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FONT DISK [3 records]

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Record 1 2002-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Publishing
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

A printer font(not a graphics font) that is stored on a disk and sent to the printer when needed, or when the printer is initialized.

CONT

A third method of storing fonts is on floppy or hard disks in the computer. These are called soft fonts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éditique
  • Infographie
OBS

Comparer à police d'imprimante, police d'écran et police téléchargeable.

CONT

Il se peut que vous ayez changé d'imprimante, copié le document sur un autre ordinateur ne possédant pas les polices logicielles particulières utilisés dans le document d'origine. Dans un tel cas, Word lui substitue une police identique disponible pour afficher et pour imprimer le document [Guide de l'utilisateur Microsoft Word 6.0, 1994, p. 139].

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Publicación electrónica
  • Gráficos de computadora
DEF

Tipo (fuente) de familias de caracteres que viene en programas especiales y que puede cargarse en la computadora (ordenador) en el momento de usarse y que produce el tipo de caracteres deseado, siempre y cuando la impresora esté capacitada para imprimirlo.

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Record 2 1996-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
DEF

A typesetter that stores font digitally instead of on film, assembles data in a series of electronic pulses, and then produces images in the form of lines or dots.

CONT

Digital typesetting machines can store enormous numbers of type fonts for almost instant retrieval and can generate characters in almost any size at rates of up to 15, 000 characters per second. The data are entered into the machine by means of punch-coded paper tape, by magnetic tape or disk or as a stream of data from an external computer... Once the font, size and position of each character on the page have been specified, the data are assembled into a series of electronic pulses by an internal, "slave" computer which drives a marking engine.

OBS

There are two types of digital typesetters: cathode-ray-tube and laser.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
DEF

Composeuse qui stocke les polices de caractères sous forme numérique. Elle transforme les données pertinentes en une série d'impulsions électroniques, pour ensuite produire une image représentée par une configuration de lignes ou de points discrets.

Spanish

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Record 3 1996-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Office Automation
  • Electronic Publishing
DEF

A font that is stored on disk and can be used with any printer that prints graphics. Examples : True Type, Speeds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
  • Bureautique
  • Éditique
OBS

Voir police écran, police imprimante et police téléchargeable.

Spanish

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