Typeface, Stroke weight, Style – Canon imageRUNNER C3100 N User Manual

Page 97

Advertising
background image

Some Basic Facts about Fonts

5-3

5

Appendix

Typeface

Typeface refers to the design of the characters and symbols. The following figure
shows an example of some typefaces.

Stroke Weight

Stroke weight refers to the thickness of the print. There are light, medium, and bold
stroke weights. The printer function has medium and bold fonts available. The figure
below shows an example of medium and bold printing.

Style

Style refers to the shape of the characters. The printer function can print in two
styles: upright and italic.

With some fonts, like Letter Gothic, the term "Oblique" is used in the same manner
as italics.

Advertising