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Apparatus and method for generating textual lines layouts

  • US 5,416,898 A
  • Filed: 05/12/1992
  • Issued: 05/16/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/12/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer system for rendering text, comprising:

  • an input device for inputting a character to said computer system;

    a character code generator coupled to said input device for generating a character code corresponding to said character;

    a memory for storing a font, the memory comprising a font table, said font table having a plurality of glyph indices, each glyph index of said plurality of glyph indices corresponding to a glyph of a plurality of glyphs;

    a processor for mapping said character code to an initial glyph index of said plurality of glyph indices according to said font table, said initial glyph index corresponding to a first glyph of said plurality of glyphs, said first glyph having a first visual appearance;

    said processor processing said initial glyph index to produce a revised glyph index, said revised glyph index corresponding to a second glyph, said second glyph having a second visual appearance different from said first visual appearance;

    an output device for outputting said second glyph; and

    a correlation mechanism for storing data which correlates said second glyph to said character code, once said second glyph has been output by said output device.

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