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System and method for using divided fonts to achieve proportional spacing

US7903266B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims

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Assignee

Pitney Bowes Inc. · US

Inventors

Robert G. Arsenault · Redondo Beach, US
Beth A. Jennings · Bridgeport, US
Craig J. DeFillippo · Milford, US
Sandra J. Peterson · Norwalk, US
Christopher D. Smith · Clare, US
William F. Bailey · Guilford, US
John A. Hurd · Sanford, US
Wesley A. Kirschner · Hamden, US
Michael Davis · Hamden, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 8, 2006
Grant date	Mar 8, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 31, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06K15/1831
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of printing a string of characters includes receiving a sequence of character data codes. Each character data code corresponds to a respective character to be printed in the string of characters. The method also includes transcoding the sequence of character data codes to generate a sequence of glyph codes. Each glyph code corresponds to a respective glyph. Each glyph corresponds to at least part of a respective character. At least some of the glyphs correspond to less than a complete character. The method further includes using the sequence of glyph codes to generate print image data and printing an image on the basis of the print image data.

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