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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Albert Chang, Lindfield, AU;
Michael Gerard McCosker, Ryde, AU;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable storage media for increasing the weight of a character are described. In one aspect, the method includes receiving a vector character description and an emboldening parameter of an initial character. Vertices of an emboldened representation of the initial character are calculated by moving each vertex of the initial character based on a combination of the emboldening parameter and a stroke width for each vertex associated with the vertex, such that each stroke of the emboldened representation of the initial character is thickened based on the width of the stroke. The emboldened representation of the initial character are formed using the calculated vertices to increase the weight of the initial character.