A font is a collection of characters that share similar characteristics. A font is described by its symbol set, spacing, height, pitch, style, typeface and orientation. The most important characteristics regarding a PCL font are symbol set, spacing, height, pitch and typeface.

Symbol Set

Symbol Set identifies the specific collection of symbols provided by a font. It can be criteria for selecting font. Each symbol set is identified by a number, called symbol set kind value.

Spacing

Fonts have either fixed spacing or proportional spacing. The Code 39 and OCR fonts included in this package have fixed spacing. The UPC fonts, on the other side, have the proportional spacing.

Pitch

Pitch is measured by the number of characters in a horizontal inch, character per inch or cpi.

Height

The height of a font is measured by points. Traditionally a point equals 1/72 inch. For Morovia PCL fonts, the actual physical size of a point varies depending on the typeface.

Typeface Family

Typeface identifies the design of the symbol. Morovia designates font family name based on the barcode format, height and whether the character contains human readable portion. The typeface family name always starts with MRV prefix, followed by a space, the barcode format, height option and text option.

For example, MRV Code39MA refers to a font family with the following characteristics: Code39; height option M with human readable; developed by Morovia Corporation.