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Coordinating grid tracking and mojikumi spacing of Japanese text

  • US 20040125107A1
  • Filed: 12/26/2002
  • Published: 07/01/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A computer-implemented method for coordinating grid tracking and character composition, comprising:

  • receiving a grid defining a layout of one or more lines of grid boxes, each grid box being operable to accommodate one full-width character and having a global track amount specified in an absolute unit;

    populating one or more of the grid boxes with characters and associated spaces; and

    tracking the characters and their associated spaces in the one or more lines of grid boxes by an amount determined for each of the characters or spaces as a function of the global track amount and a proportion of an em for the respective character or space.

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