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| bitmapped font | 點陣字型 (A font that is stored as a bitmap. Raster fonts are designed with a specific size and resolution for a specific printer and cannot be scaled or rotated. If a printer does not support raster fonts, it will not print them. The five raster fonts are Courier, MS Sans Serif, MS Serif, Small, and Symbol) |
| cartridge font | 卡匣字型 (A font contained in a plug-in cartridge and used to add fonts to laser, ink-jet, or high-end dot-matrix printers. Cartridge fonts are distinguished both from internal fonts, which are contained in read-only memory (ROM) in the printer and are always available, and from downloadable (soft) fonts, which reside on disk and which can be sent to the printer as needed) |
| Change Font | 變更字型... (A button that opens the Change Font dialog box, where the user can select a new font, style, size, and effects for instant messages) |
| Change Message Font | 變更訊息字型 (A button in the Options dialog box, Instant Messages tab, where the user can change the font of the text of instant message conversations) |
| default font | 預設字型 (The font that a program uses by default to display text) |
| device font | 印表機字型 (A font residing in or intended for a printer. Font cartridges are available for laser printers that allow your printer print additional fonts. Printer fonts are distinct from screen fonts, which are designed for displaying text on a computer) |
| downloadable font | 可下載字型 (A set of characters that are copied from a computers disk to a printers memory when requested for printing a document. Downloadable fonts are most commonly used with laser printers, although dot matrix printers can accept some of them) |
| Font Cache Service | 字型快取服務 (A Win32 service process that optimizes performance of applications by caching commonly used font data. Applications will start this service if it is not already running. It can be disabled, though doing so will degrade application performance) |
| font cartridge | 字型卡匣 (A plug-in unit available for some printers that contains fonts in several styles and sizes. As with downloadable fonts, printers using font cartridges can produce characters in sizes and styles other than those created by the fonts built into it) |
| font embedding | 字型內嵌 (The act of inserting font information into the publication or the compiled application. Once the font is embedded, the information becomes part of the publication or the application) |
| font manager | 字型管理員 (A software program that helps you increase or decrease the sets of available fonts) |
| font previewer | 字型預覽程式 (A tool or feature that allows users to see different fonts, typography formats, and lettershapes that display on the computer and/or on Web sites) |
| font size | 字型大小 (The point size of a set of characters in a particular typeface) |
| font style | 字型樣式 (The stylistic attributes of a font - such as bold, italic, and underline) |
| font subsetting | 字型子集設定 (Embedding a limited number of characters specific to one font, reducing file size) |
| font substitution | 字型替代 (A substitution that occurs when Windows or your printer uses a font similar to the one you used in your publication to display or print your publication) |
| monospace font | 等寬字型 (A font (set of characters in a particular style and size), similar to that used on a typewriter, in which each character occupies the same amount of horizontal space regardless of its width-an i, for example, taking as much room as an m) |
| OpenType font | OpenType 字型 (A type of computer font that can be rotated or scaled to any size. OpenType fonts are clear and readable in all sizes and can be sent to any printer or other output device that is supported by Windows) |
| outline font | 邊框字型 (A font (type design) stored in a computer or printer as a set of outlines for drawing each of the alphabetic and other characters in a character set. Outline fonts are templates rather than actual patterns of dots and are scaled up or down to match a particular type size) |
| plotter font | 繪圖器字型 (A font created by a series of dots connected by lines. Plotter fonts can be scaled to any size and are most often printed on plotters. Some dot-matrix printers also support plotter fonts) |
| PostScript font | PostScript 字型 (A type of computer font created by Adobe Systems. PostScript fonts are smooth, detailed, and of high quality) |
| raster font | 點陣字型 (A font that is stored as a bitmap. Raster fonts are designed with a specific size and resolution for a specific printer and cannot be scaled or rotated. If a printer does not support raster fonts, it will not print them. The five raster fonts are Courier, MS Sans Serif, MS Serif, Small, and Symbol) |
| screen font | 螢幕字型 (A typeface designed for display on a computer monitor screen. A screen font often has an accompanying PostScript font for printing to PostScript-compatible printers) |
| soft font | 可下載字型 (A set of characters that are copied from a computers disk to a printers memory when requested for printing a document. Downloadable fonts are most commonly used with laser printers, although dot matrix printers can accept some of them) |
| standard font | 標準字型 (The default text font for worksheets. The standard font determines the default font for the Normal cell style) |
| theme font | 佈景主題字型 (One of a set of major and minor fonts that is applied to a file. Theme fonts, theme colors, and theme effects compose a theme) |
| TrueType font | TrueType 字型 (A type of computer font that can be scaled to any size. TrueType fonts are clear and readable in all sizes and can be sent to any printer or other output device that is supported by Windows) |
| Type 1 fonts | Type 1 字型 (Scalable fonts designed to work with PostScript devices) |
| vector font | 向量字型 (A font rendered from a mathematical model, in which each character is defined as a set of lines drawn between points. Vector fonts can be cleanly scaled to any size or aspect ratio) |
| Windows Font Cache Service | Windows 字型快取服務 (A Win32 service process that optimizes performance of applications by caching commonly used font data. Applications will start this service if it is not already running. It can be disabled, though doing so will degrade application performance) |
