Methods for applying rubi annotation characters over base text characters
US6128632A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 6, 1997 |
| Grant date | Oct 3, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 6, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F40/169
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Improved techniques for formatting annotated text are disclosed. Among other things, the techniques can be implemented to avoid overlapping of rubi characters to improve readability of text documents that use rubi annotation characters. One technique provides for tracking base text when an overall length of spaced apart rubi characters is greater that the overall length of the underlying selected base text. Another technique allows rubi characters to be tracked out when the overall length of the underlying selected base text is greater than the overall length of suitably spaced apart rubi characters. Yet another technique allows a rubi character to overhang with respect to a right or left edge of the selected base text.
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