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Coded Font
Character Set
Characters
Character properties
Printing attributes
Code Page
Character IDs
Code points
Coded font
A coded font translates the request for a font type into characters for printing.
The bitmap coded font consists of references to:
• the specific character set
• the specific code page
The outline coded font consists of references to:
• the specific character set
• the specific code page
• the point size
A character must be included in the specified character set and listed on the specified code page.
A coded font couples a specific code page to a specific character set.
Character set
A character set contains the characters of a single type family, typeface and type size.
In addition, a character set specifies the character properties and printing attributes. The
character properties define how a character is positioned relative to the characters around it. The
printing properties define how the character set will be printed.
Character sets can be single-byte or double-byte. A single-byte character set (SBCS) is intended
for use with a single-byte code page. SBCS is used for alphabetic languages like English and
Dutch. A double-byte character set (DBCS) is intended for use with a double-byte code page.
DBCS is used for non-alphabetic languages like Chinese and Japanese.
In the following table, an overview for single-byte and double-byte support for bitmap fonts and
outline fonts is given.
Bitmap fonts Outline Fonts
Type 1 True Type
SBCS Yes Yes Yes
DBCS Yes No Yes
Code page
A code page maps each character of text to the characters in a character set. A character entered
at a computer terminal is translated into a code point. When the text is printed, each code point is
match to a character ID on the specified code page. To be a valid code page for a particular
character set, all character IDs in the code page must be included in that character set.
Code pages accommodate various national languages by using characters and special symbols
appropriate to the language. Code pages can be single-byte (SBCS) or double-byte (DBCS).
Bar code
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