Installed fonts appear distorted on the screen but print properly

At certain point sizes, some fonts can seem distorted on the screen because the screen resolutions are low. Fonts are represented by the dots of the output device, whether it's screen pixels or the dots of a laser printer. IDAutomation fonts are created to be printed on high resolution ink-jet and laser printers 300 DPI or greater. In addition, the fonts are created according to national and international standards that have very precise measurements. If the fonts were formatted to the computer screen (96 DPI), the fonts would not obtain the highest quality output from a high resolution printer, therefore, the fonts would not directly match the standards.

See also:

• Font not printing small barcodes properly on a printer with less than 600 DPI - Printer and print quality requirements
• Unable to scan data printed with a barcode font

TSI distortion

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