Registers – Calculators – Tabular
Patent
1977-11-07
1980-08-05
Hix, L. T.
Registers
Calculators
Tabular
G06C 300
Patent
active
042163730
ABSTRACT:
Method and apparatus for copy-fitting, using a new parameter called Font ID in a circular calculator having a plurality of relatively rotatable disks, some of which have cursors affixed thereto, and one or more freely rotatable cursors. Scales on the several disks include Font ID numbers, type size, in points; line length, in picas; number of characters per line; number of characters per page; page depth in picas and number of lines; and line spacing in points. By manipulating the calculator, it is possible to estimate from a typewritten manuscript the number of characters per line; the correct Font and line length required for a given number of characters of a given point size type; the correct Font and point size required to fit a given number of characters into a line of given length in picas; the number of characters contained in a given number of pages of specified type size, font, line length and page depth; and the number of pages of printed copy from a given number of characters of specified type size, Font, line length, and page depth. The operation of the calculator is based on the Font ID, which is a function of the width, in points, of the 26 characters in the alphabet; the most condensed style having the lowest Font ID number, and the most extended style having the highest Font ID number. In one form of the invention, the largest, or outer disk of the calculator is eliminated, and its Font ID and type size in points scales are printed directly on a font display chart, to which the other calculator disks are rotatably attached. The font display chart lists all fonts of different type styles carried by a particular print shop, the said fonts being listed in descending numerical values of Font ID from top to bottom, with guide paths leading from the listings to the respective Font ID values on the calculator scale.
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Fuller Benjamin R.
Hix L. T,.
Kidder Herbert E.
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