Data processing: presentation processing of document – operator i – Presentation processing of document – Layout
Reexamination Certificate
1999-07-08
2004-02-03
Shah, Sanjiv (Department: 2176)
Data processing: presentation processing of document, operator i
Presentation processing of document
Layout
C715S252000, C707S793000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06687879
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a font retrieval apparatus, a font retrieval method, and a recording medium storing a program for font retrieval, a display device for previewing a font, a display method of previewing a font, and a recording medium storing a program for font preview, a character entry device, a character entry method, and a recording medium storing a program for character entry, and a font data link device and a font data link method.
2. Description of the Prior Art
When a font of a character or a sign is selected, a list of selectable font names has been conventionally displayed. The name of the font to be used is selected out of the font names whose list is displayed. A user must memorize a correspondence between a font name and a font represented by the font name.
When the number of selectable font names is small, a correspondence between a font name and a font specified by the font name in the mind of the user is simple. Therefore, it is possible to accurately select the name of a font to be used.
However, the larger the number of font names whose list is displayed is, the more difficult a correspondence between a font name and a font represented by the font name is to memorize. It is difficult to accurately select a font the user desires to use.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the present invention is to make it possible to efficiently retrieve a font.
A font retrieval apparatus according to the first invention is characterized by comprising a display device displaying a plurality of partial images which represent a characterizing portion of a character with a plurality of different fonts, a partial image selecting device selecting at least one of the partial images displayed on the display device, and a font output device outputting data representing the font corresponding to the partial image selected by the partial image selecting device.
The first invention also provides a method suitable for the above-mentioned apparatus. That is, the method comprises the steps of displaying a plurality of partial images which represent a characterizing portion of a character with a plurality of different fonts, selecting at least one of the displayed partial images, and outputting data representing the font corresponding to the selected partial image.
Furthermore, the first invention also provides a recording medium storing a program for controlling a computer for the purpose of the above-mentioned font retrieval.
According to the first invention, a list of partial images (Tome, Hane, Harai, Fude-oroshi, or the like) of a character (a character such as an alphabetic character, a Hiragana character, a Katakana character, a Kanji character or a numeric character, a sign, etc.) is displayed on a display screen.
A user selects, from the displayed partial images , the partial image represented by the font to be used. On the basis of the selected partial image, the corresponding font is retrieved out of the fonts and outputted.
It is possible to find by retrieval the font to be used from the displayed partial images. A font name need not be memorized in correspondence with a font. Therefore, a desired font can be found.
It is preferable that at least one of a plurality of characterizing portions of the character is selected, and the plurality of partial images of the selected characterizing portion is displayed. The partial images corresponding to the plurality of fonts of a desired portion of a character is displayed.
A font retrieval apparatus according to the second invention is characterized by comprising a storage device storing relationship between a plurality of fonts and a plurality modes of a text (writing) corresponding to the font or fonts, a mode selecting device selecting at least one of the modes stored in the storage device, and a font output device outputting a font corresponding to the mode selected by the mode selecting device.
The second invention also provides a method suitable for the above-mentioned apparatus. That is, the method comprises the steps storing relationship between a plurality of fonts and a plurality modes of a text (writing) corresponding to the font or fonts, selecting at least one of the stored modes, and outputting a font corresponding to the selected mode.
Furthermore, the second invention also provides a recording medium storing a program for the above-mentioned font retrieval.
In one embodiment of the second invention, the mode of the text (writing) is a kind of text (writing).
According to the second invention, kinds (Article, Report, Letter, Advertisement, Leaflet, Magazine, Manual, etc.) of the text are previously stored in correspondence with the font or fonts. When the kind of the text is designated by the user, the font or the fonts are outputted in accordance with the designated kind of the text.
A font suitable for the kind of the text is found by retrieval without being designated.
In another embodiment, the mode of the text is the use of a passage, sentence, phrase or clause (text) in a document or a writing.
Uses (Title, Text, Emphasis, Note, Headline, Subhead, Comment, Itemization, etc.) of the text are previously stored in correspondence with the fonts, to cause the user to designate the use of the text. A font suitable for the use for the text is found by retrieval in accordance with the designated use for the text.
A font retrieval apparatus according to the third invention is characterized by comprising a storage device storing relationship between a plurality of main fonts and a plurality sub-fonts corresponding to the main font or main fonts, a main font selecting device selecting at least one of the main fonts stored in the storage device, and a font output device outputting a sub-font corresponding to the main font selected by said main font selecting device.
The third invention also provides a method suitable for the above-mentioned apparatus. That is, the method comprising the steps of storing relationship between a plurality of main fonts and a plurality sub-fonts corresponding to the main font or main fonts, selecting at least one of the stored main fonts, and outputting a sub-font corresponding to the selected main font.
Furthermore, the third invention also provides a recording medium storing a program for the above-mentioned font retrieval.
According to the third invention, a main font (Mincho, Gothic, etc) is classified into sub-fonts (Mincho
1
, Mincho
2
, Mincho
3
, Gothic
1
, Gothic
2
, Gothic
3
, etc.).
When a main font is designated, sub-fonts which are included in the designated main font are retrieved out of the stored sub-fonts.
The user can relatively simply find, even if he or she does not know the names of the sub-fonts, the sub-fonts to be used if the user memorizes the name of the main font.
A font retrieval apparatus according to the fourth invention is characterized by comprising a storage device storing relationship between a plurality of fonts and a plurality kinds of retrieval keys classified into a plurality of groups, the retrieval key being associated with the font or fonts, a display device displaying a plurality of retrieval keys for each group, a retrieval key selecting device selecting at least one of keys with respect to at least one group, and a font output device retrieving and outputting a font associated with the retrieval key selected by the retrieval key selecting device.
The fourth invention also provides a method suitable for the above-mentioned apparatus. That is, the method comprises the steps of storing relationship between a plurality of fonts and a plurality kinds of retrieval keys classified into a plurality of groups, the retrieval key being associated with the font or fonts, displaying a plurality of retrieval keys for each group, selecting at least one of keys with respect to at least one group, and retrieving and outputting a font associated with the selected retrieval key.
The fourth invention also provides a recording medium storing a program for the above-mentioned font retrieval.
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Fuji Photo Film Co. , Ltd.
McGinn & Gibb PLLC
Shah Sanjiv
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