Eine Vorrichtung und ein Verfahren zur Kontrolle der Schrifttypenauswahl.

摘要

The invention relates to a device and method for control of font selection, and more particularly to an arrangement for providing operator control over font substitution in an electronic printer. In a printer system (2) which allows printing in multiple fonts, where the font (300) to be used is specified in an encoded document to be printed, an operator designation of font equivalency (315) is provided which specifies acceptable font substitutes (312) of available fonts for unavailable fonts (300). Upon detection of a document specification of an unavailable font (300), a print controller searches a mapping of known fonts (300) to available fonts to determine if an equivalent font has been designated. The mapping is operator-set in accordance with the operator perception of equivalence. Font equivalency mapping may be a yes/no equivalent, indicating substitution or job fault, or the mapping may have a multilevel substitution hierarchy, in which degrees of equivalency (315) are determined by the operator, and result in different warnings or machine operations dependent on different degrees of equivalency (315). An operator may also program the job to allow printing if the equivalency (315) falls within a certain degree, changing that degree depending upon customer sensitivity to font use.