JPS61175675A - Character modification control system by body face size replacement - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a character modification side (company) method using body-face size replacement.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

Until now, Diso wheel printers have been used for English word processors because of their beautiful type, and dot printers, which are popular for Japanese word processors, have been avoided. However, English fonts that are closer to typeface,
With the realization of double-density printing, it has become possible to print characters that are sufficiently usable even with dot printers.

Originally, dot printers were characterized as image printers, different from type printers, and therefore had the characteristic of freely modifying characters, such as enlarging, reducing, rotating, etc. However, because the definition of English fonts is fundamentally different from that of Japanese fonts, there may be problems with Jubai's philosophy when it comes to realizing character decoration. Specifically, the body face of the Japanese font is 24X both vertically and horizontally.
24.24x12 and a letter face can be positioned arbitrarily within it, whereas English fonts have a D-face and a letter face, although each character is different so that it can support proportional printing. have. Therefore, for example, if you apply rotation and underline a character, if you do it based on the conventional concept, the letter face of the character will not be centered, but will be tilted upward or downward, or a continuous underline will not be drawn. There was a drawback that problems such as failure occurred.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks. Even when character modification such as rotation is performed on English fonts in which the teddy face size differs for each character, the letter face is distorted and the underlining is interrupted. Providing a harmonious printed font face that avoids
The purpose of this paper is to provide a method for controlling character decoration by deface size replacement.

[Summary of the invention]

In the above-mentioned system, when a specific character modification is made, the present invention sets the maximum body face value of that character group to the minimum zed face value allowed by the system, and uniformly replaces the body face value of the character group with at least this value. The configuration is such that a harmonious character string is output.

...Also, when outputting this character group, by replacing their body face values with a value that is greater than or equal to the body face value determined as 7 stems, even when outputting character groups that differ in vertical length, 7 stems can be used. The underline and sideline are continuously provided at a certain distance from the male face of the male.

This makes it possible to apply modification functions such as rotation to systems that have character fonts with different body and face sizes, and to obtain underlines and sidelines that do not inadvertently affect the body and face size. I can do it.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of an information processing system that implements the present invention.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a CPU which serves as the core of this system and controls each device connected to the system path J6. 2 is an IPL ROM that semi-permanently stores the initial program data that must be processed when the power is turned on, such as self-diagnosis and software load; 3 is the main memory (MMU) that stores firmware and various parameters/data; Reference numeral 4 is a kanji pattern memory that permanently stores character image images for CRT, and 5 is the same kanji pattern memory as 4, except that it is for the printer. Reference numeral 6.8 is an input/output processor provided exclusively for input/output processing in order to reduce the load placed on the CPU 1, and both of the processors are composed of microgrosseps.

7 is a key mate that plays an input mat in dialogue with the operator, and 9 is a serial printer for recording the output message of the system on paper.
Connected to U6.8. Reference numeral 10 denotes an external storage device connected as an input/output device for semi-permanently storing various processing data, that is, an interface unit between a hard disk HDDzl and a floppy disk FDD12. 13 is a CRT controller that controls the CRT 15; 14 is a screen gl! that displays on the CRT; This is a RAM that stores.

15 is an output device C for outputting dialogue messages and confirming input data during dialogue with the operator;
It is RT. The above CPUJ.

IPL ROMZ, Meiomori 3. Kanji Noya Turn Memory 4.5. Input/output processor 6.8, input/output interface unit 1o, SO/Lte display controller'7
13 are commonly connected to the system bus 16.

Figure 2 introduces the names of font faces, including English font @AIIIt and example 1. In the figure,
LF position letter face, BFFi〆r face. FIG. 3 shows a print image when characters are rotated 90 degrees using the conventional method, and FIG. 4 shows a print image when the present invention is adopted.

Figure 5 shows a block chart representing the firmware processing for character data reception processing, and Figure 6 shows how the meters for characters such as body face and letter face are called from the font/42 meter table to the parameter recorder. This is a flowchart showing the firmware processing routine when issuing the firmware.

Hereinafter, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be explained in detail.

First, before transmitting character data, the software must transmit a character-related modification command as preprocessing.

The command group is stored in the main memory 3 and is stored in the CP
Setting it to UI takes time to start.

Under the control of firmware present in the main memory 3, the CPU 7 sends print data to the printer 9 via the input/output processor 8 as required. As shown in FIG. 2, this print data has two different sizes for one alphabetic font: a letter face and a body face. In addition, this size is rounded differently for each character, and if printing is done according to the conventional concept, as shown in Figure 3, in order to create a harmonious printed image, it is necessary to round all characters to a different size. De-face correction is performed.

The character data transmitted by the software can be printed on the printer 9 by adding the four steno characters 5i-s and 'e shown in FIG. The character data received in stage 1 is converted into a character information block (CIB).
InformationBlock) and
The data is stored in a predetermined buffer allocated to the main memory 3. By passing this stage, you will learn about characters.

A series of modification information can be converted into character ancillary data (referred to as tcIB). In stage 2, the CIB generated in stage 1 is referred to to check whether the underline or sideline is 1 or not.

Here, if specified, the number of characters to be applied is converted into the number of dots and stored in a predetermined buffer in the main memory 2. In stage 3, C generated in stage)l
IBt- is referenced, a print image is developed in a line buffer (not shown), and after development is sent to the printer 9 for character printing. For characters that have been modified such as enlargement or rotation that cannot be completed in one printing, update the expansion position data to indicate where printing has finished, convert it to CIB again, and re-register it in the above-mentioned Kaitsufa. do. This process is being executed at stage 4. The above processing in stages 2 to 41 is repeated every time the printer performs a line feed until the characters are completely printed.

All characters are corrected in stage 3 to create a harmonious printed image, and FIG. 6 shows the details of this process.

The processing shown in FIG. 6 is performed character by character. The process shown in FIG. 6 will be explained. 1. A set of character fonts and related parameters [letter face size, body face size, etc.]
Point to the start address of the buffer where is stored.

Next, in stage 1, the character code converted into CIB is read out, and the parameter point address corresponding to the code is calculated from the start address and character code that were previously pointed to.

By reading the content of the armhole meter bound address, the letter face size, end face size, and font image storage address (the font image is stored here) of the character code can be obtained.

After this, a check is made to see if rotation, which is one of the CIB-converted modification information, has been specified, and if not, the body/face size remains as it was and the process ends. If rotation is specified, we will check whether the angle specification requires correction (currently targeting within 44R from the reference line), and if it is not necessary, specify rotation. The Gedi face size is set to the original 11 and the process ends. For character codes that apply to either rotation designation or angle designation, the process is terminated by replacing them with the read body face size fixed value for all systems.

Here, the system fixed value refers to a value that is the maximum value of a series of character fonts. For example, if the character A has 16 dots and 1-, the character B has 14 dots, and the character C has 18 dots, the system fixed minimum value is 18 dots for the C character.

The print image generated in stage 3 is based on the letter face size and body face size, which are the processing results shown in FIG. Therefore, the print image developed based on the body/face size corrected to a constant value will be harmonious. Note that the letter face is placed in the center of the body face in Stage 3.

[For 1, in Stage 2, the body face size value is unconditionally replaced with a system fixed value and the bottom & coordinates are calculated.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to only printers, it goes without saying that the present invention can also be applied to CRT and -<- printers.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, the following effects t
-Play.

α) Character font group f with different body/face sizes
All modification functions such as rotation can be applied to a system with t.

(2) It is possible to obtain a lower IT that is not carelessly influenced by the meso-face size.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a data processing system in which the present invention is implemented, Figure 2 is a diagram introducing the name of font 7Ace, and Figure 3 is a diagram showing a conventional example in which characters are rotated 90 degrees. Figure 4 is a diagram showing the same image when the present invention is adopted, Figure 5 is a block chart representing the firmware processing for receiving character data, and Figure 6 is a diagram showing the print image when the present invention is applied. 3 is a firmware flowchart illustrating in detail the operation of an embodiment of the invention. )...CPU% 3...Main memory (MMU)
, 8... input/output processor, 9... printer, 16
...System path. Applicant's Representative Patent Attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) In a system that modifies a group of characters with different body and face sizes so that the vertical length can be varied by character modification, when a specific character modification is performed,
By body face size replacement, which is characterized in that the maximum body face value of the above character group is set as the minimum body face value allowed by the system, and at least the body face size value of the character group is uniformly converted to this value and a character string is output. Character decoration control method. (2) When outputting the above character groups, by replacing their body face values with values that are greater than or equal to the body face values determined by the system, when outputting character groups with different vertical lengths, the body face value 2. A character modification control system using body/face size replacement according to claim 1, characterized in that underlines or sidelines are continuously provided at a constant distance.