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Document composition apparatus which changes an outline font in accordance with letter magnification

US5042075A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 21, 1990
Grant dateAug 20, 1991
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Expiry dateAug 21, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K2215/0037
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An outline font formation which when a character is in a regularly-used size, forms a character pattern by approximation with short line segments using an outline font of a first representing mode. When a large character is designated, and the magnification thereof exceeds the limit value, and the character pattern is formed by using an outline of the second representing mode which is able to avoid the deterioration of the quality of the character pattern represented by the first representing mode at the same magnification.

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