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can we send window font????
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It is possible to generate PCL fonts (either bitmap (for a fixed size), or scalable PCLETTO (PCL Encapsulated TrueType Outline) format from standard TrueType (.ttf) display fonts.
Applications like Microsoft Word, in conjunction with a PCL printer driver, can generate soft fonts 'on the fly' (although usually only a partial font, containing just the characters required for the document being printed).
The problem is two-fold: having knowledge of the PCL soft-font headers and character data formats, and associated PCL control sequences, and knowing which parts (tables) from the TrueType file to interrogate, or embed, in the generated soft font.
Whilst the PCL header format side is quite well documented (available via as is the TrueType (now part of OpenType) specification (on Microsoft web site), I'm not aware of any easily obtainable information on just which tables go into the encapsulation.
The HP site (accessible after joining; one level of mebership is free) also provides details of the 'xlttlib' tool; I think this can generate soft fonts, but (I'm not sure) maybe only in PCLXL format. But as the source is provided, you may be able to adapt this to create PCL soft fonts instead (given knowledge of the PCL headers etc).
Applications like Microsoft Word, in conjunction with a PCL printer driver, can generate soft fonts 'on the fly' (although usually only a partial font, containing just the characters required for the document being printed).
The problem is two-fold: having knowledge of the PCL soft-font headers and character data formats, and associated PCL control sequences, and knowing which parts (tables) from the TrueType file to interrogate, or embed, in the generated soft font.
Whilst the PCL header format side is quite well documented (available via as is the TrueType (now part of OpenType) specification (on Microsoft web site), I'm not aware of any easily obtainable information on just which tables go into the encapsulation.
The HP site (accessible after joining; one level of mebership is free) also provides details of the 'xlttlib' tool; I think this can generate soft fonts, but (I'm not sure) maybe only in PCLXL format. But as the source is provided, you may be able to adapt this to create PCL soft fonts instead (given knowledge of the PCL headers etc).
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