Method and apparatus for dynamic font availability
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1. A method for dynamically making fonts available to a system, comprising the steps of:
- storing a collection of fonts in a first storage medium, wherein the collection of fonts is comprised of a plurality of fonts and at least one additional font, and wherein the at least one additional font is stored in the first storage medium in a manner that minimizes or eliminates an amount of unused space in the first storage medium;
determining an amount of space available for fonts in a second storage medium in the system; and
automatically making one or more fonts in the collection of fonts stored in the first storage medium available to the system based upon the amount of space that is available for fonts in the second storage medium.
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Abstract
Unused space in a storage medium such as a read only memory is used to store additional fonts in an apparatus, thereby increasing the total number of fonts stored in the apparatus. The number of fonts made available to a user is based upon the amount of random access memory that is available for fonts. All or a portion of the fonts are made available to the user based on the amount of random access memory that is available for fonts. The number of available fonts can be increased by increasing the amount of random access memory.
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1. A method for dynamically making fonts available to a system, comprising the steps of:
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storing a collection of fonts in a first storage medium, wherein the collection of fonts is comprised of a plurality of fonts and at least one additional font, and wherein the at least one additional font is stored in the first storage medium in a manner that minimizes or eliminates an amount of unused space in the first storage medium; determining an amount of space available for fonts in a second storage medium in the system; and automatically making one or more fonts in the collection of fonts stored in the first storage medium available to the system based upon the amount of space that is available for fonts in the second storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 12)
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5. A method for dynamically making fonts available to a system having a first storage medium and a collection of fonts stored in a second storage medium, wherein the collection of fonts is comprised of a plurality of fonts and at least one additional font, and wherein the at least one additional font is stored in the second storage medium in a manner that minimizes or eliminates an amount of unused space in the second storage medium, the method comprising the steps of:
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determining an amount of space available for fonts in the first storage medium; and automatically making one or more fonts in the collection of fonts stored in the second storage medium available to the system based upon the amount of space that is available for fonts in the first storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 13)
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9. A system for dynamic font availability, comprising:
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a first storage medium comprised of a collection of fonts stored therein, wherein the collection of fonts is comprised of a plurality of fonts and at least one additional font wherein the at least one additional font is stored in the first storage medium in a manner that minimizes or eliminates an amount of unused space in the first storage medium; a second storage medium, wherein at least a portion of the second storage medium is available for fonts; and means for automatically making one or more fonts in the collection of fonts stored in the first storage medium available to the system based upon the amount of space that is available for fonts in the second storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 14)
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