Understanding Fonts |
A font specifies the typeface, style, and point size of the text in a document. BarTender supports TrueType, OpenType, and printer fonts.
The fonts that are installed with Windows by default and the Google Fonts fonts are either TrueType or OpenType fonts, including Arial, Courier New, Times New Roman, and many others. BarTender also provides two TrueType fonts that are optimized for optical character recognition: OCR-A and OCR-B. These fonts are commonly used with barcodes.
TrueType fonts are completely scalable, and you can specify any size text that you want. When you use TrueType fonts, BarTender ensures that what you see on your template is the same font that is printed on the item when you run a print job. With TrueType fonts, you do not have to reselect or install new typefaces when you change to a new printer.
OpenType fonts are an extension of TrueType fonts. They support international character sets and Unicode.
If your printer runs Drivers by Seagull, which are installed from Seagull Scientific, you can print your items by using printer fonts. Printer fonts are saved to the printer rather than to the computer. In heavy production environments, using printer fonts means that items are printed more quickly. However, unlike with TrueType fonts, the font that appears on the template might not be the same font that is printed on your items.
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