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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2008
Filed:
May. 16, 2001
Matthew A. Wormley, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Matthew A. Wormley, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Adobe Systems Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Programs, methods and apparatus for optimization of paragraph layouts, especially automated justified paragraph layouts. In one embodiment, the aggregate space expansion or compression necessary to achieve a particular length for a text line is first determined. In one embodiment, the length is the length of a fully justified line. Then a justification penalty is assessed to the line, the justification penalty being a function of at least a space expansion or compression and the number of inter-word spaces in the text line. Accordingly, the invention can be employed advantageously to inhibit visually unpleasant degrees of space compression or space expansion in fully justified paragraph layouts.