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Method of substituting fonts and displaying characters

  • US 5,185,818 A
  • Filed: 06/05/1991
  • Issued: 02/09/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/05/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for reconstructing characters in a document, which are expressed in one or more fonts, to convert said characters to a different font designed to closely match characters from a plurality of fonts in an aesthetically pleasing manner, comprising:

  • selecting a first character from said document determining the width of said first character;

    based upon this width determination,substituting for said first character the same character constructed from said different font and having the same width as said first character, the characters of varying widths within said different font being designed to have aesthetically pleasing relationships between their parts irrespective of width;

    continuing the construction and substitution of characters of said different font for each of the characters in said document needing reconstruction in the same manner until all the characters in said document needing reconstruction have been substituted, thereby creating a reconstructed document having aesthetically pleasing relationship among the characters in said document; and

    storing said reconstructed document for subsequent display.

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