JP3127959B2 - Character generation processing device, character generation processing method, and computer-readable recording medium - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a character generation processing device, a character generation processing method, and a computer-readable recording medium, and more particularly, to a character font for printing and a character font used in a computer or a word processor. It is suitable for use in processing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a method of generating a digital character font, there has been a method in which a user generates a mathematical curve called an outline font using a computer. In this type of method, a character font design is represented by character outline information (contour information) using mathematical processing such as a cubic Bezier curve or a secondary B-spline curve.

In such a method, when modifying the design of the character font, it is necessary to modify the outline curve so that the user likes it. As a correction method, as shown in FIG. 24, there is a method of moving the definition point 10 on the outline of the character displayed on the screen by dragging and dropping the mouse. These definition points 10 do not interlock with each other, but move each of the definition points 10 to determine the inclination of the outline curve, the thickness of the character line width, and the like.

[0004]

In the work of correcting the design of a character font, determining the outline curve is a major factor in determining the quality of the design. However, in the above-mentioned conventional technology, several definition points 1
It is necessary to finely adjust the thickness of the outline, the slope of the curve, and the like by moving each 0 through trial and error. Therefore, there is a problem that the work of correcting the design of the character font is very troublesome, and the user is forced to make a great deal of effort to generate a desired character font.

In particular, even if a certain definition point 10 is moved, another definition point 10 remains fixed. Therefore, if only one definition point 10 is moved, for example, only a part of a character becomes thicker or thinner. Doing so results in an unnatural shape. That is, when one definition point 10 is moved, the other definition points 10 must be moved so as to correspond thereto. Therefore, the work is very troublesome, and the quality of the character font design is not guaranteed at all.

In the method of moving the definition points 10 one by one, not only the work efficiency but also the quality of the design of the character font greatly differs due to the user's design experience and computer knowledge. .

In some cases, the width and size of a character are corrected by simply enlarging or reducing a character font made of one pattern, as shown in FIG. However, a character is composed of various elements such as a horizontal line, a vertical line, a horizontal line, a scale, and a dot.
Therefore, if a character is simply enlarged or reduced, an unnecessary portion is also enlarged or reduced, and the shape of a part of the character becomes unnatural (encircled portion X), and the unnecessary portion is also thickened. Or thinner (arrow Y), the quality of the character font design may be degraded.

The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to enable a user to efficiently generate a desired character font. Another object of the present invention is to enable anyone to generate a high-quality character font with a simple operation.

[0009]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a character generation processing apparatus for storing information of a basic element stroke in which a basic stroke configuration is defined for each stroke which is a component of a character. Basic element stroke storing means for storing, dependent element stroke storing means for storing information on a dependent element stroke in which a different stroke configuration is defined for each attribute of the plurality of attributes of the basic element stroke, and An operation means for operating a desired dependent element stroke, and a weighting operation processing means for performing a weighting operation using the basic element stroke information and the dependent element stroke information in accordance with the operation of the operation means to obtain stroke information Wherein each of the dependent element stroke information comprises a combination of two or more stroke information items defined for one attribute of the basic element stroke, and the weighting operation processing means comprises: The present invention is characterized in that there is provided a selecting means for selecting stroke information to be used in the weighting calculation from a combination of the two or more pieces of stroke information on the operated dependent element stroke.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a character generation processing apparatus, which stores basic element stroke information in which a basic stroke configuration is defined for each stroke which is a component of a character. Means, dependent element stroke storage means for storing information of a dependent element stroke in which a different stroke configuration is defined for each attribute of the plurality of attributes of the basic element stroke, and a desired dependent element stroke among the dependent element strokes And a weight calculation processing means for performing a weight calculation processing using the basic element stroke information and the dependent element stroke information in accordance with the operation of the operation means to obtain stroke information. A processing apparatus includes an operation selection display means for displaying the operation selection display was a dependent element stroke information for each attribute on a screen,
The operation means is characterized in that the operation selection display is operated.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the basic element stroke according to the first or second aspect, wherein a basic stroke configuration is defined as the basic element stroke for each stroke which is a component of a character. Defining, for each of a plurality of attributes of the basic element stroke, dependent element stroke defining means for defining a different stroke configuration for the attribute as the dependent element stroke, wherein the basic element stroke storage means comprises: Storing the information on the basic element stroke defined by the defining means, and storing the dependent element stroke information on the dependent element stroke defined by the dependent element stroke defining means. Having the features.

The present invention described in claim 4 is the first to third aspects of the present invention.
In the invention described in the above, the weighting calculation processing means,
Weight determining means for determining weights for the basic element stroke and the dependent element strokes in response to the operation of the operating means; weight information determined by the weight determining means; the basic element stroke information; It is characterized in that it comprises a calculating means for obtaining the stroke information from the element stroke information.

The present invention according to claim 5 provides the present invention according to claims 1-4.
Using the means described in the above, a family consisting of a plurality of character fonts for the same character is generated, and one character font belonging to the family and another character font belonging to the family are interpolated, It is characterized in that it is configured to generate an intermediate character font.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a character generation processing apparatus for storing information of a basic element part in which a basic part configuration is defined for a part formed by combining strokes which are constituent elements of a character. Element part storage means, dependent element part storage means for storing information of dependent element parts in which different parts configurations are defined for the attributes for each of a plurality of attributes of the basic element parts, and a desired one of the dependent element parts. Operating means for operating the dependent element parts; and weighting operation processing means for performing weighting operation processing using the basic element part information and the dependent element part information in accordance with the operation of the operation means to obtain part information. A character generation processing device, The element part information is composed of a combination of two or more parts information defined for one attribute of the basic element part, and the weighting calculation processing means performs the two or more operations for the operated dependent element part. The feature is that a selection means for selecting part information used in the weighting calculation from a combination of part information is provided.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a character generation processing apparatus for storing information of a basic element part in which a basic part configuration is defined for a part formed by combining strokes which are constituent elements of a character. Element part storage means, dependent element part storage means for storing information of dependent element parts in which different parts configurations are defined for the attributes for each of a plurality of attributes of the basic element parts, and a desired one of the dependent element parts. Operating means for operating the dependent element parts; and weighting operation processing means for performing weighting operation processing using the basic element part information and the dependent element part information in accordance with the operation of the operation means to obtain part information. The character generation processing device, An operation selection display means for displaying the operation selection display was a dependent element part information about the on-screen the operating means, characterized in that it is configured to operate the operation selection display.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a character generation processing method, wherein information on a basic element stroke in which a basic stroke configuration is defined for each stroke which is a component of a character, and information on the basic element stroke. A character having a procedure for obtaining stroke information by performing weighting calculation processing in accordance with an operation on the dependent element stroke using information on a dependent element stroke in which a different stroke configuration is defined for each of the plurality of attributes. In the generation processing method, each of the dependent element stroke information includes a combination of two or more pieces of stroke information defined for one attribute of the basic element stroke. Two or more of the above for element stroke Having the characteristics from among the combinations of the stroke information, to the point of selecting the stroke information to be used in the weighting calculation.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a character generation processing method, wherein information on a basic element stroke in which a basic stroke configuration is defined for each stroke which is a component of a character, and information on the basic element stroke. A character having a procedure for obtaining stroke information by performing weighting calculation processing in accordance with an operation on the dependent element stroke using information on a dependent element stroke in which a different stroke configuration is defined for each of the plurality of attributes. A generation processing method, comprising a step of displaying, on a screen, an operation selection display corresponding to the dependent element stroke information for each of the attributes, wherein the operation for the dependent element stroke operates the operation selection display The feature is that it is a thing.

A tenth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in the invention of the eighth or ninth aspect, there is provided a procedure for allowing a user to define the basic element stroke and the dependent element stroke.

The present invention according to an eleventh aspect relates to a computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that a program for causing a computer to function as each means according to any one of the first to seventh aspects is recorded. Having.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium comprising a program for causing a computer to execute the processing procedure of the character generation processing method according to any one of the eighth to tenth aspects. It is characterized by the recorded points.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium, wherein information on a basic element stroke in which a basic stroke configuration is defined for each stroke as a component of a character, and the basic element A computer-readable recording medium recording, for each of a plurality of stroke attributes, dependent element stroke information in which different stroke configurations are defined for the attributes, wherein each of the dependent element stroke information is the basic element stroke It is characterized in that it consists of a combination of two or more stroke information items defined for one attribute.

In the present invention described above, when the operating means is operated, a weighting operation is performed based on the basic element stroke and the dependent element stroke, and the stroke configuration such as the stroke shape is modified.

[0023]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. This embodiment is based on the idea of a stroke font in which a character is composed by combining a plurality of strokes, as in writing a character by hand. That is, a character is formed by combining various strokes such as a horizontal line, a vertical line, a horizontal line, a scale, and a dot. Then, a character font is generated by determining the stroke shape of each stroke.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a character generation processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the character generation processing device includes a basic element stroke storage unit 101 for storing basic element stroke information, a dependent element stroke storage unit 102 for storing dependent element stroke information, and these storage units 101 and 102. And a weighting operation processing unit 103 that performs weighting operation processing using the basic element stroke information and the dependent element stroke information stored in the memory device and obtains stroke information.

Basic element stroke storage unit 101
Stores information on basic element strokes defined for each stroke that is a component of various characters. The basic element stroke defines a basic stroke shape for each stroke.

The basic element stroke is defined by the basic element stroke definition unit 104 and stored in the basic element stroke storage unit 101. The definition of the basic element stroke performed by the basic element stroke definition unit 104 may be performed in advance by the manufacturer of the character generation processing device according to the present embodiment, or may be freely performed by the user. In this case, the basic element stroke definition unit 104 may be configured integrally with the apparatus, or may be configured separately.

FIG. 2A shows, as a specific example, a basic element stroke defined for the "splash portion". FIG. 3 shows an example of a basic element stroke group stored in the basic element stroke storage unit 101. The basic element stroke storage unit 101 stores a plurality of coordinate values (hereinafter, referred to as Em) representing the outline of the stroke as information on the basic element stroke.

Dependent element stroke storage unit 102
Stores information on the dependent element stroke defined for the basic element stroke. The dependent element stroke is defined as a different stroke shape for each attribute of the basic element stroke.

The dependent element stroke is defined by the dependent element stroke definition unit 105 and stored in the dependent element stroke storage unit 102. The definition of the dependent element stroke performed by the dependent element stroke definition unit 105 may be performed separately from the definition of the basic element stroke, or the basic element stroke is defined first, and the basic element stroke is modified. It may be done by doing. The definition of the dependent element stroke may be defined in advance by the manufacturer, or may be freely defined by the user. In this case, the dependent element stroke definition unit 105 may be configured integrally with the apparatus, or may be configured separately.

FIG. 2B shows, as a specific example, subordinate element strokes (1) to (11) defined for each of the eleven attributes for the "splash part". These 11
In the dependent element strokes (1) to (11),
Two stroke shapes are defined for each attribute.

For example, the dependent element stroke (3)
Is related to attributes such as the curve thickness of a certain portion of the “splash portion”, and defines two stroke shapes.
These two definitions are, for example, extreme stroke shapes with respect to attributes such as the curve thickness of a certain portion with respect to the basic element stroke, that is, the narrowest stroke shape (3a), and the widest stroke shape. What is necessary is just to define the shape (3b).

Otherwise, the dependent element strokes (1), (2), (5) and (6) are dependent on the dependent element strokes (4),
(8) relates to an attribute such as a curve serif shape, an attribute such as a curve thickness of a portion where the dependent element (7) is present, a dependent element stroke (9) relates to an attribute such as a curve serif thickness, and a dependent element stroke (10) corresponds to a curve. Regarding the attribute such as the serif angle, the dependent element stroke (11) relates to the attribute such as the curve tip thickness, and two stroke shapes are defined for each.

The dependent element stroke storage unit 10
2, these dependent element strokes (1) to (1)
As the information of 1), coordinate values representing outlines of two strokes (hereinafter, these are represented by Eia and Eib) and the like are stored. In addition, i indicates the number of the dependent element stroke, and in the case of the above “splash part”, indicates the numbers 1 to 11 corresponding to the dependent element strokes (1) to (11). The same number of these coordinate values Eia and Eib are made to correspond to the coordinate values Em of the basic element stroke.

Note that eleven dependent element strokes (1) to (11) have been defined for the "splash part".
The required number of dependent element strokes may be set for each stroke according to the shape to be expressed. In principle, if the number of dependent element strokes is large,
Since the design can be modified for so many attributes, it can be said that various design modifications can be made.

In the following, the weighting calculation processing unit 103 will be described, but before that, the character generation unit 106 for generating characters will be described. The character generation unit 106 generates a character based on the character structure file 113.
FIG. 4 shows a specific example of the character structure file 113. The character structure file 113 includes a header portion shown in FIG. 4A and a character portion shown in FIGS. 4B to 4D.

In the header section, the production date, typeface name,
Bibliographic information such as the maker is described. In the character portion, first, a character code for specifying a character and a character pointer indicating a storage location of information on the character are described. Then, as shown in FIG. 4 (c), for each character, the number of all the strokes constituting the character and the ID of each stroke
And a pointer indicating a storage location of information on each stroke.

Further, for each stroke specified by the stroke ID, as shown in FIG. 4D, a basic element stroke representing a storage location of information on the basic element stroke (a storage area in the basic element stroke storage unit 101). A pointer and a dependent element stroke pointer indicating the number of dependent element strokes and the storage location of the information (storage area in the dependent element stroke storage unit 102) are described.

As shown in FIG. 4 (e), the storage area in the basic element stroke storage unit 101 or the subordinate element stroke storage unit 102 specified as described above contains values other than the coordinate values Em, Eia, and Eib described above. Also, XY data and rotation data for determining the position of a stroke in a character are stored. In the block diagram shown in FIG. 1, the character structure file 113 and the basic element stroke storage unit 101 and the subordinate element stroke storage unit 102 are shown separately, but the data of the character structure file 113 and the storage units 101 and 102 May be stored together with either the character structure file 113 or the storage units 101 and 102.

As shown in FIG. 5, when a character code is specified by the user (step S101), the character generation unit 106 reads the character structure file 113 using the character code as a key, and sets a stroke for the character. The base element stroke pointer and the dependent element stroke pointer are recognized based on the ID. Then, according to the respective pointers, the storage unit 10
The basic element stroke information and the subordinate element stroke information of the related strokes are read from 1, 102 and set in the memory of the work area (step S1).
02). Then, the stroke information stored in the memory is expanded to generate a designated character, and the generated character is displayed on a screen (not shown) (step S103). Note that, in order to generate characters, a method of reading out strokes one by one and assembling them instead of designating a character code may be used.
In this case, an external character not specified by the character code can be created.

FIG. 6 shows a state in which the character "Jo" having the "splash part" as one of the strokes is displayed on the screen. Now, it is assumed that a basic element stroke has been developed as a "splash part" used for the "personal".

Here, as shown in FIG. 1, the character generation processing device of this embodiment has an operation selection display unit 107.
Then, according to the signal from the operation selection display unit 107, as shown in FIG.
The same number of operation selection displays 100 as the ▽ marks are displayed as the dependent element strokes (1) to (11).

The eleven operation selection displays 100 correspond to the eleven dependent element strokes (1) to (11).
, Each operation selection display 100
Are the corresponding dependent element strokes (1) to (1)
It is displayed in the attribute part of 1). And
When a design is modified for an attribute having a stroke, the operation selection display 100 of the dependent element strokes (1) to (11) corresponding to the attribute is operated.

For example, dependent element stroke (3)
When the operation selection display 100 corresponding to is operated by the operation unit 108, the weight calculation processing is performed by the weight calculation processing unit 103 in accordance with the operation, which will be described in detail later. However, it is made narrower or wider than the basic element stroke. As the operation unit 108, for example, the operation selection display 1 on the screen is
00 may be dragged and dropped.

In practice, it is possible to display the operation selection displays 100 as many as the set number of dependent element strokes even in stroke portions other than the “splash portion”. Shows a state in which an operation selection display 100 relating to "part" is displayed.

Next, the weighting calculation process performed by the weighting calculation processing unit 103 will be described. The weighting calculation processing unit 103 mainly includes a weight determination unit 110, a selection unit 111, a calculation unit 112, and the like.
The weight determining unit 110 determines weights for the basic element stroke and the dependent element strokes according to the operation of the operation unit 108. The selection unit 111 determines whether or not 2 is defined for one attribute.
This is for selecting one of the dependent element strokes to be used in the weighting operation. Arithmetic unit 112
Is for obtaining stroke information from the weight information determined by the weight determining unit 110, the basic element stroke information, and the dependent element stroke information.

For any dependent element stroke of the stroke whose design is to be modified, the operation unit 10
When the operation is performed in step 8, specifically, when one of the operation selection displays 100 is dragged and dropped, the weighting calculation processing unit 103 executes the flowchart illustrated in FIG. 7. First, the coordinate value Em of the basic element stroke of the stroke is read, and the weight Wm is read.
Is set to 1 (step S1).

Next, the value i indicating the number of the dependent element stroke defined for the stroke is set to 1 (step S2), and the coordinate values Eia and Eib of the dependent element stroke (i) are read (step S2).
3). It should be noted that i is the number 1 to n of the n dependent element strokes, and the number 1 corresponding to the 11 dependent element strokes (1) to (11) in the “splash portion”.
~ 11.

Then, it is determined whether or not the correction rate ai of the read dependent element stroke (i) is 50% (step S4). The correction rate ai is a numerical value indicating how much correction is made to the basic element stroke, and is determined by the operation condition of the operation selection display. This correction rate ai is obtained by setting the basic element stroke to 5
This is the ratio when 0% is set, one dependent element stroke (ia) is set to 0%, and the other dependent element stroke (ib) is set to 100%.

For example, regarding the subordinate element stroke (3) of the "splash portion", the basic element stroke is set to 50%, and the subordinate element stroke (3) defined as the narrowest stroke shape is set.
a) is set to 0%, and the dependent element stroke (3b) defined as the widest stroke shape is set to 100%.
It is determined.

If the correction rate ai is exactly 50%, that is, if no operation selection display is operated for the dependent element stroke (i), the flow shifts to step S5, where the weight determination section 110 The weight Wi of the dependent element stroke (i) is set to zero.

On the other hand, if the correction rate ai is not 50%, that is, if the operation selection display 100 is operated for the dependent element stroke (i), the correction rate a
It is determined whether i is smaller than 50% (step S
6).

If the correction rate ai is smaller than 50%, the flow shifts to step S7, and the weight determining section 110 sets the weight Wi of the dependent element stroke (i) to Wi = 1- (ai / 50). . Further, the selecting unit 111 selects the dependent element stroke (ia) defined as 0% from the two dependent element strokes (ia) and (ib) defined for the i-th attribute (step S).
8).

On the other hand, if the correction rate ai is greater than 50%, the flow shifts to step S9, where the weight determining section 110 determines the weight W of the dependent element stroke (i).
i is set to Wi = 1 − {(100−ai) / 50}. Further, the selecting unit 111 selects the dependent element stroke (ib) defined as 100% from the two dependent element strokes (ia) and (ib) defined for the i-th attribute (step S10).

When the determination of the weight and the selection of the dependent element stroke are completed for one dependent element stroke (i) in this manner, the process proceeds to step S11, where all the dependent element strokes defined for the operated stroke are determined. Judge whether or not has been read.

If the reading of all dependent element strokes has not been completed, the number i is incremented in step S12, and the process returns to step S3 to execute steps S4 to S10 in the same manner as described above. On the other hand, when the reading of all the dependent element strokes is completed, the weight determining unit 110 calculates the weight Wm of the basic element stroke from Wm = 1−ΣWi (i = 1 to n) (step S13).

As described above, the weight of each operated dependent element stroke is determined in step S7 or step S9, and depending on the degree of operation, the weight of the two dependent element strokes is determined in step S8 or step S10. The one used in the weighting operation is selected. On the other hand, for the dependent element stroke for which no operation has been performed, the weight is set to 0 in step S5.
Therefore, this dependent element stroke will not be considered in the weighting calculation after all.

Then, based on the determined weight Wm of the basic element stroke and the weight Wi of the dependent element stroke, the arithmetic unit 112 calculates the corrected coordinate value E of the operated stroke by E = Wm · Em + ΣWi · It is calculated from Ei (i = 1 to n) (step S14). Here, Ei is the coordinate value Ei of the dependent element stroke (ia) or (ib) selected in step S8 or step S10.
a or Eib.

As described above, by performing the weighting operation in accordance with the operation of the operation unit 108, the stroke information including the coordinate value E can be obtained, and the stroke shape can be corrected. In addition, as shown in FIG.
A storage unit 109 is provided in the character generation processing device, and the coordinate values E and the like are stored as stroke information after correction. This makes it possible to use the corrected stroke at any time.

In the following, as a specific example, the above “spring portion”
The case where the correction work is performed will be described. However, in order to simplify the description, a case will be described in which only the dependent element stroke of the curve thickness (the dependent element stroke (3)) and the curve curvature (the dependent element stroke (5)) exist.

It is assumed that the correction rate a3 for the dependent element stroke (3) is 26% and the correction rate a5 for the dependent element stroke (5) is 85% due to the degree of drag and drop of the operation selection display. I do.

The weighting operation processing unit 103 reads the coordinate value Em of the basic element stroke of the "splash part", and sets the weight Wm to 1 in step S1. FIG. 8A shows a list of 29 coordinate values Em for the basic element stroke.

Next, in step S3, the coordinate values E3a and E3b of the dependent element strokes (3a) and (3b) are read. FIG. 8B shows a list of coordinate values E3a and E3b of these dependent element strokes (3a) and (3b). These coordinate values E3a and E3b are also 29
And corresponds to the coordinate value Em of the basic element stroke.

Then, the dependent element stroke (3)
Since the correction rate a3 is 26%, step S7
Then, the weight W3 is set to W3 = 1- (26/50) = 0.48. Further, a dependent element stroke (3a) defined as 0% is selected from the two defined dependent element strokes (3a) and (3b) (step S8).

Further, returning from step S11 to step S3, the dependent element strokes (5a), (5b)
The coordinate values E5a and E5b are read. In FIG. 8C,
The coordinate values E5a, E5 of these dependent element strokes
3B shows a list. There are 29 coordinate values E5a and E5b, respectively, and the coordinate value Em of the basic element stroke.
It corresponds to.

Then, the dependent element stroke (5)
Since the correction rate a5 is 85%, step S9
Then, the weight W5 is set to W5 = 1-{(100-85) / 50} = 0.7. Further, a dependent element stroke (5b) defined as 100% is selected from the two defined dependent element strokes (5a) and (5b) (step S10).

From the above results, in step S13, the weight Wm of the basic element stroke is calculated as Wm = 1- (0.48 + 0.7) =-0.18.

Therefore, the corrected coordinate value E of the “splash portion” is given by: E = −0.18 · Em + 0.48 · E3a + 0.7 · E
5b (step S14). FIG.
Shows an outline of this weighting operation.

According to the embodiment described above, the operation unit 10
By operating 8, the weighting operation is performed based on the predefined basic element stroke and subordinate element stroke, so that the character font desired by the user can be efficiently generated. That is, in the above-described embodiment, the operation selection display 100 including the ▽ mark is displayed on the screen, and the operation selection display 100 is simply dragged and dropped. Therefore, the character font generation processing can be performed with a very simple operation. .

Further, since only the operated dependent element stroke is considered in the weighting calculation, it is possible to easily correct only a specific attribute while maintaining the attributes other than the attribute of the operated dependent element stroke. Becomes Therefore, it is necessary to improve the quality of the character font design without making the shape of some characters unnatural or deforming unnecessary parts as when simply enlarging / reducing. Can be.

Further, since character fonts are generated based on predefined basic element strokes and subordinate element strokes, high quality character fonts can be generated regardless of the user's design experience or computer knowledge. It becomes possible. Further, since it is only necessary to store the basic element stroke and the dependent element stroke for each stroke, a large storage capacity is not required.

In the above embodiment, two dependent element strokes are defined for one attribute. However, the number is not limited, and one or three or more dependent element strokes are defined for one attribute. It is possible to define For example, to define one dependent element stroke for one attribute,
To determine the correction rate ai, the basic element stroke is set to 0% and the dependent element stroke is set to 10%.
What is necessary is just to make it 0%.

However, for one attribute, a plurality of dependent element strokes, ie, two
If one dependent element stroke or three or more dependent element strokes are defined, a weighted calculation process can be performed after selecting a dependent element stroke close to the stroke shape to be corrected. Therefore, it is possible to obtain a more natural and smooth stroke shape after the correction.

Further, in the above embodiment, the weighting operation processing section 103 executes step S in the flowchart shown in FIG.
13 to step S14.
As indicated by 0, the process may move from step S13 to step S15. In these steps S15 to S18, the corrected coordinate value E is calculated separately for the on-curve point and the off-curve point.

The on-curve point and the off-curve point are
A plurality of coordinate values constituting a stroke are alternately determined by adjacent coordinate values. In the table shown in FIG. 8, among the coordinate value numbers 1 to 29 shown in the left column,
The coordinate values represented by 3, 5,..., 27, 29 are defined as off-curve points, and the coordinate values represented by numbers 2, 4, 6,.

The reason for determining the on-curve point and the off-curve point is to determine the outline curve of the character font. That is, as shown in FIG. 11A, the outline curve passes through the on-curve point, and the outline curve changes according to the position of the off-curve point between the pair of on-curve points. To be determined.

However, as described in step S14, the coordinate value E after correction for all the on-curve points and off-curve points is calculated as follows: E = Wm · Em + ΣWi · Ei (i = 1 to n) As shown in FIG. 11A, there is a possibility that the outline curve may try to pass through the on-curve point and the stroke shape may not be smooth.

Therefore, steps S15 to S18
Then, as described below, the coordinate value E after correction is calculated separately for the off-curve point and the on-curve point, and the stroke shape is smoothed by correcting the position of the on-curve point. ing.

In step S15, only the off-curve points, that is, only the coordinate values represented by numbers 1, 3, 5,..., 27, and 29 are set as corrected coordinate values Eoff in the same manner as in step S14 described above. Eoff = Wm · Emoff + offWi · Eioff (i = 1 to
n) is calculated. Here, Ei is the dependent element stroke (i) selected in step S8 or step S10.
It means the coordinate value Eia or Eib of a) or (ib).

FIG. 12 shows the off-curve points (coordinate values 1, 3, 3) calculated in the specific example of the "splash part".
5,..., 27, 29) are shown.

Next, steps S16 to S18
, And the on-curve points, that is, numbers 2, 4, 6,.
With respect to the coordinate values represented by 6, 28, the coordinate value E after correction
Calculate on.

First, in step S16, the distance between the on-curve point and the off-curve point adjacent to the on-curve point on one side, that is, a certain on-curve point Then, a distance dm between the on-curve point and the off-curve point having a coordinate number smaller by 1 than the on-curve point is calculated. Similarly, the dependent element stroke E selected in step S8 or step S10
In ia or Eib, the distance between the on-curve point and the off-curve point adjacent on one side to this on-curve point, here one on-curve point and one more than this on-curve point The distance di between the off-curve point having the smaller coordinate value number is calculated.

Further, with the basic element stroke Em,
The distance Dm between the off-curve points on both sides of the on-curve point is calculated. Similarly, step S8 or step S
With the dependent element stroke Eia or Eib selected at 10, the distance Di between the off-curve points on both sides of the on-curve point is calculated.

Then, the ratio rm = dm / Dm is calculated for each on-curve point in the basic element stroke. Similarly, for the dependent element stroke selected in step S8 or S10, the ratio ri = di / Di is calculated for each on-curve point.

FIG. 13 shows the distances dm, d3, d5, Dm, D3, and D calculated in the specific example of the “splash part”.
5, the ratio rm of the distance dm to the distance Dm, the distance d3
A list of a ratio r3 between the distance D5 and the distance D3 and a ratio r5 between the distance d5 and the distance D5 are shown. For example, in the basic element stroke, the on-curve point of coordinate value number 2 (667, -68
The distance dm between 3) and the off-curve point (602, -470) of the coordinate value number 1 whose coordinate value number is smaller by 1 is obtained as shown in the column (A). In addition, the on-curve point of the coordinate value number 2 (667, -6
83), the off-curve points on both sides, ie, the off-curve points (602, -470), (6) of coordinate value numbers 1 and 3
69, -690) is also obtained as shown in the column (A). Therefore, the ratio rm at the on-curve point of the coordinate value number 2 is obtained as shown in the column (B).

Further, in step S17, the weight Wm for the basic element stroke already obtained
And the weights Wi for the dependent element strokes, weighting the above ratios rm and ri for each on-curve point, to obtain a mixture ratio R from R = Wm · rm + ΣWi · ri (i = 1 to n) calculate.

FIG. 14A shows a list of the mixture ratios R calculated in the specific example of the “splash part”. In this table, when the value of the coordinate value number 2 at the on-curve point is specifically obtained, Wm · rm = −0.18 × 0.968 = −0.174 W3 · r3 = 0.48 × 0.968 = 0.465 W5 · r5 = 0.7 × 0.980 = 0.686 Therefore, R = −0.174 + 0.465 + 0.686 = 0.97
6 1−R = 1−0.976 = 0.024

Then, in step S18, the coordinates Eon of the on-curve point are calculated based on the coordinates Eoff of the off-curve point obtained in step S15 and the mixture ratio R. That is, a certain coordinate value number k (k = 2, 4, 6,
When the coordinate value Eon _k at the on-curve point of... Is obtained, the coordinate value Eoff of the off-curve point with the coordinate value number k-1
_k-1 and the coordinate value Eo of the off-curve point of the coordinate value number k + 1
From ff _{k + 1} , Eon _k = Eoff _k−1 · (1−R) + Eoff _{k + 1} · R is calculated.

FIG. 14B shows the off-state calculated in the specific example of the “splash part” as already shown in FIG.
A list of coordinate values Eoff of the curve points is shown. And FIG.
(C) shows the ON / OFF calculated in step S18.
A list of coordinate values Eon of the curve points is shown. In this table,
When the value of the coordinate value number 2 at the on-curve point (s portion in FIG. 14) is specifically obtained, Xon = 662 × 0.024 + 668 × 0.976 = 668 Yon = −381 × 0.024 + ( −690) × 0.976 = −683.

As described in steps S15 to S18, if the off-curve point is determined first and the on-curve point is determined from the off-curve point, as shown in FIG. The curve point can be moved on the line connecting the off-curve points on both sides. Therefore, the outline curve of the character font does not forcibly pass through the on-curve point, and the stroke shape can be made smooth.

Next, a case where the present invention is applied in units of parts will be described with reference to FIGS. In developing characters, not only strokes, which are the minimum components of characters, but also parts created by combining strokes in advance may be used. Here, the term "parts" refers to a combination of strokes, which are the minimum components of a character, and does not include the character itself, but refers to a character part such as a radical that forms a part of the character. If character parts used for many characters are prepared as parts in advance, characters can be generated more efficiently than when strokes are combined one by one every time a character is developed. FIG. 15 shows an example of a part group.

As shown in FIG. 16, the character generation processing apparatus described with reference to FIG. 1 further includes a basic element parts storage unit 201, a dependent element parts storage unit 202, a weighting operation processing unit 203, and a basic element parts definition unit 10.
4. A dependent element part definition unit 205, an operation selection display unit 207, an operation unit 208, and a storage unit 209 are provided.
Although FIG. 16 shows the character generating unit 106, the basic element stroke storage unit 1 described with reference to FIG.
01, the dependent element stroke storage unit 102, the weight calculation unit 103, and the like are omitted.

In the character generation processing apparatus as described above, the basic element part and the subordinate element part are defined by the basic element part definition unit 204 and the subordinate element part definition unit 205, and the basic element part information and subordinate Element part information is stored in the basic element part storage unit 201 and the dependent element part storage unit 202.

For example, as shown in FIG. 17A, a basic element part is defined for a part called "thread", and as shown in FIG. 17B, the dependent element parts (1) and (2) are defined. Define. In the dependent element part (1), two part shapes related to attributes such as the width of the "thread" are defined, and in the dependent element part (2),
Two part shapes relating to attributes such as the vertical length of the "thread" are defined.

Similarly, as shown in FIG. 18A, basic element parts are defined for parts called "words", and as shown in FIG. 18B, dependent element parts (1) and (2) are defined. Is defined. In the dependent element part (1), two part shapes related to attributes such as the width of the word are defined, and in the dependent element part (2),
Two part shapes related to attributes such as the vertical length of “word” are defined.

However, the dependent element parts (1) and (2) are not simply reduced or enlarged basic element parts in the vertical or horizontal direction.
A well-balanced shape is defined for each. This is because it is sufficient to simply reduce or enlarge the basic part each time if it is simply reduced or enlarged, and there is no point in defining the dependent element part.

The character generating unit 106 stores the character structure file 2
13 to generate a character. FIG. 19 shows a specific example of the character structure file 213. This character structure file 213 includes a header portion shown in FIG.
(B), (c), (e), and (f).

In the header section, the production date, font name,
Bibliographic information such as the maker is described. In the character portion, first, a character code for specifying a character and a character pointer indicating a storage location of information on the character are described. Then, as shown in FIG. 19 (c), for each character, the number of parts if a part is created, and the number of strokes to supplement the part if only parts are not enough are described. I have. Further, the IDs of these parts and the IDs of the strokes and the storage locations of the information on each part and each stroke (in each of the parts storage units 201 and 202 and in FIG.
And a pointer representing the same storage area in the stroke storage units 101 and 102).

In the storage area in the basic element part storage unit 201 or the subordinate element part storage unit 202 specified as described above, as shown in FIG. , Basic element part information, dependent element part information, and a pointer indicating a storage location of information on strokes constituting the basic element part and the dependent element part are stored in association with the basic element part ID and the dependent element stroke ID. ing.

The character structure file 213 contains FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6, the number of all strokes that are constituent elements of each part, the ID of each stroke, and a pointer indicating a storage location of information on each stroke are described. Then, as described in FIG. 4, for each stroke specified by the stroke ID, as shown in FIG. 19 (f), a storage location of information on the basic element stroke (a storage area in the basic element stroke storage unit 101). And a dependent element stroke pointer indicating the number of dependent element strokes and the storage location of the information (storage area in the dependent element stroke storage unit 102).

As shown in FIG. 19 (g), the storage area in the basic element stroke storage unit 101 or the subordinate element stroke storage unit 102 specified in this way, except for the coordinate values Em, Eia, and Eib described above. Also, XY data and rotation data for determining the position of a stroke in a character are stored.

FIG. 20 shows a state where characters using parts such as "thread" and "word" are displayed on the screen. In this case as well, although not specifically shown, a dependent element part (1), a part such as a "thread" or a "word" is displayed by a signal from the operation selection display unit 207.
The operation selection display corresponding to (2) is displayed in some form.

Then, the operation selection display is displayed on the operation unit 208.
, A weighting calculation is performed in the weighting calculation processing unit 203 using the basic element part information and the dependent element part information, and the corrected part information is obtained. However, since the weighting operation is the same as the stroke described above, a detailed description thereof will be omitted here.

As described above, if the design is modified in units of parts, it is effective in the following cases. In other words, as shown in FIG. 20, even with the same parts such as "thread" and "word", the character design may be better if the width or height is slightly corrected depending on the use position in the character. . In such a case, if the stroke can be corrected not for each stroke but for the entire part, a character font desired by the user can be generated more efficiently.

More specifically, the basic element and the subordinate element are defined not only in units of parts as described above but also in units of one character or in units of connected character groups in consideration of the meaning. It is also possible. In this case, the character font desired by the user can be generated more efficiently.

Next, based on FIG. 1 and FIGS.
An example will be described in which the above-described method is applied to a family, and characters are generated by data interpolation within the family.
A family is one in which a single character is divided into a plurality of character fonts with different line widths while maintaining the same typeface (Mincho, Gothic, etc.) and character size.
FIG. 21 shows a family that is divided into six types of character fonts (A) to (F), using the character "" as an example.

When the method described in the above embodiment is applied to a family, a description will be given with reference to FIG. 1. In the basic element stroke storage unit 101, for example, six types of character fonts (A) to (F) are stored for a certain stroke. The basic element stroke information is stored for each item belonging to (1). The dependent element stroke storage unit 102 stores dependent element stroke information for each of a plurality of basic element strokes defined for a certain stroke.

Here, not only the line width is simply changed among a plurality of character fonts, for example, among the six types of character fonts (A) to (F), but also the position of the center of gravity of each stroke, the stroke shape, etc. Change, each character font (A) ~
Each (F) has a shape in which the characters are balanced. In FIG. 23, “me” belonging to the character font (A) having the narrowest line width (“me” shown in black)
And "me" belonging to the character font (F) with the thickest line width
("Meaning" shown only in outline) is shown. It can be seen from FIG. 23 that not only the line width is simply changed, but also the position of the center of gravity of each stroke, the stroke shape, and the like are changed.

The character generating section 106 exhibits the functions shown in the flowchart of FIG. 22 in addition to the functions shown in the flowchart of FIG. When a character code is designated by the user (step S101), step S1 is performed.
After step 02 and step S103, the stroke is developed into a character. Subsequently, when the line width is designated by the user (step S104), for example, an intermediate line between the character font (D) and the character font (F) among the six types of character fonts (A) to (F) is used. When the width is specified, among the characters to be generated, these character fonts (D),
Interpolation is performed between those belonging to (F) (step S
105). Then, the hinting process calculation (step S
106) and full outline processing (step S10)
7) is performed, and a character font intermediate between the character fonts (D) and (E) is generated (step S10).
8).

As described above, the character font (D),
When design modification is performed on an attribute of a stroke constituting the character in a state where an intermediate character font of (E) is generated, as described in the above embodiment, the operation selection displayed on the screen is performed. The display 100 is operated. Operation selection display 10 for a certain dependent element stroke
When 0 is operated, the strokes belonging to the character font (D) are weighted according to the flowchart described with reference to FIG. 7 and the strokes belonging to the character font (E) are processed.
Similarly, the weighting calculation process is performed according to the flowchart described with reference to FIG. And character font (D),
The stroke after the design correction generated in each of (E) is interpolated and developed into characters.

In the present embodiment, kanji has been described as an example, but the present invention may of course be applied to characters such as English characters, symbols, and logos.

The present invention may be applied to a device composed of a plurality of devices or to a device composed of one device.

Further, the above-described embodiment is constituted by a CPU or MPU of a computer, a RAM, a ROM, and the like, and is realized by operating a program recorded in the RAM or the ROM. Accordingly, a recording medium that can be realized by recording a program that causes a computer to perform the functions of the above-described embodiments on a recording medium and causing the computer to read the program includes a floppy disk, a hard disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, A CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card, a ROM, or the like can be used.

The functions of the above-described embodiment are realized when the computer executes the supplied program, and the program code is executed in cooperation with an operating system or other application software running on the computer. Needless to say, even when such a function is realized, such a program code is included in the embodiment of the present invention.

The above embodiment is merely an example of the embodiment for carrying out the present invention, and the technical scope of the present invention should not be interpreted in a limited manner. That is, the present invention can be embodied in various forms without departing from the spirit or main features thereof.

[0115]

As described above, according to the present invention, in accordance with an operation on a desired dependent element stroke, stroke information is obtained by weighting arithmetic processing using a predefined basic element stroke and dependent element stroke. As a result, it is not necessary to move the defined points on the stroke one by one, and the character font desired by the user can be efficiently generated and processed, regardless of the user's design experience and computer knowledge. , A high-quality character font can be generated and processed. In addition, since dependent element strokes are defined for a plurality of attributes of one stroke, for example, it is possible to easily correct only a specific attribute while maintaining an unoperated attribute as it is. As in the case where the character is enlarged or reduced, the shape of a part of the character does not become unnatural, and even an unnecessary part is not deformed. Also, since the design can be modified for a plurality of attributes, various design modifications can be made, and the quality of the character font design can be improved. Moreover, since it is only necessary to store the basic element stroke and the subordinate element stroke for each stroke, a large storage capacity is not required.

Further, by setting each dependent element stroke information as a combination of two or more stroke information defined for one attribute of the basic element stroke, a dependent element stroke close to the stroke shape to be corrected can be obtained. Since selection and weighting calculation processing can be performed, the stroke shape after correction can be made more natural and smooth.

Further, since the operation selection display corresponding to the dependent element stroke information for each attribute is displayed on the screen, the operation selection display displayed on the screen can be operated. Can perform character generation processing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a character generation processing device according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a basic element stroke and a dependent element stroke defined for a “splash part”.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a basic element stroke group.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a flow until a character is generated.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a character “JOI” having “splash part” as one of the strokes is displayed on the screen.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a process executed by a weighting operation processing unit 103.

FIG. 8 shows coordinate values Em of basic element strokes and dependent element strokes (3a), (3b), (5).
a), coordinate values E3a, E3b, E5a, E5 of (5b)
It is a figure which shows the list | wrist with b.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an outline of a weighting calculation process.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing another processing content subsequent to step S11 of the flowchart in FIG. 4;

FIG. 11 is an image diagram showing a relationship between an on-curve point and an off-curve point.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a list of coordinate values Eoff of off-curve points.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a list of distances dm, d3, d5, Dm, D3, D5 and ratios rm, r3, r5.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an outline up to calculation of a coordinate value Eon of an on-curve point.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a part.

FIG. 16 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example in the case where weighting calculation is performed in units of parts.

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of a basic element part and a dependent element part defined for a “thread”.

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of a basic element part and a dependent element part defined for “word”.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure when parts are used.

FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of a character having “thread” and “word” as parts.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a family composed of six types of character fonts (A) to (F) using the character “I” as an example.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing a flow up to the generation of an intermediate character font.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a state in which “me” belonging to the character font (A) having the narrowest line width and “me” belonging to the character font (F) having the widest line width are superimposed.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing a conventional example, and is a diagram showing a state in which a definition point 10 is displayed on a stroke on a screen.

FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a character “thread” is simply enlarged or reduced.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 100 operation selection display 101 basic element stroke storage unit 102 dependent element stroke storage unit 103, 203 weighting operation processing unit 104 basic element stroke definition unit 105 dependent element stroke definition unit 106 character generation unit 107, 207 operation selection display unit 108, 208 operation Unit 109, 209 Storage unit 110, 210 Weight determination unit 111, 211 Selection unit 112, 212 Operation unit 113, 213 Character structure file 201 Basic element part storage unit 202 Subordinate element part storage unit 204 Basic element part definition unit 205 Subordinate element part Definition part

──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continuing the front page (72) Inventor Toasten Bac, New York 10014 Washington Street 735 Fontworks USA (72) Inventor Martin Shafer Hong Kong Tsim Sha Tsui Hanoi Road 5-7 Podium Plaza 19th Floor Fontworks Holdings Limited (72) Inventor Yog Bulman Hong Kong Tsim Sha Tsui Hanoi Road 5-7 Podium Plaza 19th Floor Inside Works (72) Inventor Park Soon Sung Hong Kong Chim Sachoi Hanoi Road 5-7 Podium Plaza 19F Inside Works Limited (72) Inventor Tomohisa Uchida 62-96 Kotsutsumi, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama In the representative office of One Works International Limited Japan (56) References JP-A-7-64533 (JP, A) JP-A-1-272460 (JP, A) JP-A-7-56700 (JP, A) JP 9-62245 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G09G 5/00-5/40

Claims (13)

(57) [Claims] 1. Basic element stroke storage means for storing information on a basic element stroke in which a basic stroke configuration is defined for each stroke which is a constituent element of a character, and for each of a plurality of attributes of the basic element stroke, Dependent element stroke storage means for storing information on dependent element strokes having different stroke configurations defined for the attributes; operating means for operating a desired one of the dependent element strokes; dependent on the operation of the operating means A weighting operation processing means for performing weighting operation processing using the basic element stroke information and the subordinate element stroke information to obtain stroke information; The stroke information is composed of a combination of two or more stroke information items defined for one attribute of the basic element stroke, and the weighting calculation processing means performs the two or more strokes for the operated dependent element stroke. A character generation processing device comprising a selection unit for selecting stroke information to be used in a weighting calculation from a combination of information. 2. A basic element stroke storage means for storing information on a basic element stroke in which a basic stroke configuration is defined for each stroke which is a constituent element of a character, and for each of a plurality of attributes of the basic element stroke, Dependent element stroke storage means for storing information on dependent element strokes having different stroke configurations defined for the attributes; operating means for operating a desired one of the dependent element strokes; dependent on the operation of the operating means And a weighting operation processing means for performing weighting operation processing using the basic element stroke information and the dependent element stroke information to obtain stroke information. The operation selection display corresponding to placement stroke information includes an operation selection display means for displaying on a screen, said operation means, the character generation process unit, characterized in that it is configured to operate the operation selection display. 3. A basic element stroke defining means for defining a basic stroke configuration as the basic element stroke for each stroke which is a constituent element of a character, and a plurality of attributes of the basic element stroke differ in their attributes. Dependent element stroke defining means for defining a stroke configuration as the dependent element stroke, wherein the basic element stroke storage means stores information on the basic element stroke defined by the basic element stroke defining means, The character generation processing device according to claim 1, wherein the stroke storage unit stores information on the dependent element stroke defined by the dependent element stroke definition unit. 4. The weighting processing means comprises: weight determining means for determining weights for the basic element stroke and each of the dependent element strokes in accordance with an operation of the operating means; and a weight determined by the weight determining means. The character generation processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a calculation unit that obtains the stroke information from the information, the basic element stroke information, and the dependent element stroke information. 5. A family consisting of a plurality of character fonts for the same character is generated by using each means according to claim 1, and a character font belonging to said family is generated. A character generation processing apparatus, wherein a character font intermediate between the character fonts is generated by interpolating with another character font belonging to the family. 6. Basic element part storage means for storing information of basic element parts in which basic part configurations are defined for parts obtained by combining strokes as character constituent elements, and a plurality of attributes of the basic element parts A dependent element part storing means for storing information of a dependent element part in which a different part configuration is defined for each attribute; an operating means for operating a desired one of the dependent element parts; A character generation processing device comprising: a weighting operation processing unit that performs weighting operation processing using the basic element part information and the subordinate element part information in accordance with an operation to obtain part information; Information is based on the basic element The weighting operation processing means includes a combination of two or more parts information for the operated dependent element part. A character generation processing device comprising a selection unit for selecting part information used in a calculation. 7. A basic element part storing means for storing information of basic element parts in which a basic part configuration is defined for a part formed by combining strokes as character constituent elements, and a plurality of attributes of the basic element parts. A dependent element part storing means for storing information of a dependent element part in which a different part configuration is defined for each attribute; an operating means for operating a desired one of the dependent element parts; A character generation processing device comprising: a weighting operation processing unit that performs weighting operation processing using the basic element part information and the dependent element part information in accordance with an operation to obtain part information; Added support for dependent element parts information. An operation selection display means for displaying the work selection displayed on the screen, the operation unit, the character generation process unit, characterized in that it is configured to operate the operation selection display. 8. A basic element stroke information in which a basic stroke configuration is defined for each stroke that is a component of a character, and a different stroke configuration is defined for each of a plurality of attributes of the basic element stroke. A character generation processing method having a procedure of performing a weighting operation process in accordance with an operation on the dependent element stroke using the obtained information on the dependent element stroke and obtaining stroke information. And a combination of two or more stroke information items defined for one attribute of the basic element stroke. In the weighting operation, the combination of the two or more stroke information items for the operated dependent element stroke is From inside, weighted Character generation processing method characterized by selecting the stroke information to be used in the calculation. 9. A basic element stroke information in which a basic stroke configuration is defined for each stroke which is a component of a character, and a different stroke configuration is defined for each of a plurality of attributes of the basic element stroke. A character generation processing method having a procedure of performing a weighting operation process in accordance with an operation on the dependent element stroke using the information on the dependent element stroke obtained and obtaining stroke information, wherein the dependent element A character generation processing method, comprising a step of displaying an operation selection display corresponding to stroke information on a screen, wherein the operation on the dependent element stroke is performed by operating the operation selection display. 10. The character generation processing method according to claim 8, further comprising a step of allowing a user to define the basic element stroke and the dependent element stroke. 11. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to function as each of the means according to claim 1 is recorded. 12. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to execute the processing procedure of the character generation processing method according to claim 8 is recorded. 13. A basic element stroke information in which a basic stroke configuration is defined for each stroke that is a component of a character, and a different stroke configuration is defined for each of a plurality of attributes of the basic element stroke. A computer-readable recording medium on which information of the determined dependent element strokes is recorded, wherein each of the dependent element stroke information includes two or more stroke information items defined for one attribute of the basic element stroke. A computer-readable recording medium comprising a combination.