The fonts with names such as GT10 are called Compatibility Fonts because they were designed to be compatible with fonts from 1403 and 3211 print trains and with the first 3800 laser printers. These fonts were originally designed to work best at 240-pel resolution. Modern AFP printers use outline fonts for best appearance and flexibility. The compatibility fonts have never been converted to outlines. They are still shipped with PSF.
You can find some information in Font Summary for AFP Font Collection, S544-5633-02. The best reference is ABOUT TYPE: 240-Pel Technical Reference for 240-pel Digitized Type, (S544-3516-05). This is a scan of the original hardcopy and so is not searchable. Howard Turetzky IBM Printing Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 9 Mar 2007 17:05:30 -0600, Pommier, Rex R. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi. > >I have what is probably a basic question regarding AFP fonts. I have >dug through the manuals I can find and can't seem to get a good answer >to this. In looking at my PSF JCL member for starting a couple virtual >printers, I see in the PRINTDEV statement, CHARS=(GT18,GT12). I have >figured out these are default fonts. In another member, it is referring >to CHARS=(CB12,CB18). Can someone tell me what these fonts actually >are? I have figured out the G tells me it is a gothic font and the C is >a Courier. I assume the 12 and 18 are the point sizes (right?). What >does the second character mean in the names? > >TIA and have a relaxing DST weekend. > >Rex > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO >Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html >========================================================================= ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
