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Method of typing scripts whose characters are arranged next to one another in rows or underneath one another in columns

  • US 4,560,980 A
  • Filed: 11/02/1982
  • Issued: 12/24/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/09/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a method for displaying scripts whose characters can be arranged either one next to the other in row lines or one underneath the other in column lines using a display device which displays characters line by line and a character generator which derives, from the data of a stored character supply, actuation signals for the display elements of the display device, said method including the steps of deriving, by means of the character generator and in response to an input signal corresponding to a desired character, actuation signals for the display device representative of the desired character, and displaying the desired characters at desired positions in a display line on a display medium in response to said actuation signals;

  • the improvement comprising;

    providing a first selectable mode of operation of said character generator wherein said actuation signals will cause the desired individual characters of a display line to be displayed upright and next to one another, and a second selectable mode of operation of said character generator wherein said actuation signals will cause the desired individual characters of a display line to be displayed next to one another but rotated by 90°

    with respect to the characters in said first mode; and

    , prior to said step of displaying, selecting one of said first and second modes of operation, whereby the desired characters are displayed next to one another in the same display positions of a display line regardless of the selected mode of operation.

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