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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 1987
Filed:
Jan. 10, 1984
Leonard Storch, New York, NY (US);
Robert Hotto, Pacific Beach, CA (US);
Leonard Storch Enterprises, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A width card associated with a film strip both of which are adapted to be used in a phototypesetting machine, the film strip containing a plurality of fonts, each of which contains a plurality of characters. The width card includes a memory for storing a plurality of sets of character width information for each of the fonts contained on the associated film strip, means for selecting one of the sets of character width information for all of the fonts contained on the associated film strip and means for permitting the phototypesetting machine to obtain from the memory the width information for a character in a particular font by accessing the selected set of character width information for the particular font. In response to access of the memory by the phototypesetting machine, a visual indication of the particular font accessed and the set of character width information selected is provided.