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0 -1:   Header size (UI) - set to 18 or greater. 
 

This value stands for the number of header bytes. 

2 -3 :  Encoded Symbol Set Designator (UI) - should be as same as the ID code which is defined by 

ESC*c#R

. 

4 : 

Format (UB) - 1 for MSL (Intellifont), 3 for Unicode (TrueType). 

5 : 

Symbol Set Type (UB) - 0, 1 or 2. 

0 specifies a 7-bit font with character codes 20H to 7FH acceptable. 

1 specifies an 8-bit font with character codes 20H to 7FH and 80H to FFH acceptable. 

2 specifies 8-bit 256 all character fonts.

Only when the printer is set to transparent print mode can the 

characters  0, 7~15 and 27 be printed. 

6 -7:  First Code (UI) - indicates the first code of definition data following this header. 
8 -9:  Last Code (UI) - indicates the last code of definition data following this header.  This value should be 

more than the first code value.  Also, the data followed this header should have (Last code - first code + 
1) bytes. 

10 -17: Character Requirement Flag ( 8 bytes ) 
 

Used in conjunction with the character complement field in the header of the font descriptor to decide the 
compatibility of a symbol set for an unbound font.  This flag indicates which symbol collections are 
necessary to make the required symbol set. 

Each bit in this field stands for the selection of each symbol collection.  When set to 1,  the symbol 
collection is included and when set to 0,  the symbol collection is not included in the unbound scalable 
font. 

Character Requirements for MSL Symbol index  

Bit Value 

Designated 

Use 

63 1 

0 

Basic Latin required (such as ISO 8859/1 Latin 1) 
Basic Latin not required 

62 1 

0 

East European Latin required (such as ISO 8859/2 Latin 2) 
Basic European Latin not required 

61 1 

0 

Turkish required (such as ISO 8859/9 Latin 5) 
Turkish not required 

34 1 

0 

Math required (such as Math-8) 
Math not required 

33 1 

0 

Semi-graphic required (such as PC-8 D/N) 
Semi-graphic not required 

32 1 

0 

Dingbats required (such as ITC Zapf Dingbats series 100, series 200 ) 
Dingbats not required 

2,1,0 

000 

MSL Symbol index 

Character Requirements for Unicode Symbol index  

Bit Value 

Designated 

Use 

31 1 

0 

ASCII required (such as ISO 6 ASCII) 
ASCII not required 

30 1 

0 

West Europe extensions required (such as ISO 69 French) 
West Europe extensions not required 

29 1 

0 

East Europe extensions required (such as ISO 8859/2 Latin 2) 
East Europe extensions not required 

28 1 

0 

Turkish extensions required (such as ISO 8859/9 Latin 5) 
Turkish extensions not required 

27 1 

0 

Desktop Publishing extensions required (such as Windows 3.1) 
Desktop Publishing extensions not required 

26 1 

0 

Accent extensions required (such as ISO 8859/1 Latin 1) 
Accent extensions not required 

25 1 

0 

PCL extensions required (such as Roman-8) 
PCL extensions not required 

24 1 

0 

Macintosh extensions required (such as MC text) 
Macintosh extensions not required 

23 1 

0 

PostScript extensions required (such as PS Text) 
PostScript extensions not required 

22 1 

0 

Code Page extensions required (such as PC-8) 
Code Page extensions not required 

2,1,0 

001 

Unicode Symbol Index