JP2889760B2 - An electronic typesetting device that combines characters and figures - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to an electronic typesetting device, particularly to an electronic typesetting device you place a combination of a character set and graphics.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an electronic plate making process, an electronic typesetting apparatus for arranging a character group under a plate is used. For example, in an image of a flyer advertisement, a leader line such as "..." is used to connect a character group (for example, display of a price) and an item. If these character groups and leader lines are arranged in a fixed positional relationship, they are easy to see and beautiful.

[0003]

However, conventionally, an operator measures the size of the area of the character group to be typeset on the underlaying board with a ruler to determine the position of the leader line. Therefore, it is difficult to make the positional relationship between the character group and the leader line constant. Also, when it is desired to change the position or angle of the character group, the position of the leader line must be measured again on the composition, which requires a great deal of trouble. There is a similar problem when a figure other than a leader line and a character group are arranged in combination.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems in the prior art, and provides an electronic typesetting apparatus in which a character group and a graphic are arranged in combination and their positions can be easily adjusted. The purpose is to do.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an electronic typesetting apparatus according to the present invention comprises a character inputting means for inputting a character group, and a character group input on a predetermined image plane. as well as specify the location, to specify the positional relationship between the figure and the character group to be combined into the character group
A position input means, and the figure specifying means for specifying the shape of the shape to be combined in the group of characters, according to the specified positional relationship by said position input means, and the specified shape the closed character group A combination of arranging the image elements on the image plane, and position adjustment means for adjusting the position of the image elements on the screen , The position input means is a character surrounding the character group.
At any one of the four sides constituting the region rectangle, the figure
Used to specify whether to combine
Means for drawing the character group on the designated side
Combine the character group and the figure so that the shapes are adjacent
It is characterized by that. The figure is, for example, a leader
Line. Further, the combination means may include the position input.
A starting point of the leader line specified by means;
The leader on a straight line determined from the relationship with the specified side
A line may be set.

[0006]

The combination means combines a figure with a character group in accordance with the positional relationship designated by the position input means, and arranges them on the image plane as a set of image elements. They can be arranged in a positional relationship. In particular, if any of the four sides of the character area rectangle
When specified, the character group and the figure are
Since the character group and the figure are combined so that they are adjacent,
A figure can be easily set to the position of the side of the character area rectangle.
it can. Further, since the position adjusting means adjusts the position of the image element in which the character group and the graphic are combined, the position adjustment means can adjust the position of the character group on the image surface while maintaining the relative positional relationship between the character group and the graphic constant The position of the figure can be adjusted arbitrarily. If the figure is a leader line,
Since the relative relationship between the group and the leader line is important,
To maintain the relative positional relationship between the
Fruit is particularly large. Also, specified by the position input means
Between the start point of the leader line and the specified side of the character area rectangle
Set the leader line on a straight line determined by the relationship
Setting the positional relationship between the character group and the leader line correctly.
Can be

[0007]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electronic typesetting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. This electronic typesetting device is C
A PU 10 and a bus line 12 are provided. The bus line 12 includes a graphic data memory 14, a character data memory 16, a typesetting information memory 18, and an image element array device 2.
0 and the formatted data memory 22 are connected. The bus line 12 has a keyboard 3 as an input device.
0, the mouse 32 and the digitizer 34 are connected,
A color CRT 36 is connected as an output device. Further, a magnetic disk 38 is connected as an external storage device. The typesetting means in the present invention is realized by the keyboard 30. The position input means is realized by the mouse 32, the graphic designating means and the position adjusting device are realized by the keyboard 30 and the mouse 32, and the combination means is realized by the image element arrangement device 20.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the procedure of the typesetting work in this embodiment, and shows the processing procedure when a leader line is used as a figure combined with a character group. In step S <b> 1, characters are grouped using the keyboard 30. The group of characters that have been typed is stored in the typesetting data memory 16.

In step S2, the position of a character group is designated by using the mouse 32 on the screen of the composition image displayed on the color CRT 36. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an image in the procedure of FIG. 2. In FIG.
A character group “200 yen” arranged above and a character area CR surrounding the character group are shown. The character area CR is
This is the sum area of the area occupied by each character, and is determined by the size and the number of characters of each character. In FIG. 3A, the character area CR is inclined by an angle θ with respect to the horizontal direction (x direction) of the composition BC. The value of the angle θ is input from the keyboard 30. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of data registered in the typeset data memory 22 in step S2. As shown in FIG. 4, the typeset data memory 22 stores a character typeface, a size of one character, a rotation reference point of the character string (for example, a lower left point of the character area CR), a rotation angle θ of the character string, and a character area. The size of the CR, the number of characters, and the like are stored.

In step S3, a connection position of the leader line to the character group is designated. Here, any one of the four sides of the character area CR is designated by the mouse 32 as the connection position. In the example of FIG. 3A, the left side of the character area CR is selected as the connection position. In step S4, the radius of each circle of the leader line is designated using the keyboard 30. In step S5, the number of leader line circles is specified. In step S6, the position of the start point P1 of the leader line (see FIG. 3A) is designated using the mouse 32.

Steps S7 to S9 are processing executed by the image element arrangement device 20. First, in step S7,
A perpendicular is drawn from the start point P1 toward the side of the character area CR specified in step S3, and an intersection P2 between the perpendicular and the side of the character area CR is determined. In step S8, the distance L between the starting point P1 and the intersection point P2 is divided by the number of the leader line circles to determine the pitch d of each leader line circle. FIG. 3 (b)
Shows the leader line FL obtained in this way. This leader line FL has the same rotation angle θ as the character group, and is connected to the character group in a balanced positional relationship.

In step S9, the data representing the leader line FL thus obtained is registered in the graphic data memory 14 as graphic data. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the graphic data registered in the graphic data memory 14. FIG.
2 shows data of a leader line and data of each of a circle and a square figure, but the data of the leader line FL is registered in step S9 in FIG. In addition,
The graphic data of each figure is data for specifying the shape and position of each figure, and predetermined data different for each figure shape is registered.

The character group and the leader line FL shown in FIG. 3B are treated as a set of image elements, and are subjected to processes such as movement, enlargement, reduction, rotation, and the like. These processes are performed by the keyboard 30 and / or the mouse 32
Is specified using. Note that data indicating the connection relationship between the character group and the leader line FL is registered as data in the formatted data memory 22 or as graphic data of each graphic in the graphic data memory 14. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the file name of the graphic data of the graphic to be combined with the character group is registered in the formatted data memory 22 as data indicating the connection relationship.

As described above, in this embodiment, the character group and the leader line FL are designated by simply designating which side of the character area CR to connect the figure to and starting the leader line P1.
Is determined, so that the character group and the leader line can be easily arranged. At this time, since the rotation angle θ of the leader line becomes the same as that of the character group, a balanced and good-looking leader line can be created. Also,
Since the character group and the leader line are processed as a set of image elements, if processing such as movement or rotation is specified only for the character group (or the leader line), the character group and the leader line are moved or rotated together. There is an advantage that can be.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but can be implemented in various modes without departing from the gist of the invention. For example, the following modifications are possible.

(1) There are various methods for determining the positional relationship between the character group and the leader line in addition to the above. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing another method for determining the positional relationship between the character group and the leader line. In this method, a bisector NL of a side SS designated as a portion to which a figure is to be connected among four sides of the character region CR, and a straight line passing through the designated point P1 orthogonal to the bisector NL. PL and two straight lines NL,
The intersection Q of PL is obtained. Then, this intersection Q is used as the starting point of the leader line. In this way, a so-called center-aligned leader line can be easily created.

(2) As a figure, various kinds of figures can be used in addition to the leader line. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing various figures connected to the character group. FIG.
(A) shows a circle, (b) shows a rectangle, (c) shows an arrow, and (d) shows a hand shape. In the case of a circle, the coordinates of the center P11 of the circle and the radius r are registered in the graphic data memory 14 as graphic data. In the case of a rectangle, the coordinates of four vertices P21 to P24 are registered. Further, for relatively complicated figures such as those shown in FIGS. 7C and 7D, the representative points P31 and P41 and the file names of the figure data representing the shapes of the figures are registered in the figure data memory 14. However, even for a complicated figure, the coordinates of the contour points of the contour may be registered in the figure data memory 14 as figure data.

[0018]

As described above, according to the electronic typesetting apparatus of the present invention, the combination means combines a figure with a character group in accordance with the positional relationship designated by the position input means, and combines these figures into a set of images. Since the elements are arranged on the image plane, the character group and the figure can be arranged in a desired positional relationship. In particular, the character area rectangle
If any of the four sides is specified, the specified side
Character group and figure so that the character group and figure
Is combined with the shape of the character area rectangle.
Can be set easily. Further, since the position adjusting means adjusts the position of the image element in which the character group and the graphic are combined, the position adjustment means can adjust the position of the character group on the image surface while maintaining the relative positional relationship between the character group and the graphic constant. There is an effect that the position of the figure can be arbitrarily adjusted. What
If the figure is a leader line, the character group and the leader
-Since the relative relationship with the line is important, the character group and the leader
The effect of keeping the relative positional relationship with the line constant is particularly large.
Good. Also, the leader specified by the position input means
Determined from the relationship between the starting point of the line and the specified side of the character area rectangle
If you set the leader line on the whole straight line, the character
It is possible to correctly set the positional relationship between the group and the leader line.
Wear.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electronic typesetting apparatus as one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a typesetting operation in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an image processed in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of data registered in a typeset data memory.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing graphic data registered in a graphic data memory.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing another method for determining the positional relationship between a character group and a leader line.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing various figures connected to a character group.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 CPU 12 bus line 14 graphic data memory 16 character data memory 18 typesetting information memory 20 image element array device 22 typeset data memory 30 keyboard 32 mouse 34 digitizer 38 magnetic disk BC underprint CR character area FL leader line d pitch θ angle

Continued on the front page (56) References Adobe Illustrator Japanese version Adobe Illustrator [AtoZ], published by BNN Co., Ltd. (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) G06T 11/00 -11/80 G09G 5/32-5/32 670

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. An electronic typesetting apparatus for electronically performing typesetting, comprising: a typesetting means for inputting a character group; and specifying a position of the character group on a predetermined image plane. Position input means for designating a positional relationship between a figure to be combined with the character group and the character group; and a position input means for designating a shape of a figure to be combined with the character group .
A set of image elements is created by combining the specified figure and the group of characters obtained according to the positional relationship specified by the figure input means and the position input means. Combination means for arranging on the image plane, and position adjustment means for adjusting the position of the image element on the screen , wherein the position input means comprises a character area rectangle surrounding the character group.
Combine the figures on any of the four sides that make up the shape
The combination means is used to specify whether the sentence
The character group and the figure so that the character group and the figure are adjacent to each other.
An electronic typesetting device characterized by combining with a shape . 2. The electronic typesetting device according to claim 1, wherein: The electronic typesetting device, wherein the graphic is a leader line. 3. The electronic typesetting device according to claim 2, wherein The combination means is designated by the position input means.
Of the specified leader line and the designated side
Set the leader line on a straight line determined by the relationship,
Child typesetting device.