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Technical Definition
Provides information about the font of the text, as recognised by the OCR software. This includes font size, font style (whether bold, italics, underlined, small caps, etc.), font type (whether serif or sans serif), font width (whether proportional or fixed), and font family.
Category Notes
Font size, style and family are quite common fields in ALTO files. Font type and font width appear in CAAL only.
Individual Collection Notes
CAAL: The font size is in points (1/72 of an inch). Font style: list of any combination of font styles as a string choice: “bold”, “italics”, “subscript”, “superscript”, “smallcaps”, “underline”. Font type: String choice of “serif” or “sans-serif”. Font width: String choice of “proportional” or “fixed”.
DEAL: Font style: list of any combination of font styles. String-Choice: “bold”, “italics”, “subscript”, “superscript”, “smallcaps”, “underline”.
EUAL: Font style: list of any combination of font styles. String-Choice: “bold”, “italics”, “subscript”, “superscript”, “smallcaps”, “underline”.
F1AL: Font style: list of any combination of font styles. String-Choice: “bold”, “italics”, “subscript”, “superscript”, “smallcaps”, “underline”.
F2AL: Though labelled Font Style, font size contains numeric data.
PPAL: Font style: list of any combination of font styles. String-Choice: “bold”, “italics”, “subscript”, “superscript”, “smallcaps”, “underline”.
Instantiations
Font Size
| CAAL | alto\Styles\TextStyle@FONTSIZE | NUM | 10 |
| DEAL | alto\Styles\TextStyle@FONTSIZE | NUM | 9 |
| EUAL | alto\Styles\TextStyle@FONTSIZE | NUM | 15 |
| F1AL | alto\Style\TextStyle@FONTSIZE | NUM | 15 |
| F2AL | pageOCRDATA\content\altoXML\alto\Styles\TextStyle@FONTSTYLE | NUM | 9 |
| PPAL | alto\TextStyle@FONTSIZE | NUM | 10 |
| TRAL | alto\Styles\TextStyle@FONTSIZE | NUM | 7.7 |
Font Style
| CAAL | alto\Styles\TextStyle@FONTSTYLE | STR | small caps |
| DEAL | alto\Styles\TextStyle@FONTSTYLE | STR | bold |
| EUAL | alto\Styles\TextStyle@FONTSTYLE | STR | bold |
| F1AL | alto\Style\TextStyle@FONTSTYLE | STR | bold |
| PPAL | alto\TextStyle@FONTSTYLE | STR | italics |
Font Type
| CAAL | alto\Styles\TextStyle\FONTTYPE1 | MCH | Serif |
Font Width
| CAAL | alto\Styles\TextStyle\FONTWIDTH | MCH | proportional |
Font Family
| DEAL | alto\Styles\TextStyle@FONTFAMILY | STR | Times New Roman |
| EUAL | alto\Styles\TextStyle@FONTFAMILY | STR | Fraktur |
| F1AL | alto\Style\TextStyle@FONTFAMILY | STR | Times New Roman |
| F2AL | pageOCRDATA\content\altoXML\alto\Styles\TextStyle@FONTFAMILY | STR | Fraktur |
| PPAL | alto\TextStyle@FONTFAMILY | STR | Times New Roman |