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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 1991
Filed:
May. 12, 1989
Stephen N Schiller, Menlo Park, CA (US);
William H Paxton, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Adobe Systems Incorporated, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for displaying characters on a screen or printer, particularly kanji characters. The structure of the character is represented by stems and counters, both vertical and horizontal, the counters being the spaces between stems. The character is then adjusted to be displayed. Either the horizontal or vertical counters are grouped into a first chain of counters. The non-integral counter widths of this chain are adjusted in relation to the other counter widths within the chain, selected counter widths being made equal to others within the chain in order to most faithfuly reproduce the desired character. The remaining horizontal or vertical counters, if any, are also grouped into one or more series of chains which are also adjusted, chain by chain. Then the other set of counters are adjusted in the same way.