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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1994
Hiroyuki Amano, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Abstract
A character pattern generation apparatus generates a character pattern on the basis of font data in a stroke format. A data generation unit generates character data, character element data, or stroke data on the basis of the font data in the stroke format. A storage unit stores the character data, character element data, or stroke data generated by the data generation unit. A discrimination unit discriminates whether character data, character element data, or stroke data corresponding to a character pattern to be generated is stored in the storage unit. When the discrimination unit determines that character data, character element data, or stroke data corresponding to the character pattern to be generated is stored in the storage unit, a character pattern generation unit generates the character pattern on the basis of the character data, character element data, or stroke data stored in the storage unit.