word) Font's optimum inter-line spacing, in quarter-dots. (Ignored by LJ II) | EF00h | EF00h | |
34 | 2 | Text Width | (unsigned word) Font's optimum character spacing in quarter-dots. (Ignored by LJ II) | 6400h | 6400h | |
36 | 2 | First Code | 2000h | 2100h | ||
38 | 2 | Last Code | 7F00h | 7F00h | ||
40 | 1 | Pitch Extended | (unsigned byte) Extends pitch an extra eight bits. Value is in 1024ths of one dot. E.g. 17 pitch: Pitch=70 (17.5 dots) and Pitch Extended=150 (0.1465 dots additional). | 41 | 41 | |
41 | 1 | Height Extended | (unsigned byte) Extends height an extra eight bits. Value is 1024th of one dot. | 00 | 00 | |
42 | 2 | Cap Height | 0000 | 0000 | ||
44 | 4 | Font Number | 0 | 0 | ||
48-63 | 16 | Font Name | (ASCII) String for font name. | |||
64-65 | 2 | X Resoluton /Scale Factor |
Omitted or used for copyright on format 0 fonts. X Resolution on format 20 fonts. Scale Factor on format 10, 11 and 15 fonts | |||
66-67 | 2 | Y Resolution /Master Underline Position |
Omitted or used for copyright on format 0 fonts. Y Resolution on format 20 fonts. Master Underline Position on type 15 fonts. | |||
68 | 2 | Master Underline Thickness | Omitted for format 0 fonts. | |||
Offset | Len | Name | Notes | LJ | DJ |
0 | 1 | Format | (unsigned byte): Format of the character descriptor byte. | 04 | 05 |
1 | 1 | Continuation | (Boolean): 0=data is character descriptor block, or 1=continuation of data associated with previous character descriptor (for large descriptors exceeding 32,767 bytes (max of value field). If so, bytes from 2 are character data. | 00 | 00 |
2 | 1 | Descriptor Size | (unsigned byte): Size of character descriptor, in bytes. | 14 | 06 |
3 | 1 | Class (Char.Type) | (unsigned byte): Format of character data. | 01 | 00 |
4 | 1 | Orientation | (unsigned byte): 0=portrait, 1=landscape; must match font. | ||
5 | 1 | Reserved | |||
6 | 2 | Left Offset | (unsigned word): Distance from left of physical page, in dots. (range: -4200 to 4200) | ||
8 | 2 | Top Offset | (unsigned word): Distance from top of physical page, in dots. (range: -4200 to 4200) | ||
10 | 2 | Character Width | (unsigned word): Width of character in dots. (Range: 1 to 4200). Cannot extend beyond cell boundary, as specified in font descriptor. | ||
12 | 2 | Character Height | (unsigned word): Height of character in dots. (Range: 1 to 4200). Cannot extend beyond cell boundary. | ||
14 | 2 | Delta X | (signed word): Number of quarter-dots by which horizontal position will be incremented after printing character. Used for proportional spaced characters. (Range: 0 to 16800) | ||
16 | Character Data | Dot-per-bit image; in rows; left-to-right, parallel to raster scan; zero-bit filled to make an integral number of bytes. |
Questions:
/techref/language/pcl/fontdnload.htm Massmind, I need to find a downloadable LinePrinter font that I can install in the windows font folder. Any ideas where I can find this for download? Thanks
James Newton replies: In the context of this page, download means "into the printer" not from the internet. Windows wouldn't have a clue what to do with an HP type downloadable (to printer) font. You probably need a true type LinePrinter font. Google is your friend.
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