HP LaserJet 4100 HP PCL/PJL reference (PCL 5 Printer Language) - Technical Ref - Page 257
HP-GL/2 Stick and Arc font, Scalable and Bitmap Character Cell, Table 23-5, continued
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Note Table 23-5 (continued) Cap Height The distance from the baseline to the top of a capital letter. Character Origin The point at which the baseline meets the left edge of the character cell. Character Width The lateral area allocated for character rendering. Character Plot (CP) Cell Width The distance from the left edge of one character to the beginning of the next character. Character Plot (CP) Cell A rectangular area with the height of a linefeed and a width extending from the beginning of one character to the beginning of the next. The printer implements the following different types of fonts: z Scalable outline font z Bitmap font z HP-GL/2 Stick and Arc font These are described in more detail in "Using Fonts" later in this chapter. Figure 23-6 and Figure 23-7 show each type of font in relation to its character cell. Proportional fonts do not actually have a fixed character "cell." The width occupied by each character depends on the character's shape. Figure 23-6 Scalable and Bitmap Character Cell EN Working with the Character Cell 23-13