29. A method of managing the printing of characters by a printing device, said method comprising: providing said printing device a first font file storing first glyph data corresponding to a first set of characters, characters within said first font file being identified by multi-byte words; providing said printing device a second font file storing second glyph data corresponding to a second set of characters, characters of said second font file being identified by single-byte words, wherein: upon said printing device receiving a multi-byte word that identifies a character within said first font file, determining whether the second font file contains an equivalent character; if not, using the received multi-byte word to extract first glyph data from the first font file; and if so, using the received multi-byte word to extract second glyph data from the second font file.
32. The method of claim 29 , wherein the printed space requirement of the equivalent character from said second font file is smaller than the printed space requirement of the identified character in said first font file, said method further comprising: in addition to using the received multi-byte word to extract second glyph data from the second font file, adding printable blank space to said extracted second glyph data to increase the printable space of the equivalent character to match the printed space requirement of the identified character in said first font file.