JP2014085746A - Font distribution system and font distribution method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a font distribution system 1 and a font distribution method capable of improving the convenience of a character composition in an HTML file without compressing a limited storage resource.SOLUTION: There is provided a font distribution system 1 including: a Web server 30 for distributing an HTML document 34 created by a document creation device 10; a font distribution server 20 for distributing a font; and a document browsing device 40 for browsing an HTML document 34 and a font distribution method. An input part 11 of the document creation device 10 for registering predetermined information in an HTML file is configured to register a request instruction sentence constituted of a style code 34a and a script code 34b in the HTML file, and a distribution control part 24 is configured to, each time accepting a request for the distribution of the font from the document browsing device 40, extract and distribute the font corresponding to the style code 34a.

Description

  The present invention relates to a font distribution system and a font distribution method for distributing, for example, a font corresponding to a typeface name specified by a style language tag in an HTML file from a font distribution server.

When formatting product catalogs and advertisements using DTP, creators are improving not only photographs and illustrations but also various fonts, colors, sizes, and arrangements to improve design.
One of the ideas is to typeset Japanese characters such as Kanji and European characters such as Latin characters in different typefaces.

  However, due to differences in the baseline between Japanese characters and European characters, there is a problem in that the design of the font is impaired due to differences in the size of the characters or misalignment in the case of different typefaces with the same character size. was there.

  Therefore, when Japanese characters and European characters are mixed, it is possible to arbitrarily change the font, character size, baseline, etc. for each Japanese character and European character, and save composite font data indicating one font. A composite font editing device that can be used has been proposed (see Patent Document 1).

  By the way, recently, with the spread of the Internet, even in a website where Japanese characters and European characters are mixed, designability may be improved by character composition designating different typefaces for Japanese characters and European characters. At this time, various methods have been proposed in order to solve the above-mentioned problems caused by making Japanese characters and European characters different fonts.

  For example, by adding a style language tag that specifies a typeface to Japanese characters and European characters in an HTML file that constitutes a website, it is possible to display in different typefaces for each Japanese character and European character, There is a way to improve design.

  However, when a style language tag is assigned to each Japanese character and each European character, it is necessary to attach a style language tag in units of words or in units of characters, and there is a problem that it takes much time to create an HTML file. .

  As another method, the synthesized font data created by the synthesized font editing apparatus of Patent Document 1 is described in the HTML file in advance as a style font used for display in the style language tag, and the synthesized font data is stored in the server in advance. . Then, there is a method of delivering the composite font data from the server to the viewer's computer every time the HTML file is browsed.

  However, the size of the composite font data is likely to increase, and has a different configuration for each website. For this reason, there is a problem in that the limited storage capacity of the server is easily pressed by the synthetic font data that is different for each website.

JP 2002-169798 A

  In view of the above-described problems, the present invention provides a font distribution system and font distribution that can improve the convenience of character composition in markup documents containing both Japanese characters and European characters without squeezing limited storage resources. It aims to provide a method.

  The present invention provides document storage means for storing the markup document created by a document creation apparatus that creates a markup document using a markup language, and document distribution means for delivering the markup document via a communication line. A font storage server including a font storage unit that stores a plurality of fonts, a font distribution unit that distributes the font via the communication line, and an input unit that allows an input operation by a viewer Display means for displaying the markup document, document request means for requesting the web server to distribute the markup document, and a font for requesting the font distribution server to distribute the font based on the acquired markup document Request means, and the markup sentence based on the acquired font A font distribution system and a font distribution method configured with a document browsing device provided with a browsing control unit that enables browsing on the display unit, and allowing the creator to input the document creation device, A document registration unit for registering predetermined information in the markup document; and a document registration unit for storing the markup document created through the communication line in the document storage unit of the web server. The creation registration means of the apparatus associates at least a character type of the character in the markup document with a character typeface name indicating the typeface of the character type, and a combination designation character indicating combination font information in which the character types are associated with each other And a request character string indicating a request for distribution of the font corresponding to the combination font information. A request command statement is registered in the markup document, and the font requesting unit of the document browsing apparatus corresponds to at least the combination font information based on the request command statement each time the markup document is acquired. The font distribution server is configured to request the font distribution server to distribute the font, and the font distribution unit of the font distribution server receives at least the font storage unit from the font browsing unit every time a request for font distribution is received from the document browsing device. The font corresponding to combination font information is extracted for each character type and distributed to the document browsing apparatus.

The markup language can be an HTML language, an XHTML language, a style language, or the like.
The character may be a character indicating a text or a title in a markup document.
The font may be a character typeface formed with a typeface such as Mincho or Gothic.
The character types may be kana, kanji, English, numbers, Japanese characters, and European characters.

The combination designation character string is described in a style language, a script language, or the like, and can be a character string that designates a typeface of characters when displaying a markup document.
The request character string can be a character string described in a script language or the like.

According to the present invention, it is possible to improve the convenience of character composition in a markup document containing both Japanese characters and European characters without squeezing limited storage resources.
Specifically, every time the document browsing device acquires a markup document, the font distribution system and the font distribution method of the font distribution server that distributes the font corresponding to the combination font information to the document browsing device are: Document browsing apparatus for preparing a new font for distribution configured based on combination font information, eliminating the need to store in advance in the font storage means of the font distribution server, and displaying the font necessary for displaying the markup document Can be delivered to.

  Thus, when a new font corresponding to the combination font information is stored in advance in the font distribution server, the storage capacity of the font distribution server is compressed by the new font, whereas the font distribution system and the font distribution method are combined. Since a new font corresponding to the font information is not stored, it can be effectively used without squeezing the limited storage capacity of the font storage means in the font distribution server.

  Then, the document browsing apparatus can display the characters of the markup document on the display unit in the typeface intended by the creator using the acquired font. That is, the creator can create a markup document in which characters can be displayed in a desired font simply by describing a request command statement in the markup document. For this reason, the font distribution system and the font distribution method eliminate the need for the creator to add a style language tag for each character type to the characters or words of the markup document, for example. Can do.

  Therefore, the font distribution system and the font distribution method can improve the convenience of character composition in a markup document containing both Japanese characters and European characters without squeezing limited storage resources.

  As an aspect of the present invention, the font requesting unit of the document browsing apparatus performs a character information extraction process for extracting character information indicating the character from the markup document, the character information, and the combination font information as the font distribution. A font that extracts the font corresponding to the acquired character information and the combined font information from the font storage means, and configured to execute a character transmission process to be transmitted to the server. An extraction process, a subset generation process that generates subset data that lists and stores the extracted fonts, and a subset data distribution process that distributes the subset data to the document browsing apparatus via the communication line be able to.

  According to the present invention, the font distribution system can distribute only fonts corresponding to the characters of the markup document from the font distribution server to the document browsing apparatus as subset data.

  Thereby, the font distribution system can largely suppress the data size transmitted from the font distribution server to the document browsing apparatus. For this reason, the font distribution system can reduce the time required from when the document browsing apparatus acquires the markup document until the markup document is displayed.

  Furthermore, when distributing fonts from the font distribution server to the document browsing device, the font distribution system can suppress an increase in traffic on the communication line. In addition, the font distribution system can suppress the acquired font from pressing the storage capacity of the document browsing device.

  Furthermore, for example, if the creator previously stores subset data of a font for distribution necessary for displaying the markup document in the font distribution server, each time the content of the markup document is updated, the creator Also need to be updated. On the other hand, since the font distribution system generates and distributes subset data from the character information of the markup document at the font distribution server each time, the creator updates the subset data as the content of the markup document is updated. You can make it unnecessary.

  For this reason, for example, when a blog service user updates a blog in a service that is frequently updated, such as a blog service, the font distribution system performs operations such as generation and registration of subset data. It can be made unnecessary to request. Thereby, the user of the blog service can update the blog without being aware of the contents of the subset data distributed from the font distribution server.

  Therefore, the font distribution system distributes only the fonts necessary for display on the document browsing device, thereby preventing the limited storage resources of the document browsing device from being compressed and improving the convenience for the user. can do.

  As an aspect of the present invention, the combination font information has a configuration in which a predetermined attribute of the font in the font distribution server, a character attribute value indicating the predetermined attribute, and the character type are associated with each other, and the font distribution The server comprises font processing means for processing the font extracted from the font storage means based on the predetermined attribute in the combination font information and the character attribute value, and the font distribution means of the font distribution server The font processed by the font processing means may be distributed to the document browsing apparatus.

The predetermined attribute may be a baseline, an enlargement / reduction ratio, a rotation angle, or the like.
The character attribute value can be an absolute value or a relative value.

According to the present invention, it is possible to improve design and convenience in a markup document including both Japanese characters and European characters.
Specifically, the font distribution system can change not only the typeface for each character type but also the baseline, size, etc., by a predetermined attribute, character attribute value, and font processing means. This improves the design of markup documents by eliminating problems such as misalignment due to differences in the baseline between Japanese characters and European characters in markup documents that contain both Japanese and European characters. be able to.

  Furthermore, the font distribution system of the font distribution server allows the font distribution system to easily generate a font reflecting these in the font distribution server even if the typeface or character attribute value for each character type is changed. For this reason, the font distribution system can save the trouble of generating the font reflecting the character attribute value in the document creation apparatus.

Furthermore, since the font is processed when the font is distributed from the font distribution server, the creator who operates the document creation apparatus can easily process the font only by rewriting the combination font information.
Therefore, the font distribution system can improve the design and convenience in a markup document containing both Japanese characters and European characters.

As an aspect of the present invention, the predetermined attribute can be a baseline of the font in the font distribution server.
According to the present invention, it is possible to eliminate the poor appearance due to the difference in the baseline between Japanese characters and European characters, and to improve the design in the markup document.

As an aspect of the present invention, the predetermined attribute can be the size of the font in the font distribution server.
According to the present invention, the difference in the apparent size between Japanese characters and European characters can be eliminated, and the design in the markup document can be improved.

  Further, as an aspect of the present invention, the document creating apparatus designates the combination font information based on the font stored in the font storage unit of the font distribution server, and designates the combination using the designation unit. Transmission means for transmitting the combination font information to the font distribution server via the communication line, and the combination font name indicating the combination font information and the combination font information are registered in the font distribution server in association with each other. A table storage unit that stores a font table; and an instruction transmission unit that generates at least the request character string and transmits the request character string to the document creation device, and the font distribution unit of the font distribution server is set to the combination font name. Based on the corresponding font table, the font storage It may be configured to distribute the font of stages in the document browsing apparatus.

  According to the present invention, the user who uses the document creation device can easily specify the desired character typeface name for each character type by the specifying means, and register the combination font information in the font table of the font distribution server via the transmitting means. By simply doing, it is possible to easily obtain a request character string necessary for displaying characters of the markup document from the font distribution server.

  That is, the font distribution system can realize online DTP and improve the degree of freedom of character composition in the markup document to improve the convenience for the creator.

  For this reason, the font distribution system can save the time and effort for the creator to create a different required character string for each markup document. Furthermore, by acquiring the request character string from the font distribution server, it is possible to prevent the creator from registering a request command statement including an incorrect request character string in the markup document. As a result, the font distribution system can improve the convenience for the creator and can reliably distribute the fonts necessary for display by the document browsing apparatus.

  On the other hand, the font distribution server can previously store a combination of fonts to be distributed to the document browsing apparatus as a font table. At this time, even if the font distribution server stores a plurality of different font tables for each markup document, since the data size of the font table is small, the storage capacity of the table storage unit can be suppressed from being compressed by the font table.

  Therefore, the font distribution system can easily specify combination font information, and can further improve the convenience of character composition in a markup document containing both Japanese characters and European characters.

As an aspect of the present invention, the designation unit of the document creation apparatus may be configured to permit input of any combination font name for the combination font information.
According to the present invention, the creator can arbitrarily determine a combination font name with which the combination of character type face names in the combination font information can be easily grasped.

Specifically, for example, when the combination font name is randomly determined by the font distribution server, the creator cannot infer the contents of the font table stored in the font distribution server from the combination font name. On the other hand, the font distribution system allows the creator to easily grasp the contents of the font table from the combination font name by allowing input of any combination font name.
Therefore, the font distribution system can improve the convenience when creating a markup document by allowing the creator to arbitrarily determine a combination font name.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a font distribution system and a font distribution method that can improve the convenience of character composition in a markup document containing both Japanese characters and European characters without squeezing limited storage resources.

The block diagram which shows the structure of a font delivery system. The block diagram which shows the internal structure of a font delivery system. The table block diagram which shows the structure of a font table. The sequence diagram which shows the flow of delivery of various information in a font delivery system. 10 is a flowchart showing an operation of combination font designation processing in the document creation apparatus. The flowchart which shows the operation | movement of the combination font registration process in a font delivery server. A setting input screen showing a screen for prompting input of a typeface name, a baseline correction rate, and an enlargement / reduction rate for each character type. A code display screen showing the screen displaying the script code. Explanatory drawing explaining the style code and script code of an HTML file. The flowchart which shows the operation | movement of the browsing process in a document browsing apparatus. The flowchart which shows the operation | movement of the web font delivery process in a font delivery server. A document display screen showing a screen on which an HTML document is displayed.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
First, the font distribution system 1 in the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
1 shows a configuration diagram of the font distribution system 1, FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of an internal configuration of the font distribution system 1, and FIG. 3 shows a table configuration diagram of the font table 25.

As shown in FIG. 1, the font distribution system 1 includes a document creation apparatus 10 used for creating an HTML document 34, which will be described later, a font delivery server 20 used for storing and delivering fonts necessary for displaying the HTML document 34, and an HTML document 34. And a document browsing device 40 used for browsing the HTML document 34, which are connected to each other via the communication line 2.
The communication line 2 includes a LAN line, a dedicated line, an internet line, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 2, the document creation apparatus 10 includes an input unit 11, a display unit 12, a storage unit 13, a line connection unit 14, and a creation control unit 15.
The input unit 11 includes a keyboard 11a and a mouse 11b, and has a function of accepting an input operation by a user.
The display unit 12 is composed of a CRT or a liquid crystal display and has a function of displaying various information.

The storage unit 13 includes a hard disk or a nonvolatile memory, and has a function of writing and storing various information and a function of reading various information.
The line connection unit 14 is composed of a wired LAN card or a wireless LAN slave unit, etc., and transmits / receives various functions to / from the font distribution server 20 and the web server 30 via the communication line 2. It has a function.

  The creation control unit 15 includes a CPU and a memory configured with a hardware configuration and a software configuration such as a program and data, and various operations such as a creation operation in which a user operates the document creation device 10 to create an HTML document 34. It has a processing function and a function of controlling the operation of each unit connected via a predetermined bus.

As shown in FIG. 2, the font distribution server 20 includes a table storage unit 21, a font storage unit 22, a line connection unit 23, and a distribution control unit 24.
The table storage unit 21 is composed of a hard disk or a nonvolatile memory, and has a function of writing and storing various information and a function of reading various information. The table storage unit 21 stores a font table 25 in which typeface names and the like for each character type selected and input by the user are registered.

  In the font table 25, as shown in FIG. 3, a combination font name column 25a, a character type column 25b, a character type font name column 25c, a baseline correction rate column 25d, and an enlargement / reduction rate column 25e are registered in association with each other. Yes.

A plurality of character types are registered in the character type column 25b, and here, kana, kanji, English characters, and numbers are registered in advance.
The character typeface name column 25c registers the typeface name set for each character type.
The baseline correction factor column 25d is a ratio of the relative movement amount of the base line position of the font distributed to the document browsing device 40 with respect to the base line position in the font stored in the font storage unit 22 to be described later. Is registered for each character type.

The enlargement / reduction rate column 25e registers, for each character type, the enlargement / reduction rate of the font distributed to the document browsing device 40 with respect to the size of the font stored in the font storage unit 22 described later.
The combination font name column 25a registers a combination font name indicating an arbitrary font composed by combining the contents of the character type column 25b, the character type font name column 25c, the baseline correction factor column 25d, and the enlargement / reduction factor column 25e. ing.

  The font storage unit 22 is composed of a hard disk or a nonvolatile memory, and has a function of writing and storing various information and a function of reading various information. The font storage unit 22 includes a kana typeface file 26 that is a font group for kana characters, a kanji typeface file 27 that is a font group for kanji, an alphabetic typeface file 28 that is a font group for alphabetic characters, and a font for numbers. A number typeface file 29 which is a group is stored. Note that the font is a character font that is formed in an outline format of a predetermined size and is formed in a font such as a Mincho or Gothic font.

The line connection unit 23 is composed of a wired LAN card or a wireless LAN slave unit, etc., and transmits / receives various information to / from the document creation apparatus 10 and the document browsing apparatus 40 via the communication line 2. It has a function to perform.
The distribution control unit 24 is configured with a hardware configuration and a software configuration such as a program and data such as a CPU and a memory, and various processing functions related to the exchange of various information with the document creation device 10 and the document browsing device 40, It has a function of controlling the operation of each unit connected via a predetermined bus.

As shown in FIG. 2, the web server 30 includes a storage unit 31, a line connection unit 32, and a control unit 33.
The storage unit 31 is configured by a hard disk or a nonvolatile memory, and has a function of writing and storing various information and a function of reading various information. The storage unit 31 stores a plurality of HTML documents 34 and 35 that are created by the document creation apparatus 10 and can be browsed by a WEB browser 80 (see FIG. 12) of the document browsing apparatus 40 described later.

  The HTML documents 34 and 35 are composed of an HTML file (not shown) described in the HTML language and an image file (not shown) associated with the HTML file. Note that the HTML file includes not only HTML language tags and body descriptions, but also style sheet language tags, JavaScript (registered trademark) tags, and the like.

The line connection unit 32 is configured by a wired LAN card or a wireless LAN slave unit, and transmits and receives various information to and from the document creation apparatus 10 and the document browsing apparatus 40 via the communication line 2. It has a function to perform.
The control unit 33 includes a CPU, a memory, and the like with a hardware configuration and a software configuration such as a program and data, and various processing functions related to the exchange of various information with the document creation device 10 and the document browsing device 40, and a predetermined It has a function of controlling the operation of each unit connected via the bus.

As shown in FIG. 2, the document browsing device 40 includes an input unit 41, a display unit 42, a storage unit 43, a line connection unit 44, and a browsing control unit 45.
The input unit 41 includes a keyboard 41a and a touch pad 41b, and has a function of accepting an input operation by a user.
The display unit 42 includes a liquid crystal display and has a function of displaying various information.

The storage unit 43 is configured by a hard disk or a nonvolatile memory, and has a function of writing and storing various information and a function of reading various information.
The line connection unit 44 is composed of a wired LAN card or a wireless LAN slave unit, etc., and transmits / receives various functions to / from the font distribution server 20 and the web server 30 via the communication line 2. It has a function.

  The browsing control unit 45 includes a CPU and a memory with a hardware configuration and a software configuration such as a program and data, and various processes such as a browsing operation in which the user browses the HTML document 34 by operating the document browsing device 40. It has a function and a function of controlling the operation of each unit connected via a predetermined bus.

  In the font delivery system 1 configured as described above, the HTML document 34 created by the creator operating the document creation device 10 is registered in the web server 30 and the font table 25 is stored in the table storage unit 21 of the font delivery server 20. The operation of the font distribution system 1 when registering a message will be described with reference to FIGS.

  4 shows a sequence diagram for transferring various types of information in the font distribution system 1, FIG. 5 shows a flowchart of the operation of combination font designation processing in the document creation apparatus 10, and FIG. 6 shows combination font registration in the font distribution server 20. FIG. 7 shows a setting input screen 60 for prompting input of a typeface name, a baseline correction rate, and an enlargement / reduction rate for each character type, and FIG. 8 shows a code display screen 70 displaying script codes. FIG. 9 shows an explanatory diagram for explaining the style code 34a and script code 34b of the HTML file.

  First, as shown in FIG. 4, in the document creation apparatus 10, the WEB browser 50 (see FIG. 7) is started by the operation of the creator who creates the HTML document 34, and the font in the URL column 52 (see FIG. 7) is displayed. When the URL for accessing the distribution server 20 is input, the creation control unit 15 executes URL transmission processing for transmitting the input URL as URL information to the font distribution server 20 via the communication line 2 (step S101). .

  When the reception of URL information is detected, the distribution control unit 24 of the font distribution server 20 executes a combination font designation response process (step S102). At this time, the distribution control unit 24 transmits a typeface designation program for designating an arbitrary typeface name for each character type to the document creation apparatus 10 via the communication line 2.

  When the reception of the typeface designation program is detected, the creation control unit 15 of the document creation apparatus 10 temporarily stores the typeface designation program in the memory, and then executes the typeface designation program and displays a menu on the WEB browser 50 displayed on the display unit 12. A screen (not shown) is displayed. When the creator depresses a menu button (not shown) for designating a typeface name for each character type from the menu on the menu screen, the creation control unit 15 executes a combination font designation process (step S103).

  When the combination font designation process is started, as shown in FIG. 5, the creation control unit 15 of the document creation apparatus 10 displays a setting input screen 60 that prompts the creator to select and input an arbitrary typeface name for each character type. Is displayed on the WEB browser 50 displayed in step S201.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the setting input screen 60 displays a combined typeface name field 61 in which an arbitrary name by the creator is input at the top, and a kana, kanji, alphabetic characters, and numbers that are character types below it. On the other hand, a kana typeface name column 62, a kanji typeface name column 63, an alphabetic typeface name column 64, and a number typeface name column 65 for selecting each typeface name from a pull-down list (not shown) are displayed. In the pull-down list, font names indicating fonts stored in the font storage unit 22 of the font distribution server 20 are displayed as a list.

  Further, on the right side of the kana typeface name column 62, the kanji typeface name column 63, the alphabetic typeface name column 64, and the number typeface name column 65, a base for designating the ratio of the movement amount of the baseline position in each selected font. The line correction factor columns 62a, 63a, 64a, 65a and the enlargement / reduction rate columns 62b, 63b, 64b, 65b for designating the enlargement / reduction rate of the selected font size are displayed. In the baseline correction rate columns 62a, 63a, 64a, and 65a and the enlargement / reduction rate columns 62b, 63b, 64b, and 65b, the ratios to the fonts stored in the font distribution server 20 are input.

  In addition, below the numeric font name column 65, a browser character size column 66 indicating the size of the character set in the WEB browser 50, and sample characters reflecting the font name and size specified for each character type are displayed. A sample display field 67 to be displayed is displayed. Below the sample display field 67, a cancel button 68 for canceling the combination font designation process and a registration button 69 for registering the value of each designated field in the font distribution server 20 are displayed. ing.

When the setting input screen 60 is displayed on the WEB browser 50, the creation control unit 15 executes a sample update process (step S202).
Specifically, the creator selects or changes any of the font names in the kana typeface name column 62, the kanji typeface name column 63, the alphabetic typeface name column 64, and the number typeface name column 65, or the baseline correction factor column 62a. , 63a, 64a, 65a and the enlargement / reduction ratio fields 62b, 63b, 64b, 65b, each time the creator inputs and changes the value, the creation control unit 15 performs each time as shown in step S103 of FIG. The specified value is transmitted to the font distribution server 20 as change information.

  Then, in step S102 of FIG. 4, the font distribution server 20 sends the response of the sample character font reflecting the typeface name, the baseline correction rate, or the enlargement / reduction rate specified for each character type based on the received change information. As shown in FIG.

Upon receiving the response information, the creation control unit 15 replaces the font of the sample character with the acquired font and updates the display content of the sample display field 67.
For example, in the setting input screen 60 shown in FIG. 7, “combination typeface A” is input to the combination typeface name field 61, and “MS Gothic” is selected in the kana typeface name field 62 for the kana. “0.0” is entered in the baseline correction factor column 62a, and “105.0” is entered in the kana scaling factor column 62b.

For the Chinese character, “MS Mincho” is selected in the Chinese character type name column 63, “0.0” is input in the Kanji baseline correction rate column 63a, and “Kanji expansion / reduction rate column 63b” "100.0" is entered.
For English letters, the English font face name field 64 displays “Times”.
"New Roman" is selected, "-10.0" is entered in the English baseline correction factor column 64a, and "110.0" is entered in the English enlargement / reduction factor column 64b.

For numbers, “Impact” is selected in the number typeface name field 64, “0.0” is input in the number baseline correction rate field 65a, and “107” is displayed in the number scaling rate field 65b. .0 "is entered.
In the browser character size column 66, “10” which is the character size acquired from the WEB browser 50 is displayed.

  As described above, the change information and the response information are exchanged between the document creation apparatus 10 and the font distribution server 20 based on the contents selected and input in the kana typeface name field 62 and the like. The control unit 15 updates the sample character “delivery typeface sample text abcxyz123789” in the sample display field 67. At this time, the sample characters displayed in the sample display column 67 are based on the font of the font of the font distribution server 20 that has been corrected for baseline and enlarged / reduced, and the character size set in the WEB browser 50. Displayed.

More specifically, in the sample display field 67, “delivery typeface” is displayed in MS Mincho, “Sampuru text” is displayed in MS Gothic, and “abcxyz” is offset by 10% downward from the baseline.
“New Roman” is displayed, and “123789” is displayed as “Impact”. These sample characters are displayed after converting the font of the font of the font distribution server 20 to the baseline correction and the enlargement / reduction processing into a character size of 10 pt.

  Thereafter, the creation control unit 15 determines whether either the registration button 69 or the cancel button 68 has been pressed (step S203). When the cancel button 68 is pressed by the creator's operation (step S203: 2), the creation control unit 15 ends the combination font designation process.

  On the other hand, when the registration button 69 is pressed by the creator's operation (step S203: 1), the creation control unit 15 executes a combination font information transmission process (step S204) to obtain a combination typeface name field 61, a kana typeface. Name field 62, kanji typeface name field 63, alphabetic typeface name field 64, numeric typeface name field 65, baseline correction factor fields 62a, 63a, 64a, 65a, and enlargement / reduction factor fields 62b, 63b, 64b, 65b These values are associated and transmitted to the font distribution server 20 via the communication line 2 as combination font information.

  As shown in FIG. 4, when the reception of the combination font information is detected, the distribution control unit 24 of the font distribution server 20 executes a combination font registration process for registering the acquired combination font information in the font table 25 (step S104). .

  When the combination font registration process is started, the distribution control unit 24 of the font distribution server 20 executes a font table registration process for registering the acquired combination font information in the font table 25 as shown in FIG. 6 (step S301).

  Specifically, the distribution control unit 24 registers the combination typeface name “combination typeface A” in the combination typeface name field 25a of the font table 25 based on the combination font information, and the character typeface name field 25c, baseline correction. After the values corresponding to the character types in the character type column 25b are registered in the rate column 25d and the enlargement / reduction rate column 25e, the font table 25 is stored in the table storage unit 21.

  For example, “combination typeface A” input in the setting input screen 60 of FIG. 7 is registered in the combination typeface name field 25a of the font table 25, and “character name typeface name field 25c corresponding to“ kana ”in the character type field 25b“ “MS Gothic” is registered, “0.0” is registered in the baseline correction factor column 25d, and “105.0” is registered in the enlargement / reduction factor column 25e. Similarly, values based on the combination font information are displayed in the character typeface name column 25c, the baseline correction factor column 25d, and the enlargement / reduction factor column 25e corresponding to “Kanji”, “English characters”, and “numeric characters” in the character type column 25b. Register.

  When the font table 25 is stored in the table storage unit 21, the distribution control unit 24 executes a code generation process for generating a script code described in the HTML file (step S302). This script code is a JavaScript code that is described in an HTML file and makes a transmission request for a font distribution program, which will be described later, from the document browsing apparatus 40 to the font distribution server 20.

  When the script code is generated, the distribution control unit 24 executes code information transmission processing for transmitting the script code as code information to the document creation apparatus 10 via the communication line 2 (step S303). Thereafter, the distribution control unit 24 ends the combination font registration process.

  Returning to step S204 of FIG. 5, when the combination font information is transmitted to the font distribution server 20 in the document creation apparatus 10, the creation control unit 15 determines whether or not the code information is received (step S205). If code information has not been received (step S205: No), the creation control unit 15 waits for processing until code information is received.

On the other hand, when receiving the code information (step S205: Yes), the creation control unit 15 displays the code display screen 70 on the WEB browser 50 (step S206).
As shown in FIG. 8, the code display screen 70 has an information message and a code in the upper part “copy the following code and paste it between <body> to </ body>” of the HTML file. A code display field 71 for displaying information converted into script code is displayed.

  When the code display screen 70 is displayed, the creation control unit 15 determines whether or not the close button 51 of the WEB browser 50 has been pressed (step S207). If the close button 51 is not pressed (step S207: No), the creation control unit 15 waits for processing until the close button 51 is pressed. On the other hand, when the close button 51 is pressed (step S207: Yes), the creation control unit 15 ends the combination font designation process.

  Thereafter, the creator operates the document creation apparatus 10 to activate an editor (not shown) for editing the HTML file. Then, the creator describes the script code and the combination typeface name acquired using the editor at a predetermined position in the HTML file, and completes the HTML document 34 in which Japanese characters and European characters are mixed.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the HTML document 34 describes a style code 34a in a style language that displays characters of the HTML document in a “combination typeface A” between <head> to </ head> tags. A script code 34b by JavaScript (registered trademark) is described between the <body> to </ body> tags. It should be noted that “font distribution 123 sample” and “display sample 789abcxyz” are described as the body of the HTML document 34.

Returning to step S103 of FIG. 4, the creation control unit 15 of the document creation apparatus 10 executes document transmission processing by a predetermined operation of the creator who completed the HTML document 34 (step S105), and the completed HTML document 34 is obtained. As document information to the web server 30 via the communication line 2.
When the reception of the document information is detected, the control unit 33 of the web server 30 executes a document registration process (step S106), and stores the acquired document information in the storage unit 31 as the HTML document 34.

Next, the operation of the font distribution system 1 when the viewer operates the document browsing device 40 to browse the HTML document 34 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 4 and 10 to 12.
10 shows a flowchart of the browsing process operation in the document browsing apparatus 40, FIG. 11 shows a flowchart of the web font distribution process operation in the font distribution server 20, and FIG. 12 shows a document display screen displaying the HTML document 34. 90 is shown.

  As shown in FIG. 4, in the document browsing device 40, the web server 30 is displayed in the URL column 81 (see FIG. 12) of the WEB browser 80 (see FIG. 12) activated by the operation of a viewer who wants to browse the HTML document 34. When the URL for accessing is input, the creation control unit 15 executes URL transmission processing for transmitting the input URL as URL information to the web server 30 via the communication line 2 (step S111).

  When the reception of the URL information is detected, the control unit 33 of the web server 30 executes a document distribution process (step S112), reads out the HTML document 34 corresponding to the acquired URL information from the storage unit 31, and stores the document as document information. The data is transmitted to the creation device 10 via the communication line 2.

  When the reception of the document information is detected, the browsing control unit 45 of the document browsing device 40 stores the document information in the storage unit 43 as the HTML document 34. Thereafter, the browsing control unit 45 reads the HTML document 34 from the storage unit 43 and analyzes the HTML document 34 to execute a browsing process for enabling browsing with the WEB browser 80 (step S113).

  When the browsing process is started, as shown in FIG. 10, the browsing control unit 45 of the document browsing apparatus 40 analyzes the HTML document 34 and determines whether or not the script code 34b is described in the HTML file (step S401). ).

  If the script code 34b is described in the HTML file (step S401: Yes), the browsing control unit 45 executes the distribution program request process (step S402), and the font distribution program based on the script code 34b of the HTML file. The distribution program request information for requesting the transmission is transmitted to the font distribution server 20 via the communication line 2.

As shown in FIG. 4, when the reception of distribution program request information is detected, the distribution control unit 24 of the font distribution server 20 executes web font distribution processing (step S114).
When the web font distribution process is started, as shown in FIG. 11, the distribution control unit 24 executes a font distribution program transmission process (step S501), and browses the font distribution program based on the acquired distribution program request information. The data is transmitted to the device 40 via the communication line 2.

  Thereafter, the distribution control unit 24 determines whether or not subset request information described later has been received (step S502). If the subset request information has not been received (step S502: No), the distribution control unit 24 waits for processing until the subset request information is received.

  Returning to step S402 in FIG. 10, when the distribution program request information is transmitted to the font distribution server 20 in the document browsing apparatus 40, the browsing control unit 45 determines whether or not the font distribution program has been received (step S403). If the font distribution program has not been received (step S403: No), the browsing control unit 45 waits for processing until the font distribution program is received.

  On the other hand, when the font distribution program is received (step S403: Yes), the browsing control unit 45 temporarily stores the font distribution program in the memory and then executes the font distribution program. Thereafter, the browsing control unit 45 executes a character code extraction process for extracting the character code of the character of the HTML document 34 based on the font distribution program (step S404). At this time, the browsing control unit 45 extracts a character string enclosed by the HTML language tag or the style language tag in the HTML file in units of one character, and temporarily stores the character code of the extracted character in the memory as character information. .

  When the character code extraction process is completed, the browsing control unit 45 executes a subset information request process for requesting the font distribution server 20 to distribute subset information based on the font distribution program (step S405). At this time, the browsing control unit 45 associates the temporarily stored character information with the combination font name described in the HTML file, in this case “combination font A”, as the subset request information via the communication line 2 as a font distribution server. 20 to send.

  Thereafter, the browsing control unit 45 determines whether or not subset information has been received (step S406). If the subset information has not been received (step S406: No), the browsing control unit 45 waits for processing until the subset information is received.

  Returning to step S502 of FIG. 11, when the font distribution server 20 receives the subset request information (step S502: Yes), the distribution control unit 24 executes a font table search process based on the subset request information (step S503). . At this time, the distribution control unit 24 compares the combination typeface name “combination typeface A” of the subset request information with the combination typeface name field 25a of the font table 25 stored in the table storage unit 21, and receives the received combination typeface. The font table 25 corresponding to the name “combination typeface A” is searched.

  When the font table 25 corresponding to the received combination typeface name is detected, the distribution control unit 24 executes a font extraction process for extracting a font from the font storage unit 22 based on the font table 25 (step S504).

  More specifically, the distribution control unit 24 determines the character type for each character code from the character code of the character information, and the typeface file (kana typeface file 26, kanji typeface file 27, alphabetic typeface file 28, or The number typeface file 29) is read from the font storage unit 22.

  Thereafter, the distribution control unit 24 identifies the font name corresponding to the character type from the character type column 25b and the character type font name column 25c of the font table 25, and corresponds to the character code from each typeface file read from the font storage unit 22. Read the font.

  For example, in the case of the HTML file shown in FIG. 9, the distribution control unit 24 determines that the character is a kana from each character code corresponding to the characters “fu”, “o”, “n”, and “g”. The kana typeface file 26 is read from the font storage unit 22. Thereafter, the distribution control unit 24 identifies that the kana is MS Gothic from the font table 25, and reads the MS Gothic font corresponding to the character code from the kana typeface file 26.

When the font extraction process ends, the distribution control unit 24 executes a font processing process that processes the read font (step S505).
More specifically, the distribution control unit 24 moves the position of the baseline with respect to the font for each read character code based on the values in the baseline correction factor column 25d and the enlargement / reduction factor column 25e of the font table 25. Or, after enlarging / reducing processing, it is temporarily stored in the memory.

  When the font processing process ends, the distribution control unit 24 executes a web font generation process (step S506), aggregates the processed fonts corresponding to all the character codes of the character information, and displays “combination typeface A”. A web font, which is a font for distribution with the typeface name, is generated.

That is, the web font “combination typeface A” is an MS Gothic font corresponding to the character code of the kana and an MS Mincho font corresponding to the character code of the kanji for the character code of the HTML document 34. And Times corresponding to alphabetic character codes
A New Roman font and an Impact font corresponding to a numeric character code are enumerated and stored in a processed state.

  Thereafter, the distribution control unit 24 executes subset information distribution processing (step S507), transmits the generated web font as subset information to the document browsing apparatus 40 via the communication line 2, and then ends the font distribution processing. .

  Returning to step S406 in FIG. 9, when the document browsing apparatus 40 receives the subset information (step S406: Yes), the browsing control unit 45 stores the subset information as a web font having a font name “combination font A”. To remember.

  Then, the browsing control unit 45 executes browser display processing (step S407), can browse the HTML document 34 based on the HTML document 34 and the acquired web font, and displays the document display screen 90 on the WEB browser 80. To do.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the document display screen 90 applies the web font “combination typeface A” to the characters “font distribution 123 sample” and “display sample 789abcxyz” in the HTML file, HTML files are displayed in a typeface with different typeface, baseline position, and size.

More specifically, in the document creation device 10, the document browsing device 40 changes the typeface for each character type and the like as the sample characters displayed in the sample display column 67 by the sample update processing in the combination font designation processing. The characters of the HTML file are displayed.
When the document display screen 90 is displayed, the browsing control unit 45 ends the browsing process.

  If the script code 34b is not described in the HTML file in step S401 in FIG. 10 (step S401: No), the viewing control unit 45 stores the HTML document 34 based on the font set in advance in the WEB browser 80. After displaying the characters, the browsing process is terminated.

  The font distribution system 1 and the font distribution method that realize the above operations can improve the convenience of character composition in an HTML file containing both Japanese characters and European characters, without squeezing limited storage resources. it can.

  Specifically, every time the document browsing device 40 acquires the HTML document 34, the font distribution system 1 uses the distribution control unit 24 of the font distribution server 20 that distributes the web font corresponding to the subset request information to the document browsing device 40. And a font distribution method, a new font for distribution corresponding to the subset request information is separately prepared and stored in the font storage unit 22 of the font distribution server 20 in advance, and the web necessary for displaying the HTML file The font can be distributed to the document browsing device 40.

  Thus, when a new font corresponding to the subset request information is stored in advance in the font distribution server 20, the storage capacity of the font distribution server 20 is compressed by the new font, whereas the font distribution system 1 and the font distribution method Since the web font corresponding to the subset request information is not stored, it can be effectively used without squeezing the limited storage capacity of the font storage unit 22 in the font distribution server 20.

  Then, the document browsing device 40 can display the characters of the HTML file on the WEB browser 80 displayed on the display unit 42 in the typeface intended by the creator, using the acquired web font. That is, the creator can create an HTML file that can display characters in a desired typeface simply by describing the style code 34a and script code 34b in the HTML file. For this reason, the font distribution system 1 and the font distribution method, for example, eliminate the need for the creator to add a style language tag for each character type to the character or word of the HTML file. Can do.

  Therefore, the font distribution system 1 and the font distribution method can improve the convenience of character composition in an HTML file containing both Japanese characters and European characters without squeezing limited storage resources.

  Further, the browsing control unit 45 of the document browsing device 40 is configured to execute character code extraction processing and subset information request processing, and the distribution control unit 24 of the font distribution server 20 performs font extraction processing and web font generation processing. By executing the subset information distribution process, the font distribution system 1 can distribute only the font corresponding to the characters of the HTML file as a web font from the font distribution server 20 to the document browsing apparatus 40. it can.

  Thereby, the font distribution system 1 can largely suppress the data size transmitted from the font distribution server 20 to the document browsing device 40. For this reason, the font distribution system 1 can reduce the time required from when the document browsing device 40 acquires the HTML document 34 until the HTML document 34 is displayed.

  Furthermore, when the web font is distributed from the font distribution server 20 to the document browsing device 40, the font distribution system 1 can suppress an increase in traffic on the communication line. In addition, the font distribution system 1 can suppress the acquired web font from pressing the storage capacity of the document browsing device 40.

  Furthermore, for example, when the creator previously stores the web font necessary for displaying the HTML file in the font distribution server 20, the creator needs to update the web font every time the content of the HTML file is updated. . On the other hand, since the font distribution system 1 generates and distributes a web font from the character code of the HTML file in the font distribution server 20 every time, the creator also updates the web font as the contents of the HTML file are updated. Can be made unnecessary.

  For this reason, for example, when a user of a blog service updates a blog in a service that is frequently updated, such as a blog service, the font distribution system 1 uses operations such as generation and registration of a web font. It can be made unnecessary to request from the person. Thereby, the user of the blog service can update the blog without being conscious of the contents of the web font distributed from the font distribution server 20.

  Therefore, the font distribution system 1 distributes only the fonts necessary for display on the document browsing apparatus 40, thereby preventing the limited storage resources of the document browsing apparatus 40 from being compressed and user convenience. Can be improved.

  Further, on the setting input screen 60 on the WEB browser 50 displayed on the display unit 12 of the document creation apparatus 10, the baseline correction value rate and the enlargement / reduction rate are allowed to be input for each character type, and the distribution control unit of the font distribution server 20 is used. 24, the font is processed based on the baseline correction rate and the enlargement / reduction rate registered in the font table 25, and the processed font is distributed to the document browsing device 40, so that both Japanese characters and European characters are mixed. The design and convenience of the HTML file can be improved.

  Specifically, the font distribution system 1 not only changes the typeface for each character type by the distribution control unit 24 that processes the font based on the baseline correction value rate and the enlargement / reduction rate, but also the baseline and size. Etc. can be arbitrarily changed. As a result, in an HTML file in which Japanese characters and European characters are mixed, problems such as misalignment due to differences in the baseline between Japanese characters and European characters can be solved, and the design of the HTML file can be improved. it can.

  Furthermore, even if the font distribution system 1 changes the typeface or the baseline correction rate for each character type, the font distribution server 20 easily generates a web font that reflects them in the font distribution server 20 by the distribution control unit 24 of the font distribution server 20. can do. For this reason, the font distribution system 1 can save the trouble of generating the web font reflecting the baseline correction rate and the like in the document creation device 10.

Furthermore, when the web font is distributed from the font distribution server 20, the font is processed, so that the creator who operates the document creation apparatus 10 can easily process the font only by rewriting the font table 25. Can do.
Therefore, the font distribution system 1 can improve the design and convenience in an HTML file containing both Japanese characters and European characters.

  In addition, by allowing the baseline correction factor to be input, it is possible to eliminate the poor appearance due to the difference in the baseline between Japanese characters and European characters, and to improve the design in the HTML file.

  In addition, by allowing the input of the enlargement / reduction ratio, the difference in apparent size between Japanese characters and European characters can be eliminated, and the design in the HTML file can be improved.

  In addition, the combination font information specified on the setting input screen 60 displayed on the web browser 50 in the document creation apparatus 10 is stored in the font table 25 of the font distribution server 20, and the script code 34 b is generated and stored in the document creation apparatus 10. The web font is transmitted to the document browsing device 40 based on the font table 25 corresponding to the combination font name, so that the user using the document creation device 10 is displayed on the WEB browser 50. It is possible to easily specify a desired character typeface name for each character type on the setting input screen 60, and only register combination font information in the font table 25 of the font distribution server 20 via the creation control unit 15, and the characters of the HTML file Code 34 required to display Can be easily obtained from the font distribution server 20.

  That is, the font distribution system 1 can realize online DTP and improve the degree of freedom of character composition in the HTML file to improve the convenience for the creator.

  For this reason, the font distribution system 1 can save the trouble that a creator creates the script code 34b which differs for every HTML document each time. Furthermore, by acquiring the script code 34b from the font distribution server 20, it is possible to prevent the creator from registering the style code 34a or the script code 34b including the incorrect script code 34b in the HTML file. Thereby, the font delivery system 1 can improve the convenience for the creator, and can reliably deliver the web font necessary for display by the document browsing device 40.

  On the other hand, the font distribution server 20 can store a combination of fonts to be distributed to the document browsing device 40 as a font table 25 in advance. At this time, even if the font distribution server 20 stores a plurality of different font tables 25 for each HTML file, the data size of the font table 25 is small, so that the storage capacity of the table storage unit 21 is compressed by the font table 25. Can be suppressed.

  Therefore, the font distribution system 1 can easily specify the combination font information, and can further improve the convenience of character composition in an HTML file containing both Japanese characters and European characters.

  In addition, the setting input screen 60 displayed on the WEB browser 50 of the document creation apparatus 10 is configured to allow the input of an arbitrary combination font name for the combination font information, so that the creator can select the font in the combination font information. It is possible to arbitrarily determine a combination font name that can easily grasp the combination of names.

Specifically, for example, when the font combination server 20 randomly determines the combination font name, the creator cannot infer the contents of the font table 25 stored in the font distribution server 20 from the combination font name. On the other hand, the font distribution system 1 allows the creator to easily grasp the contents of the font table 25 from the combination typeface name by allowing the input of any combination typeface name.
Therefore, the font distribution system 1 can improve the convenience at the time of creating an HTML file by allowing the creator to arbitrarily determine a combination font name.

  In the first embodiment, the typeface name and the font are MS Gothic, MS Mincho, etc., but the present invention is not limited to this, and any font stored in the font storage unit 22 of the font distribution server 20 may be used. Good.

  In addition, although kana, kanji, alphabetic characters, and numbers are used as character types, the present invention is not limited to this, and the character type may be divided arbitrarily. For example, the hiragana may be further divided into hiragana and katakana to be hiragana, katakana, kanji, alphabetic characters, and numbers. Alternatively, Japanese characters corresponding to not only kana and kanji but also English characters and numbers and European characters corresponding to English characters and numbers may be used as character types.

  Further, although the kana typeface file 26, the kanji typeface file 27, the alphabetic typeface file 28, and the number typeface file 29 are stored in the font storage unit 22 of the font distribution server 20, the present invention is not limited to this, and an appropriate typeface file is stored. May be. For example, a Japanese document file which is a Japanese font group corresponding to not only kana and kanji but also English characters and numbers and a European document file which is a European font group corresponding to English characters and numbers may be used.

In addition, although the baseline correction rate and the enlargement / reduction rate are allowed to be input on the setting input screen 60, the present invention is not limited to this, and the configuration allows the input of the font rotation angle, the left / right position of the font, the character spacing for each character type, and the like. It is good.
In addition, although the baseline correction factor is used, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be an appropriate unit as long as the unit can change the position of the baseline such as EM.

  Further, the combination typeface name is arbitrarily set and input by the creator. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the font distribution server 20 that has received the combination font information is configured not to allow the combination typeface name to be input on the setting input screen 60. In the configuration, when the distribution control unit 24 generates an appropriate combination font name and transmits the code information to the document creation apparatus 10, the combination font name generated together with the code information may be transmitted. At this time, the script code and the combination font name are displayed on the code display screen 70.

  Thereby, for example, when the font tables 25 registered by different creators have the same configuration, the font distribution system 1 can use one font table 25 for a plurality of HTML documents. That is, the number of font tables 25 stored in the table storage unit 21 can be reduced with respect to the number of HTML documents that transmit distribution program request information to the font distribution server 20. For this reason, the limited storage capacity of the table storage unit 21 of the font distribution server 20 can be used more efficiently.

  In the browsing process in the document browsing apparatus 10, the character code extraction process for extracting the character code of the character of the HTML document 34 is executed, and the font corresponding to the character code is extracted in the font distribution process of the font distribution server 20. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the font distribution server 20 extracts the font corresponding to the character type on the basis of the font table 25 without using the character code extraction process in the document browsing apparatus 10, and the web based on the extracted font. A font may be generated.

Further, although the script code 34b for requesting the distribution of the font distribution program is generated and distributed in step S302 of FIG. 6, the present invention is not limited to this, and the configuration may be such that the style code 34a and the script code 34b are generated and distributed. Good.
In addition, script code having an appropriate configuration may be used as long as it is requested to the font distribution server 20 to distribute the web font by describing it in the HTML file.

  In addition, the creator displays the setting input screen 60 on the WEB browser 50 of the document creation apparatus and designates the typeface name for each character type. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the creator directly inputs the style code 34a and script code 34b. , May be described in an HTML file. In this case, the font table 25 and the table storage unit 21 of the font distribution server 20 are not required, and the processing of steps S101 to S104 in FIG. 4 is omitted. Furthermore, in the HTML file, a character type, a typeface name for each character type, a script code for requesting delivery of a web font, and the like are described.

In correspondence between the configuration of the present invention and the above-described embodiment,
The markup language of the present invention corresponds to the HTML language and style language of the embodiment,
Similarly,
Markup documents support HTML files,
The document storage means corresponds to the storage unit 31,
The document distribution means corresponds to the control unit 33,
The font corresponds to the character fonts of the kana font file 26, the kanji font file 27, the alphabet font file 28, and the number font file 29,
The font storage means corresponds to the font storage unit 22,
The font distribution means corresponds to the distribution control unit 24, and
The input means corresponds to the input unit 41,
The display means corresponds to the WEB browser 80 displayed on the display unit 42,
The document request means corresponds to the browsing control unit 45,
The font request means corresponds to the browsing control unit 45,
The browsing control means corresponds to the browsing control unit 45,
The creation registration means corresponds to the input unit 11 and the editor,
The document registration unit corresponds to the creation control unit 15 and
The character types correspond to Kana, Kanji, English, and numbers.
Character typeface names correspond to typeface names,
The combination font information corresponds to the combination font information and the subset request information,
The combination designation character string corresponds to the style code 34a,
The request character string corresponds to the script code 34b,
The request command statement corresponds to the style code 34a and the script code 34b.
The character information corresponds to the character code,
Subset data corresponds to web fonts,
The character information extraction process corresponds to step S404,
The character transmission process corresponds to step S405,
The font extraction process corresponds to step S504,
The subset generation process corresponds to step S506,
The subset data distribution process corresponds to step S507,
The character attribute value corresponds to the baseline correction factor and the scaling factor,
The font processing means corresponds to the distribution control unit 24,
The designation means corresponds to the setting input screen 60 displayed on the WEB browser 50,
The transmission means corresponds to the creation control unit 15,
The combination font name corresponds to the combination font name,
The table storage means corresponds to the table storage unit 21,
The command transmission means corresponds to the distribution control unit 24,
The present invention is not limited only to the configuration of the above-described embodiment, and many embodiments can be obtained.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Font delivery system 2 ... Communication line 10 ... Document preparation apparatus 11 ... Input part 15 ... Creation control part 20 ... Font delivery server 21 ... Table storage part 22 ... Font storage part 24 ... Delivery control part 25 ... Font table 26 ... Kana Typeface file 27 ... Kanji typeface file 28 ... Alphabet typeface file 29 ... Number typeface file 30 ... Web server 31 ... Storage part 33 ... Control part 34a ... Style code 34b ... Script code 40 ... Document browsing device 41 ... Input part 45 ... Browse control Part 50 ... WEB browser 60 ... Setting input screen 80 ... WEB browser

  The present invention relates to a font distribution system and a font distribution method for distributing, for example, a font corresponding to a typeface name specified by a style language tag in an HTML file from a font distribution server.

When formatting product catalogs and advertisements using DTP, creators are improving not only photographs and illustrations but also various fonts, colors, sizes, and arrangements to improve design.
One of the ideas is to typeset Japanese characters such as Kanji and European characters such as Latin characters in different typefaces.

  However, due to differences in the baseline between Japanese characters and European characters, there is a problem in that the design of the font is impaired due to differences in the size of the characters or misalignment in the case of different typefaces with the same character size. was there.

  Therefore, when Japanese characters and European characters are mixed, it is possible to arbitrarily change the font, character size, baseline, etc. for each Japanese character and European character, and save composite font data indicating one font. A composite font editing device that can be used has been proposed (see Patent Document 1).

  By the way, recently, with the spread of the Internet, even in a website where Japanese characters and European characters are mixed, designability may be improved by character composition designating different typefaces for Japanese characters and European characters. At this time, various methods have been proposed in order to solve the above-mentioned problems caused by making Japanese characters and European characters different fonts.

  For example, by adding a style language tag that specifies a typeface to Japanese characters and European characters in an HTML file that constitutes a website, it is possible to display in different typefaces for each Japanese character and European character, There is a way to improve design.

  However, when a style language tag is assigned to each Japanese character and each European character, it is necessary to attach a style language tag in units of words or in units of characters, and there is a problem that it takes much time to create an HTML file. .

  As another method, the synthesized font data created by the synthesized font editing apparatus of Patent Document 1 is described in the HTML file in advance as a style font used for display in the style language tag, and the synthesized font data is stored in the server in advance. . Then, there is a method of delivering the composite font data from the server to the viewer's computer every time the HTML file is browsed.

  However, the size of the composite font data is likely to increase, and has a different configuration for each website. For this reason, there is a problem in that the limited storage capacity of the server is easily pressed by the synthetic font data that is different for each website.

JP 2002-169798 A

  In view of the above-described problems, the present invention provides a font distribution system and font distribution that can improve the convenience of character composition in markup documents containing both Japanese characters and European characters without squeezing limited storage resources. It aims to provide a method.

The present invention provides document storage means for storing the markup document created by a document creation apparatus that creates a markup document using a markup language, and document distribution means for delivering the markup document via a communication line. A font storage server including a font storage unit that stores a plurality of fonts, a font distribution unit that distributes the font via the communication line, and an input unit that allows an input operation by a viewer Display means for displaying the markup document, document request means for requesting the web server to distribute the markup document, and a font for requesting the font distribution server to distribute the font based on the acquired markup document Request means, and the markup sentence based on the acquired font A font distribution system constituted by a document reading apparatus having a viewing control means for viewable by said display means, and the font distribution method, the document creation device, a character type of the character at least the markup document A combination means for associating a font type name indicating the font type of the character type and associating and combining the character types with each other based on the font of the font distribution server; and the combination font information. and creation and registration means for combining string, and the request statement consisting request string that indicates the request for the font distribution corresponding to the combination font information, and registers the markup document having a combination font name indicating the The combination font information associated with the combination font name is stored in the font. And transmitting means for transmitting through the communication line to the cement delivery server, the mark-up document that was created, the document registration means to be stored in the document storage means of the web server via the communication line, the font Table storage means for storing a font table in which the combination font name acquired from the document creation device and the combination font information are associated and registered in a distribution server; and the combination in which the combination font name is associated from the document creation device When obtaining font information, at least the request character string is generated and transmitted to the document creation apparatus, and the font requesting means of the document browsing apparatus acquires the markup document each time. , A character indicating the character from the markup document based on the request statement A character information extraction process for extracting information, and a character transmission process for associating the character information and the combination font name and transmitting the information to the font distribution server, wherein the font distribution means of the font distribution server includes: Each time the character information and the combination font name are acquired from the document browsing device , the font type corresponding to the combination font name corresponds to the character typeface name from the font for each character type. And a font extraction process for extracting the font corresponding to the character information from the font storage means, a subset generation process for generating subset data in which the extracted fonts are listed and stored, and the subset data as a web font, Distribution to the document browsing device via the communication line Characterized by being configured to execute the subset data distribution process that.

The markup language can be an HTML language, an XHTML language, a style language, or the like.
The character may be a character indicating a text or a title in a markup document.
The font may be a character typeface formed with a typeface such as Mincho or Gothic.
The character types may be kana, kanji, English, numbers, Japanese characters, and European characters.

The combination designation character string is described in a style language, a script language, or the like, and can be a character string that designates a typeface of characters when displaying a markup document.
The request character string can be a character string described in a script language or the like.

According to the present invention, it is possible to improve the convenience of character composition in a markup document containing both Japanese characters and European characters without squeezing limited storage resources.
Specifically, every time the document browsing device acquires a markup document, the font distribution system and the font distribution method of the font distribution server that distributes the font corresponding to the combination font information to the document browsing device are: Document browsing apparatus for preparing a new font for distribution configured based on combination font information, eliminating the need to store in advance in the font storage means of the font distribution server, and displaying the font necessary for displaying the markup document Can be delivered to.

  Thus, when a new font corresponding to the combination font information is stored in advance in the font distribution server, the storage capacity of the font distribution server is compressed by the new font, whereas the font distribution system and the font distribution method are combined. Since a new font corresponding to the font information is not stored, it can be effectively used without squeezing the limited storage capacity of the font storage means in the font distribution server.

  Then, the document browsing apparatus can display the characters of the markup document on the display unit in the typeface intended by the creator using the acquired font. That is, the creator can create a markup document in which characters can be displayed in a desired font simply by describing a request command statement in the markup document. For this reason, the font distribution system and the font distribution method eliminate the need for the creator to add a style language tag for each character type to the characters or words of the markup document, for example. Can do.

Further, the font request means of the document browsing apparatus that executes the character information extraction process and the character transmission process, and the font distribution means of the font distribution server that executes the font extraction process, the subset generation process, and the subset data distribution process, The distribution system and the font distribution method can distribute only the font corresponding to the characters of the markup document as a web font from the font distribution server to the document browsing apparatus.

Thereby, the font distribution system can largely suppress the data size transmitted from the font distribution server to the document browsing apparatus. For this reason, the font distribution system and the font distribution method can reduce the time required from when the document browsing apparatus acquires the markup document until the markup document is displayed.

Furthermore, when distributing fonts from the font distribution server to the document browsing device, the font distribution system can suppress an increase in traffic on the communication line. In addition, the font distribution system and the font distribution method can suppress the acquired font from pressing the storage capacity of the document browsing apparatus.

In addition, for example, when the creator previously stores the subset data of the fonts for distribution necessary for displaying the markup document in the font distribution server, each time the content of the markup document is updated, the creator Also need to be updated. In contrast, the font distribution system and the font distribution method generate and distribute subset data from the character information of the markup document each time in the font distribution server, so that the creator can update the contents of the markup document. Accordingly, it is unnecessary to update the subset data.

For this reason, for example, when a user of a blog service updates a blog in a service that is frequently updated, such as a blog service, the font distribution system and the font distribution method include the generation and registration of subset data, etc. It is unnecessary to request the user to perform this operation. Thereby, the user of the blog service can update the blog without being aware of the contents of the subset data distributed from the font distribution server.

In addition, the specification means of the document creation apparatus and the table storage means of the font distribution server allow the user who uses the document creation apparatus to easily specify the desired character typeface name for each character type using the designation means, and send By simply registering the combination font information in the font table of the font distribution server via the means, the required character string necessary for displaying the characters of the markup document can be easily acquired from the font distribution server.

That is, the font distribution system and the font distribution method can realize online DTP and improve the degree of freedom of character composition in the markup document to improve the convenience for the creator.

For this reason, the font distribution system and the font distribution method can save the time and effort for the creator to create a different request character string for each markup document. Furthermore, by acquiring the request character string from the font distribution server, it is possible to prevent the creator from registering a request command statement including an incorrect request character string in the markup document. Thus, the font distribution system and the font distribution method can improve the convenience for the creator and can reliably distribute the fonts necessary for display by the document browsing apparatus.

On the other hand, the font distribution server can previously store a combination of fonts to be distributed to the document browsing apparatus as a font table. At this time, even if the font distribution server stores a plurality of different font tables for each markup document, since the data size of the font table is small, the storage capacity of the table storage unit can be suppressed from being compressed by the font table.

As a result, the font distribution system and the font distribution method can easily specify the combination font information, and can further improve the convenience of character composition in a markup document containing both Japanese characters and European characters.

Therefore, the font distribution system and the font distribution method can improve the convenience of character composition in a markup document containing both Japanese characters and European characters without squeezing limited storage resources .

Also, an embodiment of the present invention, the combination font information, and the character attribute value indicating the font predetermined attribute in the font distribution server, and the predetermined attribute, the structure that associates with the character type, the font The distribution server further comprises a font processing unit that processes the font extracted from the font storage unit based on the predetermined attribute and the character attribute value in the combination font information, and the font distribution unit of the font distribution server Can be configured to distribute the font processed by the font processing means to the document browsing apparatus.

The predetermined attribute may be a baseline, an enlargement / reduction ratio, a rotation angle, or the like.
The character attribute value can be an absolute value or a relative value.

According to the present invention, it is possible to improve design and convenience in a markup document including both Japanese characters and European characters.
Specifically, the font distribution system can change not only the typeface for each character type but also the baseline, size, etc., by a predetermined attribute, character attribute value, and font processing means. This improves the design of markup documents by eliminating problems such as misalignment due to differences in the baseline between Japanese characters and European characters in markup documents that contain both Japanese and European characters. be able to.

  Furthermore, the font distribution system of the font distribution server allows the font distribution system to easily generate a font reflecting these in the font distribution server even if the typeface or character attribute value for each character type is changed. For this reason, the font distribution system can save the trouble of generating the font reflecting the character attribute value in the document creation apparatus.

Furthermore, since the font is processed when the font is distributed from the font distribution server, the creator who operates the document creation apparatus can easily process the font only by rewriting the combination font information.
Therefore, the font distribution system can improve the design and convenience in a markup document containing both Japanese characters and European characters.

As an aspect of the present invention, the predetermined attribute can be a baseline of the font in the font distribution server.
According to the present invention, it is possible to eliminate the poor appearance due to the difference in the baseline between Japanese characters and European characters, and to improve the design in the markup document.

As an aspect of the present invention, the predetermined attribute can be the size of the font in the font distribution server.
According to the present invention, the difference in the apparent size between Japanese characters and European characters can be eliminated, and the design in the markup document can be improved .

Also, as an aspect of the invention, the designating means of the document creating device may be an allowable input constituting any of said combination font name for the combination font information.
According to the present invention, the creator can arbitrarily determine a combination font name with which the combination of character type face names in the combination font information can be easily grasped.

Specifically, for example, when the combination font name is randomly determined by the font distribution server, the creator cannot infer the contents of the font table stored in the font distribution server from the combination font name. On the other hand, the font distribution system allows the creator to easily grasp the contents of the font table from the combination font name by allowing input of any combination font name.
Therefore, the font distribution system can improve the convenience when creating a markup document by allowing the creator to arbitrarily determine a combination font name.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a font distribution system and a font distribution method that can improve the convenience of character composition in a markup document containing both Japanese characters and European characters without squeezing limited storage resources.

The block diagram which shows the structure of a font delivery system. The block diagram which shows the internal structure of a font delivery system. The table block diagram which shows the structure of a font table. The sequence diagram which shows the flow of delivery of various information in a font delivery system. 10 is a flowchart showing an operation of combination font designation processing in the document creation apparatus. The flowchart which shows the operation | movement of the combination font registration process in a font delivery server. A setting input screen showing a screen for prompting input of a typeface name, a baseline correction rate, and an enlargement / reduction rate for each character type. A code display screen showing the screen displaying the script code. Explanatory drawing explaining the style code and script code of an HTML file. The flowchart which shows the operation | movement of the browsing process in a document browsing apparatus. The flowchart which shows the operation | movement of the web font delivery process in a font delivery server. A document display screen showing a screen on which an HTML document is displayed.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
First, the font distribution system 1 in the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
1 shows a configuration diagram of the font distribution system 1, FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of an internal configuration of the font distribution system 1, and FIG. 3 shows a table configuration diagram of the font table 25.

As shown in FIG. 1, the font distribution system 1 includes a document creation apparatus 10 used for creating an HTML document 34, which will be described later, a font delivery server 20 used for storing and delivering fonts necessary for displaying the HTML document 34, and an HTML document 34. And a document browsing device 40 used for browsing the HTML document 34, which are connected to each other via the communication line 2.
The communication line 2 includes a LAN line, a dedicated line, an internet line, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 2, the document creation apparatus 10 includes an input unit 11, a display unit 12, a storage unit 13, a line connection unit 14, and a creation control unit 15.
The input unit 11 includes a keyboard 11a and a mouse 11b, and has a function of accepting an input operation by a user.
The display unit 12 is composed of a CRT or a liquid crystal display and has a function of displaying various information.

The storage unit 13 includes a hard disk or a nonvolatile memory, and has a function of writing and storing various information and a function of reading various information.
The line connection unit 14 is composed of a wired LAN card or a wireless LAN slave unit, etc., and transmits / receives various functions to / from the font distribution server 20 and the web server 30 via the communication line 2. It has a function.

  The creation control unit 15 includes a CPU and a memory configured with a hardware configuration and a software configuration such as a program and data, and various operations such as a creation operation in which a user operates the document creation device 10 to create an HTML document 34. It has a processing function and a function of controlling the operation of each unit connected via a predetermined bus.

As shown in FIG. 2, the font distribution server 20 includes a table storage unit 21, a font storage unit 22, a line connection unit 23, and a distribution control unit 24.
The table storage unit 21 is composed of a hard disk or a nonvolatile memory, and has a function of writing and storing various information and a function of reading various information. The table storage unit 21 stores a font table 25 in which typeface names and the like for each character type selected and input by the user are registered.

  In the font table 25, as shown in FIG. 3, a combination font name column 25a, a character type column 25b, a character type font name column 25c, a baseline correction rate column 25d, and an enlargement / reduction rate column 25e are registered in association with each other. Yes.

A plurality of character types are registered in the character type column 25b, and here, kana, kanji, English characters, and numbers are registered in advance.
The character typeface name column 25c registers the typeface name set for each character type.
The baseline correction factor column 25d is a ratio of the relative movement amount of the base line position of the font distributed to the document browsing device 40 with respect to the base line position in the font stored in the font storage unit 22 to be described later. Is registered for each character type.

The enlargement / reduction rate column 25e registers, for each character type, the enlargement / reduction rate of the font distributed to the document browsing device 40 with respect to the size of the font stored in the font storage unit 22 described later.
The combination font name column 25a registers a combination font name indicating an arbitrary font composed by combining the contents of the character type column 25b, the character type font name column 25c, the baseline correction factor column 25d, and the enlargement / reduction factor column 25e. ing.

  The font storage unit 22 is composed of a hard disk or a nonvolatile memory, and has a function of writing and storing various information and a function of reading various information. The font storage unit 22 includes a kana typeface file 26 that is a font group for kana characters, a kanji typeface file 27 that is a font group for kanji, an alphabetic typeface file 28 that is a font group for alphabetic characters, and a font for numbers. A number typeface file 29 which is a group is stored. Note that the font is a character font that is formed in an outline format of a predetermined size and is formed in a font such as a Mincho or Gothic font.

The line connection unit 23 is composed of a wired LAN card or a wireless LAN slave unit, etc., and transmits / receives various information to / from the document creation apparatus 10 and the document browsing apparatus 40 via the communication line 2. It has a function to perform.
The distribution control unit 24 is configured with a hardware configuration and a software configuration such as a program and data such as a CPU and a memory, and various processing functions related to the exchange of various information with the document creation device 10 and the document browsing device 40, It has a function of controlling the operation of each unit connected via a predetermined bus.

As shown in FIG. 2, the web server 30 includes a storage unit 31, a line connection unit 32, and a control unit 33.
The storage unit 31 is configured by a hard disk or a nonvolatile memory, and has a function of writing and storing various information and a function of reading various information. The storage unit 31 stores a plurality of HTML documents 34 and 35 that are created by the document creation apparatus 10 and can be browsed by a WEB browser 80 (see FIG. 12) of the document browsing apparatus 40 described later.

  The HTML documents 34 and 35 are composed of an HTML file (not shown) described in the HTML language and an image file (not shown) associated with the HTML file. Note that the HTML file includes not only HTML language tags and body descriptions, but also style sheet language tags, JavaScript (registered trademark) tags, and the like.

The line connection unit 32 is configured by a wired LAN card or a wireless LAN slave unit, and transmits and receives various information to and from the document creation apparatus 10 and the document browsing apparatus 40 via the communication line 2. It has a function to perform.
The control unit 33 includes a CPU, a memory, and the like with a hardware configuration and a software configuration such as a program and data, and various processing functions related to the exchange of various information with the document creation device 10 and the document browsing device 40, and a predetermined It has a function of controlling the operation of each unit connected via the bus.

As shown in FIG. 2, the document browsing device 40 includes an input unit 41, a display unit 42, a storage unit 43, a line connection unit 44, and a browsing control unit 45.
The input unit 41 includes a keyboard 41a and a touch pad 41b, and has a function of accepting an input operation by a user.
The display unit 42 includes a liquid crystal display and has a function of displaying various information.

The storage unit 43 is configured by a hard disk or a nonvolatile memory, and has a function of writing and storing various information and a function of reading various information.
The line connection unit 44 is composed of a wired LAN card or a wireless LAN slave unit, etc., and transmits / receives various functions to / from the font distribution server 20 and the web server 30 via the communication line 2. It has a function.

  The browsing control unit 45 includes a CPU and a memory with a hardware configuration and a software configuration such as a program and data, and various processes such as a browsing operation in which the user browses the HTML document 34 by operating the document browsing device 40. It has a function and a function of controlling the operation of each unit connected via a predetermined bus.

  In the font delivery system 1 configured as described above, the HTML document 34 created by the creator operating the document creation device 10 is registered in the web server 30 and the font table 25 is stored in the table storage unit 21 of the font delivery server 20. The operation of the font distribution system 1 when registering a message will be described with reference to FIGS.

  4 shows a sequence diagram for transferring various types of information in the font distribution system 1, FIG. 5 shows a flowchart of the operation of combination font designation processing in the document creation apparatus 10, and FIG. 6 shows combination font registration in the font distribution server 20. FIG. 7 shows a setting input screen 60 for prompting input of a typeface name, a baseline correction rate, and an enlargement / reduction rate for each character type, and FIG. 8 shows a code display screen 70 displaying script codes. FIG. 9 shows an explanatory diagram for explaining the style code 34a and script code 34b of the HTML file.

  First, as shown in FIG. 4, in the document creation apparatus 10, the WEB browser 50 (see FIG. 7) is started by the operation of the creator who creates the HTML document 34, and the font in the URL column 52 (see FIG. 7) is displayed. When the URL for accessing the distribution server 20 is input, the creation control unit 15 executes URL transmission processing for transmitting the input URL as URL information to the font distribution server 20 via the communication line 2 (step S101). .

  When the reception of URL information is detected, the distribution control unit 24 of the font distribution server 20 executes a combination font designation response process (step S102). At this time, the distribution control unit 24 transmits a typeface designation program for designating an arbitrary typeface name for each character type to the document creation apparatus 10 via the communication line 2.

  When the reception of the typeface designation program is detected, the creation control unit 15 of the document creation apparatus 10 temporarily stores the typeface designation program in the memory, and then executes the typeface designation program and displays a menu on the WEB browser 50 displayed on the display unit 12. A screen (not shown) is displayed. When the creator depresses a menu button (not shown) for designating a typeface name for each character type from the menu on the menu screen, the creation control unit 15 executes a combination font designation process (step S103).

  When the combination font designation process is started, as shown in FIG. 5, the creation control unit 15 of the document creation apparatus 10 displays a setting input screen 60 that prompts the creator to select and input an arbitrary typeface name for each character type. Is displayed on the WEB browser 50 displayed in step S201.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the setting input screen 60 displays a combined typeface name field 61 in which an arbitrary name by the creator is input at the top, and a kana, kanji, alphabetic characters, and numbers that are character types below it. On the other hand, a kana typeface name column 62, a kanji typeface name column 63, an alphabetic typeface name column 64, and a number typeface name column 65 for selecting each typeface name from a pull-down list (not shown) are displayed. In the pull-down list, font names indicating fonts stored in the font storage unit 22 of the font distribution server 20 are displayed as a list.

  Further, on the right side of the kana typeface name column 62, the kanji typeface name column 63, the alphabetic typeface name column 64, and the number typeface name column 65, a base for designating the ratio of the movement amount of the baseline position in each selected font. The line correction factor columns 62a, 63a, 64a, 65a and the enlargement / reduction rate columns 62b, 63b, 64b, 65b for designating the enlargement / reduction rate of the selected font size are displayed. In the baseline correction rate columns 62a, 63a, 64a, and 65a and the enlargement / reduction rate columns 62b, 63b, 64b, and 65b, the ratios to the fonts stored in the font distribution server 20 are input.

  In addition, below the numeric font name column 65, a browser character size column 66 indicating the size of the character set in the WEB browser 50, and sample characters reflecting the font name and size specified for each character type are displayed. A sample display field 67 to be displayed is displayed. Below the sample display field 67, a cancel button 68 for canceling the combination font designation process and a registration button 69 for registering the value of each designated field in the font distribution server 20 are displayed. ing.

When the setting input screen 60 is displayed on the WEB browser 50, the creation control unit 15 executes a sample update process (step S202).
Specifically, the creator selects or changes any of the font names in the kana typeface name column 62, the kanji typeface name column 63, the alphabetic typeface name column 64, and the number typeface name column 65, or the baseline correction factor column 62a. , 63a, 64a, 65a and the enlargement / reduction ratio fields 62b, 63b, 64b, 65b, each time the creator inputs and changes the value, the creation control unit 15 performs each time as shown in step S103 of FIG. The specified value is transmitted to the font distribution server 20 as change information.

  Then, in step S102 of FIG. 4, the font distribution server 20 sends the response of the sample character font reflecting the typeface name, the baseline correction rate, or the enlargement / reduction rate specified for each character type based on the received change information. As shown in FIG.

Upon receiving the response information, the creation control unit 15 replaces the font of the sample character with the acquired font and updates the display content of the sample display field 67.
For example, in the setting input screen 60 shown in FIG. 7, “combination typeface A” is input to the combination typeface name field 61, and “MS Gothic” is selected in the kana typeface name field 62 for the kana. “0.0” is entered in the baseline correction factor column 62a, and “105.0” is entered in the kana scaling factor column 62b.

For the Chinese character, “MS Mincho” is selected in the Chinese character type name column 63, “0.0” is input in the Kanji baseline correction rate column 63a, and “Kanji expansion / reduction rate column 63b” "100.0" is entered.
For English letters, the English font face name field 64 displays “Times”.
"New Roman" is selected, "-10.0" is entered in the English baseline correction factor column 64a, and "110.0" is entered in the English enlargement / reduction factor column 64b.

For numbers, “Impact” is selected in the number typeface name column 65 , “0.0” is input in the number baseline correction rate column 65a, and “107” is input in the number scaling rate column 65b. .0 "is entered.
In the browser character size column 66, “10” which is the character size acquired from the WEB browser 50 is displayed.

  As described above, the change information and the response information are exchanged between the document creation apparatus 10 and the font distribution server 20 based on the contents selected and input in the kana typeface name field 62 and the like. The control unit 15 updates the sample character “delivery typeface sample text abcxyz123789” in the sample display field 67. At this time, the sample characters displayed in the sample display column 67 are based on the font of the font of the font distribution server 20 that has been corrected for baseline and enlarged / reduced, and the character size set in the WEB browser 50. Displayed.

More specifically, in the sample display field 67, “delivery typeface” is displayed in MS Mincho, “Sampuru text” is displayed in MS Gothic, and “abcxyz” is offset by 10% downward from the baseline.
“New Roman” is displayed, and “123789” is displayed as “Impact”. These sample characters are displayed after converting the font of the font of the font distribution server 20 to the baseline correction and the enlargement / reduction processing into a character size of 10 pt.

  Thereafter, the creation control unit 15 determines whether either the registration button 69 or the cancel button 68 has been pressed (step S203). When the cancel button 68 is pressed by the creator's operation (step S203: 2), the creation control unit 15 ends the combination font designation process.

  On the other hand, when the registration button 69 is pressed by the creator's operation (step S203: 1), the creation control unit 15 executes a combination font information transmission process (step S204) to obtain a combination typeface name field 61, a kana typeface. Name field 62, kanji typeface name field 63, alphabetic typeface name field 64, numeric typeface name field 65, baseline correction factor fields 62a, 63a, 64a, 65a, and enlargement / reduction factor fields 62b, 63b, 64b, 65b These values are associated and transmitted to the font distribution server 20 via the communication line 2 as combination font information.

  As shown in FIG. 4, when the reception of the combination font information is detected, the distribution control unit 24 of the font distribution server 20 executes a combination font registration process for registering the acquired combination font information in the font table 25 (step S104). .

  When the combination font registration process is started, the distribution control unit 24 of the font distribution server 20 executes a font table registration process for registering the acquired combination font information in the font table 25 as shown in FIG. 6 (step S301).

  Specifically, the distribution control unit 24 registers the combination typeface name “combination typeface A” in the combination typeface name field 25a of the font table 25 based on the combination font information, and the character typeface name field 25c, baseline correction. After the values corresponding to the character types in the character type column 25b are registered in the rate column 25d and the enlargement / reduction rate column 25e, the font table 25 is stored in the table storage unit 21.

  For example, “combination typeface A” input in the setting input screen 60 of FIG. 7 is registered in the combination typeface name field 25a of the font table 25, and “character name typeface name field 25c corresponding to“ kana ”in the character type field 25b“ “MS Gothic” is registered, “0.0” is registered in the baseline correction factor column 25d, and “105.0” is registered in the enlargement / reduction factor column 25e. Similarly, values based on the combination font information are displayed in the character typeface name column 25c, the baseline correction factor column 25d, and the enlargement / reduction factor column 25e corresponding to “Kanji”, “English characters”, and “numeric characters” in the character type column 25b. Register.

  When the font table 25 is stored in the table storage unit 21, the distribution control unit 24 executes a code generation process for generating a script code described in the HTML file (step S302). This script code is a JavaScript code that is described in an HTML file and makes a transmission request for a font distribution program, which will be described later, from the document browsing apparatus 40 to the font distribution server 20.

  When the script code is generated, the distribution control unit 24 executes code information transmission processing for transmitting the script code as code information to the document creation apparatus 10 via the communication line 2 (step S303). Thereafter, the distribution control unit 24 ends the combination font registration process.

  Returning to step S204 of FIG. 5, when the combination font information is transmitted to the font distribution server 20 in the document creation apparatus 10, the creation control unit 15 determines whether or not the code information is received (step S205). If code information has not been received (step S205: No), the creation control unit 15 waits for processing until code information is received.

On the other hand, when receiving the code information (step S205: Yes), the creation control unit 15 displays the code display screen 70 on the WEB browser 50 (step S206).
As shown in FIG. 8, the code display screen 70 has an information message and a code in the upper part “copy the following code and paste it between <body> to </ body>” of the HTML file. A code display field 71 for displaying information converted into script code is displayed.

  When the code display screen 70 is displayed, the creation control unit 15 determines whether or not the close button 51 of the WEB browser 50 has been pressed (step S207). If the close button 51 is not pressed (step S207: No), the creation control unit 15 waits for processing until the close button 51 is pressed. On the other hand, when the close button 51 is pressed (step S207: Yes), the creation control unit 15 ends the combination font designation process.

  Thereafter, the creator operates the document creation apparatus 10 to activate an editor (not shown) for editing the HTML file. Then, the creator describes the script code and the combination typeface name acquired using the editor at a predetermined position in the HTML file, and completes the HTML document 34 in which Japanese characters and European characters are mixed.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the HTML document 34 describes a style code 34a in a style language that displays characters of the HTML document in a “combination typeface A” between <head> to </ head> tags. A script code 34b by JavaScript (registered trademark) is described between the <body> to </ body> tags. It should be noted that “font distribution 123 sample” and “display sample 789abcxyz” are described as the body of the HTML document 34.

Returning to step S103 of FIG. 4, the creation control unit 15 of the document creation apparatus 10 executes document transmission processing by a predetermined operation of the creator who completed the HTML document 34 (step S105), and the completed HTML document 34 is obtained. As document information to the web server 30 via the communication line 2.
When the reception of the document information is detected, the control unit 33 of the web server 30 executes a document registration process (step S106), and stores the acquired document information in the storage unit 31 as the HTML document 34.

Next, the operation of the font distribution system 1 when the viewer operates the document browsing device 40 to browse the HTML document 34 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 4 and 10 to 12.
10 shows a flowchart of the browsing process operation in the document browsing apparatus 40, FIG. 11 shows a flowchart of the web font distribution process operation in the font distribution server 20, and FIG. 12 shows a document display screen displaying the HTML document 34. 90 is shown.

  As shown in FIG. 4, in the document browsing device 40, the web server 30 is displayed in the URL column 81 (see FIG. 12) of the WEB browser 80 (see FIG. 12) activated by the operation of a viewer who wants to browse the HTML document 34. When the URL for accessing is input, the creation control unit 15 executes URL transmission processing for transmitting the input URL as URL information to the web server 30 via the communication line 2 (step S111).

  When the reception of the URL information is detected, the control unit 33 of the web server 30 executes a document distribution process (step S112), reads out the HTML document 34 corresponding to the acquired URL information from the storage unit 31, and stores the document as document information. The data is transmitted to the creation device 10 via the communication line 2.

  When the reception of the document information is detected, the browsing control unit 45 of the document browsing device 40 stores the document information in the storage unit 43 as the HTML document 34. Thereafter, the browsing control unit 45 reads the HTML document 34 from the storage unit 43 and analyzes the HTML document 34 to execute a browsing process for enabling browsing with the WEB browser 80 (step S113).

  When the browsing process is started, as shown in FIG. 10, the browsing control unit 45 of the document browsing apparatus 40 analyzes the HTML document 34 and determines whether or not the script code 34b is described in the HTML file (step S401). ).

  If the script code 34b is described in the HTML file (step S401: Yes), the browsing control unit 45 executes the distribution program request process (step S402), and the font distribution program based on the script code 34b of the HTML file. The distribution program request information for requesting the transmission is transmitted to the font distribution server 20 via the communication line 2.

As shown in FIG. 4, when the reception of distribution program request information is detected, the distribution control unit 24 of the font distribution server 20 executes web font distribution processing (step S114).
When the web font distribution process is started, as shown in FIG. 11, the distribution control unit 24 executes a font distribution program transmission process (step S501), and browses the font distribution program based on the acquired distribution program request information. The data is transmitted to the device 40 via the communication line 2.

  Thereafter, the distribution control unit 24 determines whether or not subset request information described later has been received (step S502). If the subset request information has not been received (step S502: No), the distribution control unit 24 waits for processing until the subset request information is received.

  Returning to step S402 in FIG. 10, when the distribution program request information is transmitted to the font distribution server 20 in the document browsing apparatus 40, the browsing control unit 45 determines whether or not the font distribution program has been received (step S403). If the font distribution program has not been received (step S403: No), the browsing control unit 45 waits for processing until the font distribution program is received.

  On the other hand, when the font distribution program is received (step S403: Yes), the browsing control unit 45 temporarily stores the font distribution program in the memory and then executes the font distribution program. Thereafter, the browsing control unit 45 executes a character code extraction process for extracting the character code of the character of the HTML document 34 based on the font distribution program (step S404). At this time, the browsing control unit 45 extracts a character string enclosed by the HTML language tag or the style language tag in the HTML file in units of one character, and temporarily stores the character code of the extracted character in the memory as character information. .

  When the character code extraction process is completed, the browsing control unit 45 executes a subset information request process for requesting the font distribution server 20 to distribute subset information based on the font distribution program (step S405). At this time, the browsing control unit 45 associates the temporarily stored character information with the combination font name described in the HTML file, in this case “combination font A”, as the subset request information via the communication line 2 as a font distribution server. 20 to send.

  Thereafter, the browsing control unit 45 determines whether or not subset information has been received (step S406). If the subset information has not been received (step S406: No), the browsing control unit 45 waits for processing until the subset information is received.

  Returning to step S502 of FIG. 11, when the font distribution server 20 receives the subset request information (step S502: Yes), the distribution control unit 24 executes a font table search process based on the subset request information (step S503). . At this time, the distribution control unit 24 compares the combination typeface name “combination typeface A” of the subset request information with the combination typeface name field 25a of the font table 25 stored in the table storage unit 21, and receives the received combination typeface. The font table 25 corresponding to the name “combination typeface A” is searched.

  When the font table 25 corresponding to the received combination typeface name is detected, the distribution control unit 24 executes a font extraction process for extracting a font from the font storage unit 22 based on the font table 25 (step S504).

  More specifically, the distribution control unit 24 determines the character type for each character code from the character code of the character information, and the typeface file (kana typeface file 26, kanji typeface file 27, alphabetic typeface file 28, or The number typeface file 29) is read from the font storage unit 22.

  Thereafter, the distribution control unit 24 identifies the font name corresponding to the character type from the character type column 25b and the character type font name column 25c of the font table 25, and corresponds to the character code from each typeface file read from the font storage unit 22. Read the font.

  For example, in the case of the HTML file shown in FIG. 9, the distribution control unit 24 determines that the character is a kana from each character code corresponding to the characters “fu”, “o”, “n”, and “g”. The kana typeface file 26 is read from the font storage unit 22. Thereafter, the distribution control unit 24 identifies that the kana is MS Gothic from the font table 25, and reads the MS Gothic font corresponding to the character code from the kana typeface file 26.

When the font extraction process ends, the distribution control unit 24 executes a font processing process that processes the read font (step S505).
More specifically, the distribution control unit 24 moves the position of the baseline with respect to the font for each read character code based on the values in the baseline correction factor column 25d and the enlargement / reduction factor column 25e of the font table 25. Or, after enlarging / reducing processing, it is temporarily stored in the memory.

  When the font processing process ends, the distribution control unit 24 executes a web font generation process (step S506), aggregates the processed fonts corresponding to all the character codes of the character information, and displays “combination typeface A”. A web font, which is a font for distribution with the typeface name, is generated.

That is, the web font “combination typeface A” is an MS Gothic font corresponding to the character code of the kana and an MS Mincho font corresponding to the character code of the kanji for the character code of the HTML document 34. And Times corresponding to alphabetic character codes
A New Roman font and an Impact font corresponding to a numeric character code are enumerated and stored in a processed state.

  Thereafter, the distribution control unit 24 executes subset information distribution processing (step S507), transmits the generated web font as subset information to the document browsing apparatus 40 via the communication line 2, and then ends the font distribution processing. .

  Returning to step S406 in FIG. 9, when the document browsing apparatus 40 receives the subset information (step S406: Yes), the browsing control unit 45 stores the subset information as a web font having a font name “combination font A”. To remember.

  Then, the browsing control unit 45 executes browser display processing (step S407), can browse the HTML document 34 based on the HTML document 34 and the acquired web font, and displays the document display screen 90 on the WEB browser 80. To do.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the document display screen 90 applies the web font “combination typeface A” to the characters “font distribution 123 sample” and “display sample 789abcxyz” in the HTML file, HTML files are displayed in a typeface with different typeface, baseline position, and size.

More specifically, in the document creation device 10, the document browsing device 40 changes the typeface for each character type and the like as the sample characters displayed in the sample display column 67 by the sample update processing in the combination font designation processing. The characters of the HTML file are displayed.
When the document display screen 90 is displayed, the browsing control unit 45 ends the browsing process.

  If the script code 34b is not described in the HTML file in step S401 in FIG. 10 (step S401: No), the viewing control unit 45 stores the HTML document 34 based on the font set in advance in the WEB browser 80. After displaying the characters, the browsing process is terminated.

  The font distribution system 1 and the font distribution method that realize the above operations can improve the convenience of character composition in an HTML file containing both Japanese characters and European characters, without squeezing limited storage resources. it can.

  Specifically, every time the document browsing device 40 acquires the HTML document 34, the font distribution system 1 uses the distribution control unit 24 of the font distribution server 20 that distributes the web font corresponding to the subset request information to the document browsing device 40. And a font distribution method, a new font for distribution corresponding to the subset request information is separately prepared and stored in the font storage unit 22 of the font distribution server 20 in advance, and the web necessary for displaying the HTML file The font can be distributed to the document browsing device 40.

  Thus, when a new font corresponding to the subset request information is stored in advance in the font distribution server 20, the storage capacity of the font distribution server 20 is compressed by the new font, whereas the font distribution system 1 and the font distribution method Since the web font corresponding to the subset request information is not stored, it can be effectively used without squeezing the limited storage capacity of the font storage unit 22 in the font distribution server 20.

  Then, the document browsing device 40 can display the characters of the HTML file on the WEB browser 80 displayed on the display unit 42 in the typeface intended by the creator, using the acquired web font. That is, the creator can create an HTML file that can display characters in a desired typeface simply by describing the style code 34a and script code 34b in the HTML file. For this reason, the font distribution system 1 and the font distribution method, for example, eliminate the need for the creator to add a style language tag for each character type to the character or word of the HTML file. Can do.

  Therefore, the font distribution system 1 and the font distribution method can improve the convenience of character composition in an HTML file containing both Japanese characters and European characters without squeezing limited storage resources.

  Further, the browsing control unit 45 of the document browsing device 40 is configured to execute character code extraction processing and subset information request processing, and the distribution control unit 24 of the font distribution server 20 performs font extraction processing and web font generation processing. By executing the subset information distribution process, the font distribution system 1 can distribute only the font corresponding to the characters of the HTML file as a web font from the font distribution server 20 to the document browsing apparatus 40. it can.

  Thereby, the font distribution system 1 can largely suppress the data size transmitted from the font distribution server 20 to the document browsing device 40. For this reason, the font distribution system 1 can reduce the time required from when the document browsing device 40 acquires the HTML document 34 until the HTML document 34 is displayed.

  Furthermore, when the web font is distributed from the font distribution server 20 to the document browsing device 40, the font distribution system 1 can suppress an increase in traffic on the communication line. In addition, the font distribution system 1 can suppress the acquired web font from pressing the storage capacity of the document browsing device 40.

  Furthermore, for example, when the creator previously stores the web font necessary for displaying the HTML file in the font distribution server 20, the creator needs to update the web font every time the content of the HTML file is updated. . On the other hand, since the font distribution system 1 generates and distributes a web font from the character code of the HTML file in the font distribution server 20 every time, the creator also updates the web font as the contents of the HTML file are updated. Can be made unnecessary.

  For this reason, for example, when a user of a blog service updates a blog in a service that is frequently updated, such as a blog service, the font distribution system 1 uses operations such as generation and registration of a web font. It can be made unnecessary to request from the person. Thereby, the user of the blog service can update the blog without being conscious of the contents of the web font distributed from the font distribution server 20.

  Therefore, the font distribution system 1 distributes only the fonts necessary for display on the document browsing apparatus 40, thereby preventing the limited storage resources of the document browsing apparatus 40 from being compressed and user convenience. Can be improved.

  Further, on the setting input screen 60 on the WEB browser 50 displayed on the display unit 12 of the document creation apparatus 10, the baseline correction value rate and the enlargement / reduction rate are allowed to be input for each character type, and the distribution control unit of the font distribution server 20 is used. 24, the font is processed based on the baseline correction rate and the enlargement / reduction rate registered in the font table 25, and the processed font is distributed to the document browsing device 40, so that both Japanese characters and European characters are mixed. The design and convenience of the HTML file can be improved.

  Specifically, the font distribution system 1 not only changes the typeface for each character type by the distribution control unit 24 that processes the font based on the baseline correction value rate and the enlargement / reduction rate, but also the baseline and size. Etc. can be arbitrarily changed. As a result, in an HTML file in which Japanese characters and European characters are mixed, problems such as misalignment due to differences in the baseline between Japanese characters and European characters can be solved, and the design of the HTML file can be improved. it can.

  Furthermore, even if the font distribution system 1 changes the typeface or the baseline correction rate for each character type, the font distribution server 20 easily generates a web font that reflects them in the font distribution server 20 by the distribution control unit 24 of the font distribution server 20. can do. For this reason, the font distribution system 1 can save the trouble of generating the web font reflecting the baseline correction rate and the like in the document creation device 10.

Furthermore, when the web font is distributed from the font distribution server 20, the font is processed, so that the creator who operates the document creation apparatus 10 can easily process the font only by rewriting the font table 25. Can do.
Therefore, the font distribution system 1 can improve the design and convenience in an HTML file containing both Japanese characters and European characters.

  In addition, by allowing the baseline correction factor to be input, it is possible to eliminate the poor appearance due to the difference in the baseline between Japanese characters and European characters, and to improve the design in the HTML file.

  In addition, by allowing the input of the enlargement / reduction ratio, the difference in apparent size between Japanese characters and European characters can be eliminated, and the design in the HTML file can be improved.

  In addition, the combination font information specified on the setting input screen 60 displayed on the web browser 50 in the document creation apparatus 10 is stored in the font table 25 of the font distribution server 20, and the script code 34 b is generated and stored in the document creation apparatus 10. The web font is transmitted to the document browsing device 40 based on the font table 25 corresponding to the combination font name, so that the user using the document creation device 10 is displayed on the WEB browser 50. It is possible to easily specify a desired character typeface name for each character type on the setting input screen 60, and only register combination font information in the font table 25 of the font distribution server 20 via the creation control unit 15, and the characters of the HTML file Code 34 required to display Can be easily obtained from the font distribution server 20.

  That is, the font distribution system 1 can realize online DTP and improve the degree of freedom of character composition in the HTML file to improve the convenience for the creator.

  For this reason, the font distribution system 1 can save the trouble that a creator creates the script code 34b which differs for every HTML document each time. Furthermore, by acquiring the script code 34b from the font distribution server 20, it is possible to prevent the creator from registering the style code 34a or the script code 34b including the incorrect script code 34b in the HTML file. Thereby, the font delivery system 1 can improve the convenience for the creator, and can reliably deliver the web font necessary for display by the document browsing device 40.

  On the other hand, the font distribution server 20 can store a combination of fonts to be distributed to the document browsing device 40 as a font table 25 in advance. At this time, even if the font distribution server 20 stores a plurality of different font tables 25 for each HTML file, the data size of the font table 25 is small, so that the storage capacity of the table storage unit 21 is compressed by the font table 25. Can be suppressed.

  Therefore, the font distribution system 1 can easily specify the combination font information, and can further improve the convenience of character composition in an HTML file containing both Japanese characters and European characters.

  In addition, the setting input screen 60 displayed on the WEB browser 50 of the document creation apparatus 10 is configured to allow the input of an arbitrary combination font name for the combination font information, so that the creator can select the font in the combination font information. It is possible to arbitrarily determine a combination font name that can easily grasp the combination of names.

Specifically, for example, when the font combination server 20 randomly determines the combination font name, the creator cannot infer the contents of the font table 25 stored in the font distribution server 20 from the combination font name. On the other hand, the font distribution system 1 allows the creator to easily grasp the contents of the font table 25 from the combination typeface name by allowing the input of any combination typeface name.
Therefore, the font distribution system 1 can improve the convenience at the time of creating an HTML file by allowing the creator to arbitrarily determine a combination font name.

  In the first embodiment, the typeface name and the font are MS Gothic, MS Mincho, etc., but the present invention is not limited to this, and any font stored in the font storage unit 22 of the font distribution server 20 may be used. Good.

  In addition, although kana, kanji, alphabetic characters, and numbers are used as character types, the present invention is not limited to this, and the character type may be divided arbitrarily. For example, the hiragana may be further divided into hiragana and katakana to be hiragana, katakana, kanji, alphabetic characters, and numbers. Alternatively, Japanese characters corresponding to not only kana and kanji but also English characters and numbers and European characters corresponding to English characters and numbers may be used as character types.

  Further, although the kana typeface file 26, the kanji typeface file 27, the alphabetic typeface file 28, and the number typeface file 29 are stored in the font storage unit 22 of the font distribution server 20, the present invention is not limited to this, and an appropriate typeface file is stored. May be. For example, a Japanese document file which is a Japanese font group corresponding to not only kana and kanji but also English characters and numbers and a European document file which is a European font group corresponding to English characters and numbers may be used.

In addition, although the baseline correction rate and the enlargement / reduction rate are allowed to be input on the setting input screen 60, the present invention is not limited to this, and the configuration allows the input of the font rotation angle, the left / right position of the font, the character spacing for each character type, and the like. It is good.
In addition, although the baseline correction factor is used, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be an appropriate unit as long as the unit can change the position of the baseline such as EM.

  Further, the combination typeface name is arbitrarily set and input by the creator. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the font distribution server 20 that has received the combination font information is configured not to allow the combination typeface name to be input on the setting input screen 60. In the configuration, when the distribution control unit 24 generates an appropriate combination font name and transmits the code information to the document creation apparatus 10, the combination font name generated together with the code information may be transmitted. At this time, the script code and the combination font name are displayed on the code display screen 70.

  Thereby, for example, when the font tables 25 registered by different creators have the same configuration, the font distribution system 1 can use one font table 25 for a plurality of HTML documents. That is, the number of font tables 25 stored in the table storage unit 21 can be reduced with respect to the number of HTML documents that transmit distribution program request information to the font distribution server 20. For this reason, the limited storage capacity of the table storage unit 21 of the font distribution server 20 can be used more efficiently.

Further, although the script code 34b for requesting the distribution of the font distribution program is generated and distributed in step S302 of FIG. 6, the present invention is not limited to this, and the configuration may be such that the style code 34a and the script code 34b are generated and distributed. Good.
In addition, script code having an appropriate configuration may be used as long as it is requested to the font distribution server 20 to distribute the web font by describing it in the HTML file.

In correspondence between the configuration of the present invention and the above-described embodiment,
The markup language of the present invention corresponds to the HTML language and style language of the embodiment,
Similarly,
Markup documents support HTML files,
The document storage means corresponds to the storage unit 31,
The document distribution means corresponds to the control unit 33,
The font corresponds to the character fonts of the kana font file 26, the kanji font file 27, the alphabet font file 28, and the number font file 29,
The font storage means corresponds to the font storage unit 22,
The font distribution means corresponds to the distribution control unit 24, and
The input means corresponds to the input unit 41,
The display means corresponds to the WEB browser 80 displayed on the display unit 42,
The document request means corresponds to the browsing control unit 45,
The font request means corresponds to the browsing control unit 45,
The browsing control means corresponds to the browsing control unit 45,
The creation registration means corresponds to the input unit 11 and the editor,
The document registration unit corresponds to the creation control unit 15 and
The character types correspond to Kana, Kanji, English, and numbers.
Character typeface names correspond to typeface names,
The combination font information corresponds to the combination font information and the subset request information,
The combination designation character string corresponds to the style code 34a,
The request character string corresponds to the script code 34b,
The request command statement corresponds to the style code 34a and the script code 34b.
The character information corresponds to the character code,
Subset data corresponds to web fonts,
The character information extraction process corresponds to step S404,
The character transmission process corresponds to step S405,
The font extraction process corresponds to step S504,
The subset generation process corresponds to step S506,
The subset data distribution process corresponds to step S507,
The character attribute value corresponds to the baseline correction factor and the scaling factor,
The font processing means corresponds to the distribution control unit 24,
The designation means corresponds to the setting input screen 60 displayed on the WEB browser 50,
The transmission means corresponds to the creation control unit 15,
The combination font name corresponds to the combination font name,
The table storage means corresponds to the table storage unit 21,
The command transmission means corresponds to the distribution control unit 24,
The present invention is not limited only to the configuration of the above-described embodiment, and many embodiments can be obtained.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Font delivery system 2 ... Communication line 10 ... Document preparation apparatus 11 ... Input part 15 ... Creation control part 20 ... Font delivery server 21 ... Table storage part 22 ... Font storage part 24 ... Delivery control part 25 ... Font table 26 ... Kana Typeface file 27 ... Kanji typeface file 28 ... Alphabet typeface file 29 ... Number typeface file 30 ... Web server 31 ... Storage part 33 ... Control part 34a ... Style code 34b ... Script code 40 ... Document browsing device 41 ... Input part 45 ... Browse control Part 50 ... WEB browser 60 ... Setting input screen 80 ... WEB browser

Claims (8)

A web comprising document storage means for storing the markup document created by a document creation device for creating a markup document using a markup language, and document delivery means for delivering the markup document via a communication line Server,
A font distribution server that includes a font storage unit that stores a plurality of fonts, and a font distribution unit that distributes the font via the communication line;
An input unit that allows an input operation by a viewer; a display unit that displays the markup document; a document request unit that requests the web server to distribute the markup document; and the font based on the acquired markup document A font distribution system comprising: a font requesting unit that requests distribution to the font distribution server; and a document browsing device including a browsing control unit that allows the display unit to browse the markup document based on the acquired font. Because
In the document creation device,
Creation registration means for allowing the creator's input operation and registering predetermined information in the markup document;
Document registration means for storing the markup document created via the communication line in the document storage means of the web server,
The creation registration means of the document creation device;
A character combination of at least the character in the markup document and a character typeface name indicating the typeface of the character type, and a combination designation character string indicating combination font information in which the character types are associated and combined, and the combination font information A request command statement consisting of a request character string indicating a request for distribution of the corresponding font is registered in the markup document.
The font requesting means of the document browsing device;
Each time the markup document is acquired, the font distribution server is requested to distribute the font corresponding to at least the combination font information based on the request command statement.
The font distribution means of the font distribution server;
Each time a request for distribution of the font is received from the document browsing apparatus, the font corresponding to at least the combination font information is extracted from the font storage unit for each character type and distributed to the document browsing apparatus. Font distribution system. The font requesting means of the document browsing device;
Character information extraction processing for extracting character information indicating the characters from the markup document;
The character information and the character transmission processing for transmitting the combination font information to the font distribution server,
The font distribution means of the font distribution server;
A font extraction process for extracting the font corresponding to the acquired character information and the combination font information from the font storage means;
Subset generation processing for generating subset data in which the extracted fonts are enumerated and stored;
The font distribution system according to claim 1, wherein a subset data distribution process for distributing the subset data to the document browsing apparatus via the communication line is executed. The combination font information is
A predetermined attribute of the font in the font distribution server, a character attribute value indicating the predetermined attribute, and the character type,
To the font distribution server,
Font processing means for processing the font extracted from the font storage means based on the predetermined attribute in the combination font information and the character attribute value;
The font distribution means of the font distribution server;
The font distribution system according to claim 1, wherein the font processed by the font processing unit is configured to be distributed to the document browsing apparatus. The font distribution system according to claim 3, wherein the predetermined attribute is a baseline of the font in the font distribution server. The font distribution system according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the predetermined attribute is a size of the font in the font distribution server. In the document creation device,
Designation means for designating the combination font information based on the font stored in the font storage means of the font distribution server;
Transmission means for transmitting the combination font information designated by the designation means to the font distribution server via the communication line,
To the font distribution server,
Table storage means for storing a font table registered in association with the combination font name indicating the combination font information and the combination font information;
Command transmission means for generating at least the request character string and transmitting it to the document creation device;
The font distribution means of the font distribution server;
The font distribution system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the font stored in the font storage unit is distributed to the document browsing device based on the font table corresponding to the combination font name. Specifying means of the document creation device,
The font distribution system according to claim 6, wherein an arbitrary combination font name is allowed to be input to the combination font information. A web comprising document storage means for storing the markup document created by a document creation device for creating a markup document using a markup language, and document delivery means for delivering the markup document via a communication line Server,
A font distribution server that includes a font storage unit that stores a plurality of fonts, and a font distribution unit that distributes the font via the communication line;
An input unit that allows an input operation by a viewer; a display unit that displays the markup document; a document request unit that requests the web server to distribute the markup document; and the font based on the acquired markup document A system comprising: a font requesting unit that requests distribution to the font distribution server; and a document browsing device that includes a browsing control unit that allows the display unit to browse the markup document based on the acquired font. The font delivery method
A creation registration unit that allows a creator's input operation to register predetermined information in the markup document, and the markup document created through the communication line is stored in the document storage unit of the web server. In the creation registration means of the document creation device comprising a document registration means, at least associating the character type of the character in the markup document with the character typeface name indicating the typeface of the character type, and associating the character types with each other A request command statement consisting of a combination designation character string indicating combined font information combined and a request character string indicating a request for distribution of the font corresponding to the combination font information is registered in the markup document,
Each time the markup document is acquired by the font request unit of the document browsing device, the font distribution server is requested to distribute the font corresponding to at least the combination font information based on the request command statement.
Each time the font distribution unit of the font distribution server receives a request for distribution of the font from the document browsing device, the font storage unit extracts at least the font corresponding to the combination font information for each character type. A font distribution method for distributing to the document browsing apparatus.

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