5. The apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising: a typeface setting processing unit adapted to, when the flag for the input character is set to ON, execute the typeface setting processing based on the processing setting information stored in said storage unit.
4. The apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising: a processing setting unit adapted to set processing contents of typeface setting processing executed when the flag for the input character is set to ON; and a storage unit adapted to store processing setting information set by said processing setting unit in a storage medium, and in that said processing setting unit has, as setting items: a first setting item used to search for typeface information including typeface information set for the input character; a second setting item used to search for a printing device which is pre-installed with typeface information including typeface information set for the input character; and a third setting item used to search for substitute typeface information having substitute typeface information to the typeface information.