The main window of the PFM Editor contains several fields that give general identifying information about the font. All of these members appear in the PFMHEADER structure.
You should always specify at least the Pitch member before selecting any of the metrics or dialog boxes described in the following sections.
The following members appear in the main window.
| Member | Description |
| Font Name | The name of the font, such as CourierÒ. | |
| Char Set | The character set the font represents. It can be one of the following values. | |
| Value | Meaning | |
| 0 | Windows ANSI |
| 180 | Math-8 (PCL driver only) |
| 181 | PI Font (PCL driver only) |
| 182 | LineDraw (PCL driver only) |
| 183 | PC Line (PCL driver only) |
| 184 | Tax Line (PCL driver only) |
| 185 | US Legal (PCL driver only) |
| 255 | OEM character set |
| Pitch | Two selections: Fixed and Proportional. |
| Member | Description (continued) |
| Effects | Three selections indicating the appearance of the font: Italic, Underline, Strikeout. |
| Font Family | Six selections: Don't Care, Roman, Swiss, Modern, Script, and Decorative. The driver uses the family to classify fonts for identification and selection purposes. |
| Points | The point size of a font, or its height in units of 1/72 of an inch. |
| Weight | The weight of the font minus a number from 0 to 1000. 400 represents a normal, medium font. Larger numbers represent bold fonts. |
| Copyright | A 60-character string containing the font supplier's copyright notice. |