Method of formatting documents using flexible design models providing controlled copyfit and typeface selection
First Claim
1. A method for automatic typographic design of a printed document comprising the steps of:
- selecting a standard font from a selected typeface;
setting a standard body of text in a selected format in said standard font;
selecting an interline spacing for said standard body of text and the type size of said standard font to provide a standard style for said standard body of text in said selected format;
selecting a desired typeface;
setting a desired body of text in said desired typeface in said selected format, adjusting the type size of said desired typeface such that a selected parameter of said desired body of text set in said desired typeface is substantially equal to said selected parameter of said desired body of text in said standard font and said selected interline spacing; and
adjusting the interline spacing of said desired body of text such that the ratio of the interline spacing in said desired body of text to the height of a selected character in said desired typeface is substantially equal to the ratio of the interline spacing in said standard body of text to the height of said selected character in said standard font.
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Abstract
A method for typographic design of a printed document utilizing typographical parameters designed by an expert typographer is provided. A standard body of text is executed in a standard font and a selected format by an expert design typographer to provide maximized readability of the standard body of text and to determine a set of reference parameters associated with that selected format. Utilizing the reference parameters in a computer program, an unskilled user may then execute a desired body of text in a desired font in the selected format to produce a printed document having substantially equal readability. The program allows a reader to switch between typefaces to produce printed documents having substantially equal copyfit in different typefaces. The computer program provides a method of comparing typefaces to establish allowed pairs of typefaces for heading and accent alternatives allowing a user to customize design documents with the parameter influencing text readability and copyfit automatically adjusted.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for automatic typographic design of a printed document comprising the steps of:
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selecting a standard font from a selected typeface; setting a standard body of text in a selected format in said standard font; selecting an interline spacing for said standard body of text and the type size of said standard font to provide a standard style for said standard body of text in said selected format; selecting a desired typeface; setting a desired body of text in said desired typeface in said selected format, adjusting the type size of said desired typeface such that a selected parameter of said desired body of text set in said desired typeface is substantially equal to said selected parameter of said desired body of text in said standard font and said selected interline spacing; and adjusting the interline spacing of said desired body of text such that the ratio of the interline spacing in said desired body of text to the height of a selected character in said desired typeface is substantially equal to the ratio of the interline spacing in said standard body of text to the height of said selected character in said standard font. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method for automatic typographic design of a printed document comprising the steps of:
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selecting a format; selecting a standard font from a selected typeface; selecting a standard interline spacing for said standard font in said selected format; selecting a desired typeface; setting a desired body of text in said desired typeface in said selected format, the type size of said desired typeface being such that the ratio of the height of the lowercase characters in said desired typeface to a selected interline spacing for the desired typeface will be the same as the ratio of the height of the lowercase characters of said standard font to said standard interline spacing in said selected format, the type size of said desired typeface being such that a substantially equal amount of said desired body of text will fit within a column of said selected format in said desired typeface and the interline spacing for the desired typeface and within a column of said selected format in said standard font and said standard interline spacing.
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5. A method for automatic typographic design of a printed document comprising the steps of:
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selecting a standard font from a selected typeface selecting a desired format; selecting a standard interline spacing for use with said standard font in said format, setting a standard body of text in columns of said selected format in said standard font utilizing said standard interline spacing; selecting a desired typeface; setting a desired body of text in said desired typeface in said selected format, adjusting the type size of said desired typeface such that the ratio of the height of the lowercase characters in the desired typeface to a selected interline spacing for desired typeface substantially equals the ratio of the height of the lowercase characters in said standard font to said standard interline spacing such that the amount of said desired text set in a column of said selected format in said desired typeface substantially equals the amount of desired text set in said column in said standard font utilizing said standard interline spacing. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A method for selecting contrasting typefaces for use in a text-heading combination within a printed document, said method comprising the steps of:
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selecting a pair of typefaces for use within a printed document wherein one of said pairs of typefaces is utilized for setting text and the other one of said pair of typefaces is utilized for setting headings; selecting at least one common character from said pair of typefaces;
measuring preselected dimensions of one or more character parameters for each said selected character in each of said pair of typefaces; andcomparing said measurements of said character parameters for each character in each typeface in accordance with predetermined criteria to define pairs of typefaces having sufficient visual contrast therebetween for use as a text-heading combination within said printed document. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer software system for typographic design of a printed document comprising:
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at least one document design model for providing a user a plurality of choices for each of several document design elements, each document design model associated with at least one predefined document format; and a set of instructions providing a document design process responsive to user input commands for accessing said document design model and integrating user choices for each of said plurality of document design elements for providing a user document having user input text set in a user selected typeface in a user selected predefined document format associated with said document design model. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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Specification