Method of substituting fonts and displaying characters
CA 2069701 A1 · Owner: Adobe Systems, Inc. · Inventors: Warnock, John E.
Overview
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The invention describes a method for reconstructing characters in a document, which are expressed in one or more fonts to, convert the characters to a different font designed to closely match characters from a plurality of fonts in an aesthetically pleasing manner. This is accomplished by first selecting a first character from the document and thereafter substituting for the first character the same character constructed from the different font and having the same width as the first character the char-, acters of varying widths within the different font being designed to have aesthetically pleasing relationships between their parts irrespective of width. The construction and substitution of …
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- Filed May 27, 1992. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 27, 2012.
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