35. A printing device comprising: a printer interface configured for communication with a host device, said printer interface having a first memory storing a first font file comprising first glyph data corresponding to a first set of characters; a printer coupled to said printer interface, said printer having a second memory storing a second font file comprising second glyph data corresponding to a second set of characters, said second font file being different than said first font file; wherein: in response to receiving a code transmission that identifies a character within said first font file, said printer interface determining whether the second font file contains an equivalent character; if not, then said printer interface using the received code transmission to extract first glyph data from said first font file, and transmitting the extracted glyph data to said printer; and if so, then said printer interface conveying a character code for said equivalent character to said printer and not transmitting glyph data for said identified character to said printer, said printer responding to receipt of the conveyed character code by extracting second glyph data from said second font file.
38. The printing device of claim 35 , wherein the appearance the equivalent character from said second font file is different from the appearance of the identified characters in said first font file.