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PCL fonts

Introduction

PCL fonts come in two formats: bitmap and scalable. A font is defined by its typeface, symbol set, spacing, point size, stroke weight and orientation.

Scalable fonts

The table below lists the standard scalable PCL fonts supported by the PRISMAsync Print Server. Any text in brackets indicates an alternative naming of the font weight or style.

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Font name

Type face

Weight

Style

0

CG Times

5

M

S-N-U

1

CG Times It

5

B

S-N-I

2

CG Times Bd

5

B

S-N-U

3

CG Times BdIt

5

M

S-N-I

4

Univers Md

52

M

S-N-U

5

Univers MdIt

52

B

S-N-I

6

Univers Bd

52

B

S-N-U

7

Univers BdIt

52

M

S-N-I

8

Univers condensed Md

52

M

S-C-U

9

Univers condensed MdIt

52

B

S-C-I

10

Univers condensed Bd

52

B

S-C-U

11

Univers condensed BdIt

52

M

S-C-I

12

Antique Olive

72

M

S-N-U

13

Antique Olive It

72

B

S-N-I

14

Antique Olive Bd

72

M

S-N-U

15

CG Omega

17

M

S-N-U

16

CG Omega It

17

B

S-N-I

17

CG Omega Bd

17

B

S-N-U

18

CG Omega BdIt

17

M

S-N-I

19

Garamond Antiqua

101

M

S-N-U

20

Garamond Krsv

101

B

S-N-I

21

Garamond Hlb

101

B

S-N-U

22

Garamond KrsvHlb

101

M

S-N-I

23

Courier

3

M

S-N-U

24

Courier Bd

3

B

S-N-I

25

Courier It

3

B

S-N-U

26

Courier BdIt

3

M

S-N-I

27

Letter Gothic

6

M

S-N-U

28

Letter Gothic Bd

6

B

S-N-I

29

Letter Gothic It

6

SB

S-N-U

30

Albertus Md

266

XB

S-N-U

31

Albertus Xb

266

B

S-N-U

32

Clarendon condensed

44

M

S-C-U

33

Coronet

20

M

S-N-I

34

Marigold

201

M

S-N-U

35

Arial

218

M

S-N-U

36

Arial It

218

B

S-N-I

37

Arial Bd

218

B

S-N-U

38

Arial BdIt

218

M

S-N-I

39

Times New

517

M

S-N-U

40

Times New It

517

B

S-N-I

41

Times New Bd

517

B

S-N-U

42

Times New BdIt

517

M

S-N-I

43

Symbol

NOTE

Symbolset: Symbol

302

M

S-N-U

44

Wingdings

NOTE

Symbolset: Wingdings

2730

M

S-N-U

45

Times Rmn

517

M

S-N-U

46

Times It

517

M

S-N-I

47

Times Bd

517

B

S-N-U

48

Times BdIt

517

B

S-N-I

49

Helvetica

4

M

S-N-U

50

Helvetica Ob

4

M

S-N-I

51

Helvetica Bd

4

B

S-N-U

52

Helvetica BdOb

4

B

S-N-I

53

CourierPS

3

M

S-N-U

54

CourierPS Ob

3

M

S-N-I

55

CourierPS Bd

3

B

S-N-U

56

CourierPS BdOb

3

B

S-N-I

57

SymbolPS

NOTE

Symbolset: Symbol

302

M

S-N-U

58

Palatino Rmn

15

M

S-N-U

59

Palatino It

15

M

S-N-I

60

Palatino Bd

15

B

S-N-U

61

Palatino BdIt

15

B

S-N-I

62

ITCBookman Lt

47

L

S-N-U

63

ITCBookman LtIt

47

L

S-N-I

64

ITCBookman Db

47

DB

S-N-U

65

ITCBookman DbIt

47

DB

S-N-I

66

Helvetica Nr

4

M

S-C-U

67

Helvetica NrOb

4

M

S-C-I

68

Helvetica NrBd

4

B

S-C-U

69

Helvetica NrBdOb

4

B

S-C-I

70

NwCentSchlbk Rmn

127

M

S-N-U

71

NwCentSchlbk It

127

M

S-N-I

72

NwCentSchlbk Bd

127

B

S-N-U

73

NwCentSchlbk BdIt

127

B

S-N-I

74

ITCAvantGard Bk

31

M

S-N-U

75

ITCAvantGard BkOb

31

M

S-N-I

76

ITCAvantGard Db

31

DB

S-N-U

77

ITCAvantGard DbOb

31

DB

S-N-I

78

ZapfChancery MdIt

43

M

S-N-I

79

ZapfDingbats

45

M

S-N-U

Legend:

Symbolset: Typeface only usable in combination with specified symbolset.

  • Style

    • S = Solid

    • N = Normal

    • U = Upright

    • I = Italic

    • C = Condensed

  • Weight:

    • B = Bold

    • M = Medium

    • L = Light

    • DB= DoubleBold

Bitmap fonts

The print server does not support bitmap fonts.

Optional fonts

User fonts can be installed by uploading fonts via the Settings editor (Workflow / Fonts). The user fonts are stored on the disk. Once fonts are stored on the disk, the interpreter must be restarted.

User fonts can also be deleted via the Settings editor. The controller must be restarted for the fonts deletion to take effect.

Table 1. Supported fonts

Font format

Typical file extension

Description

TrueType

.ttf

Restriction: Only TrueType fonts with the PCLT table are supported.

Reference: The TrueType specification is available online http://developer.apple.com/fonts/TTRefMan/index.html

Download fonts and symbol sets

Download fonts can be software downloaded from applications. These download fonts can be temporary or permanently downloaded. Temporary storage means that the fonts will be stored in local memory of the PDL environment and will be removed after the job has been completely processed. When fonts are downloaded permanently they will also be stored in local memory of the PDL environment.

If download fonts are used in forms, the fonts have to be included in the form description.

Installable download fonts and symbol sets

In the Settings editor you can specify "Download resources to disk". If you select yes, downloaded objects in the PCL datastream (for example fonts, symbol sets, macro's) are stored permanent on disk.