Title:
FONT SELECTOR
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPS5667490
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A printer subsystem receives command and data information from a host system and retains a large number of font images in an associated storage area within the printer subsystem. A base font image set is ordinarily selected by the user but provision is made to dynamically change the font images as may be required in a real time fashion during actual printing operations. The font images are stored in a compressed form in the storage area. Pointer tables and data tables are used. The data tables comprise at least a table (1B) for base font image sets, one table (2C) for images that are to be rearranged and one table (3B or 4B or 5B) for images that are to be changed in a base font image set. It is possible to select an entire set of new font images in place of the base set of images or to modify only selected character images with in the base font image set.
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Inventors:
RII TEIRERU JINMAAMAN
Application Number:
JP14253080A
Publication Date:
June 06, 1981
Filing Date:
October 14, 1980
Export Citation:
Assignee:
IBM
International Classes:
G06F3/12; B41J2/485; B41J3/54; B41J5/44; G06F17/21; G06K15/10; G06K15/16; (IPC1-7): G06K15/00; G06K15/08; G06K15/10; G06K15/16
Domestic Patent References:
| JPS49131737A | 1974-12-17 | |||
| JPS51150921A | 1976-12-24 |