Appendices

PDF (Portable Document Format) compatibility levels refer to the version of the PDF standard to which a PDF file adheres. Different compatibility levels may support various features and specifications. Below is a table outlining the key features and compatibility levels for PDF:

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Comparison table highlighting some key features of these PDF/X standards:

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The list provided is a general introduction to some commonly used scripts. There are many more languages and scripts not listed here.

• Latin Script:some text
  • The Latin script is the basis for many Western languages including English, Spanish, French, German, and more. Fonts designed for the Latin script usually include the basic set of Latin letters and diacritical marks.
• Cyrillic Script:some text
  • The Cyrillic script is used for languages such as Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, and others. Fonts supporting Cyrillic include the letters of the Russian alphabet and additional characters.
• Greek Script:some text
  • The Greek script is used for the Greek language. Fonts supporting Greek include the Greek alphabet and diacritical marks.
• Arabic Script:some text
  • Arabic script is used for languages such as Arabic, Persian, Urdu, and others. Fonts supporting Arabic need to include the Arabic alphabet and specific ligatures.
• Hebrew Script:some text
  • Hebrew script is used for the Hebrew language. Fonts supporting Hebrew include the Hebrew alphabet and vowel points.
• Devanagari Script:some text
  • Devanagari script is used for languages such as Hindi, Sanskrit, and Marathi. Fonts supporting Devanagari include the Devanagari alphabet and various conjunct characters.
• CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) Scripts:some text
  • Fonts designed for the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems need to include thousands of characters. These scripts may use simplified or traditional characters.
• Indic Scripts:some text
  • Apart from Devanagari, there are several other scripts used in India such as Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati, and more. Fonts for these languages need to support their respective scripts.
• Thai Script:some text
  • Thai script is used for the Thai language. Fonts supporting Thai need to include the Thai alphabet.
• Hangul Script:some text
  • Hangul is the script used for the Korean language. Fonts supporting Hangul include the Hangul characters.
• Ethiopic Script:some text
  • Ethiopic script is used for languages such as Amharic. Fonts supporting Ethiopic include the characters of the Ethiopic script.
• Georgian Script:some text
  • Georgian script is used for the Georgian language. Fonts supporting Georgian include the Georgian alphabet.
• Tibetan Script:some text
  • Tibetan script is used for the Tibetan language. Fonts supporting Tibetan include the Tibetan alphabet.

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Asset Inventory Form Example

Software Asset Inventory Form
Date: [Date]
Department: [Department Name]
Prepared By: [Your Name]

Software Details:

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Additional Information:

• Software Location/Path: [Specify where the software is installed]
• Primary User(s): [List primary users or departments]
• Support Contact Information: [Provide contact details for software support]
• Notes/Comments: [Any additional information or comments]

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Responsible Party:

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Review and Approval:

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Most fonts are available in the OpenType format. You may have noticed there are various OpenType configurations. The differences between each are reflected in the amount of language support and font features offered. Let’s look at each format: 

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OpenType Std (Standard) 

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This is the most “basic” of OpenType formats. Fonts in the OpenType Std category contain an extended Latin character set, which supports 21 languages (Afrikaans, Basque, Breton, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Gaelic [Irish, Scots], German, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Saami [Southern], Spanish, Swahili, and Swedish). In some cases, additional non-Latin languages and typographical character variants may be included in these fonts. 

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Please note that while most OpenType STD fonts will support these languages, coverage may vary. It is best to double-check that the language you intend to use is supported, regardless of format designation. 

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OpenType Pro 

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The OpenType Pro category contains all the language support found in the OpenType STD format and includes additional characters that support Central European and other Latin-based written languages (Afrikaans, Basque, Breton, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Gaelic [Irish, Scots], German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Saami [Southern], Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, and Turkish). 

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OpenType Com 

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OpenType Com fonts are ideal for use in international communications. Included is the 

Linotype Extended European Character set (LEEC), which has a minimum of 387 characters and guarantees that 56 languages can be supported by every OpenType Com font (Afrikaans, Albanian, Basque, Bosnian, Breton, Catalan, Cornish, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Faroese, Finnish, French, Frisian, Friulian, Gaelic [Irish, Scots], Gagauz [Latin], Galician, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Karelian, Ladin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Moldavian [Latin], Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Rhaeto-Romanic, Romanian, Saami [Southern], Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Sorbian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Turkish, and Turkmen [Latin]).

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OpenType W1G Fonts (WGL4) 

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OpenType W1G (also known as WGL4) fonts have an extended character set that supports many languages based on the Latin alphabet, as well as several languages based on the Cyrillic alphabet and monotonic Greek. Drawing from more than 600 characters, OpenType W1G (WGL4) includes support for at least 89 languages: Latin: Afrikaans, Albanian, Alsatian, Arumanian, Asturian, Basque, Bosnian, Breton, Catalan, Cebuano, Chichewa, Cornish, Corsican, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Faroese, Filipino, Finnish, French, Frisian, Friulian, Gaelic, Gagauz (Latin), Galician, German, Greenlandic, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Karelian, Ladin, Latin (Lingua Latina), Latvian, Lithuanian, Luba, Maltese, Moldavian (Latin), Norwegian, Occitan, Polish, Portuguese, Rhaeto-Romance, Romanian, Sámi (Lule), Sámi (Northern), Sámi (Southern), Serbian, Slovak, 

Slovenian, Sorbian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Turkish, Turkmen (Latin), Vepsian, Welsh, Wolof, and Zulu. Cyrillic: Agul, Avar, Balkar, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Chechen, Erzya, Gagauz, Ingush, Karachay, Khvarshi, Komi, Komi-Permyak, Lezgian, Macedonian, Moldavian, Nenets Tundra, Ossetian, Russian, Rutul, Serbian, and Ukrainian.

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Marburg Medium Braille has been specifically designed for use on pharmaceutical 

packaging. There are other standards that have been created for specific applications.

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The table below contains a summary of the different Braille dimensions used in the major Braille-producing countries and for specific applications. The Marburg Medium Braille Font Standard is recommended by European and North American standards for pharmaceutical packaging and labels. 

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Barcodes may be truncated to a reduced height. We do not recommend less than .5” high. The width should remain as shown in the “recommended clear zone” and never be less than the “minimum clear zone”.

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Minimum Clear Zone

Recommended Clear Zone

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EAN 13 Barcode Size Standards

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Minimum Clear Zone

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Recommended Clear Zone

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Scannable Color Combinations

Non-Scannable Color Combinations

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Unicode table
Here's a list of Unicode values for some commonly used special characters:

• Basic Punctuation:some text
  • Comma (,): U+002C
  • Period (.): U+002E
  • Exclamation Mark (!): U+0021
  • Question Mark (?): U+003F
  • Semicolon (;): U+003B
  • Colon (:): U+003A
  • Apostrophe ('): U+0027
  • Quotation Mark ("): U+0022
• Dashes:some text
  • Hyphen-Minus (-): U+002D
  • En Dash (–): U+2013
  • Em Dash (—): U+2014
• Mathematical Symbols:some text
  • Plus Sign (+): U+002B
  • Minus Sign (-): U+2212
  • Multiplication Sign (×): U+00D7
  • Division Sign (÷): U+00F7
  • Equal Sign (=): U+003D
  • Less Than (<): U+003C
  • Greater Than (>): U+003E
  • Approximately Equal To (≈): U+2248
• Currency Symbols:some text
  • Dollar Sign ($): U+0024
  • Euro Sign (€): U+20AC
  • Pound Sign (£): U+00A3
  • Yen Sign (¥): U+00A5
• Arrows:some text
  • Leftwards Arrow (←): U+2190
  • Rightwards Arrow (→): U+2192
  • Upwards Arrow (↑): U+2191
  • Downwards Arrow (↓): U+2193
• Brackets and Parentheses:some text
  • Left Parenthesis ((): U+0028
  • Right Parenthesis ()): U+0029
  • Left Square Bracket ([): U+005B
  • Right Square Bracket (]): U+005D
  • Left Curly Brace ({): U+007B
  • Right Curly Brace (}): U+007D
• Bullet Points:some text
  • Bullet (•): U+2022
  • Square Bullet (▪): U+25AA
• Miscellaneous Symbols:some text
  • Copyright Sign (©): U+00A9
  • Registered Sign (®): U+00AE
  • Trademark Sign (™): U+2122
  • Degree Sign (°): U+00B0
  • Section Sign (§): U+00A7
  • Paragraph Sign (¶): U+00B6
  • Ellipsis (…): U+2026

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A Braille positioning template involves precise guidelines to ensure proper spacing and positioning of braille dots. 

Here is an example of a braille positioning template: 

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