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Fonts are used to print or display character data using a combination of
metrics (size and positioning data) and raster patterns (shape and density
of blackness). Each specific FONT is uniquely defined by a specific
combination of a Code Page and a Character Set. A Code Page equates
specific characters (hexadecimal values) to unique Character
Identifications. A Character Set equates those same Character
Identifications to specific metrics and raster patterns. Each Code Page
and each Character Set is stored as a member in a Font Library. The name
of each such member is the name of the respective Code Page or Character
Set.
The Font Library may also contain members called Coded Fonts. Each Coded
Font contains the name of one Code Page and one Character Set, which, in
combination, define a specific FONT. The name of each Code Font member is
the name of the Coded Font.
Within the Mixed Object Document Content Architecture (MO:DCA), a FONT is
specified by a Map Coded Font (MCF) structure, of which there are two (2)
formats, one of which is obsolete but is still supported for compatibility
in some implementations. Depending on which of the MCF formats is used and
which of the optional data and fields are utilized within the format used,
a specific FONT can be specified by any one of the following (sets of)
values:
1. Coded Font Name; or
2. Code Page Name AND Character Set Name
3. Global Resource ID (GRID), in combination with any of the following
Optional Font Modifiers which may be supplied: ,,
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