Font generation method and apparatus with single font memory for serving different scan formats
US5409318A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 4, 1992 |
| Grant date | Apr 25, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 4, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K2215/0054
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A font generation apparatus comprises a memory in which font data, which represents a matrix of dots or the outline of a font, is stored. The logic states of the stored bits are converted so that a bit pattern created by the converted bits represents a reflection of the bit pattern of the originally stored font data with respect to a line which equally divides the matrix, and the logic states of the bits stored in the memory are further converted so that a bit pattern created by the further conversion represents a rotation of the reflected bit pattern by 90 degrees.
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