Apparatus and methods for creating and using portable fonts
CA 2208523 C · Owner: Bitstream Inc. · Inventors: Collins, John S.; Goldwater, Mark H.
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A computer system can translate original font descriptions often from text , contained on one computer into new font descriptions which use different outline segmentation, and then install the new font descriptions into a computer operating system, often on a second computer so operating system , calls can be used to render the text. The system can send a first message over a network to request a text, and a second message to request a set of font descriptions for rendering the text. Preferably the text includes an identifier which can be used in the second message to identify the particular font descriptions desired. The system can receive a body of text and an old set of font …
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- Filed September 12, 1996 and granted February 1, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 12, 2016.
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