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RESIDENT FONT [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Typesetting and Imagesetting
  • Software
DEF

A font inscribed in ROM (read-only memory) and unalterable by the user.

CONT

The Laser Writer contains a number of resident fonts, which are burned in ROM and are unalterable by the user.

OBS

When an application requires a font that is not resident, the font is downloaded.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composition (Imprimerie)
  • Logiciels
DEF

Police de caractère standard préchargée.

CONT

Pour revenir à Postscript, toutes les imprimantes utilisant ce langage disposent de treize polices de caractères préchargées en standard. C'est ce que l'on appelle les polices résidentes.

Spanish

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