Digital Equipment LGplus Series, Setup Manual

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Glossary–4
E
EIA/TIA Electronics Industries Association.
Elite A name indicating a monospaced font with a pitch of 12 cpi (and
usually 10 points in height).
em A unit of measure in typesetting: the width of a piece of type
about as wide as it is tall. (Derived from uppercase M, usually the
widest character in a set.)
emulation Refers to the ability of a printer to execute the commands of
another printer language (protocol).
See also compatibility and protocol.
en A unit of measure in typesetting equal to half the width of an em.
enable To activate, make “true” (1), or set to ON.
escape sequence A command sequence in which the first byte is always the
ASCII ESC character.
See also command sequence, SSCC, and SFCC.
expanded Refers to a typeface with a font width larger than normal.
Character height is not changed.
F
family (or type) A set of all variations and sizes of a type style.
fixed-pitch fonts See font, monospaced.
font The complete set of a given size of type, including characters,
symbols, figures, punctuation marks, ligatures, signs, and accents.
To fully describe a font, you must specify seven characteristics:
1) typeface (Courier, Helvetica, Swiss, etc.)
2) spacing (proportional or monospaced)
3) type size (12 point, 14 point, etc.)
4) scale factor (character height/width ratio)