Method of typing scripts whose characters are arranged next to one another in rows or underneath one another in columns
First Claim
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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Abstract
A method of displaying types of script whose characters are arranged next to one another in rows or underneath one another in columns, by means of a raster-type display device or a vectorially controlled display device which receives its control signals from a character generator which can be controlled so that its output signals to the display device cause the displayed characters to be either upright or rotated by 90° (lying down) horizontally next to one another. With the latter mode of operation, a record carrier taken from a recording device and rotated by 90° (or a video screen rotated by 90°) then shows the printed text in the desired shape in which the characters are arranged underneath one another in columns.
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12 Claims
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- the improvement comprising;
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9. In a method for displaying scripts whose characters can be arranged next to the other in rows or next to one another in columns on a display medium using a display device which displays characters line by line in only one orthogonal direction and a character generator which derives, from the data of a stored character supply, actuation signals for the display device, said method normally including, in response to input signals corresponding to desired characters, and by means of the character generator, deriving first actuation signals for the display device which are representative of the desired characters and which will cause the individual characters of a display line to be displayed upright, feeding said actuation signals to the display device, and displaying the individual desired characters next to one another at desired positions in a display line in response to said first actuation signals;
- the improvement comprising;
in response to a selectable input control signal,transforming said first actuation signals to modified actuation signals which will cause the individual characters of a display line to be displayed rotated by 90°
in the same direction with respect to the characters displayed in response to said first actuation signals,feeding said modified actuation signals to the display device instead of said first actuation signals, and displaying the individually rotated characters next to one another at said desired positions in said display line in response to said modified actuation signals, whereby the individual characters of a display line produced following receipt of said control signal will be upright and arranged in the other orthogonal direction upon physical rotation by 90°
of the display medium bearing the displayed line of characters. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
- the improvement comprising;
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