JP3189450B2 - Font management method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a font management system, and more particularly to a font management system for managing a plurality of types of font data corresponding to character codes in a document editing apparatus capable of handling a plurality of types of fonts.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a document editing apparatus, such as a "document processing system" described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 4-123164, is constructed so that a plurality of fonts can be used. It has been known. In such a document processing system, it is possible to edit a document on a display device using a desired font from multiple fonts such as a plurality of sizes and a plurality of typefaces mounted on an output device. .

A document editing apparatus which can handle a plurality of types of fonts of this kind is provided with a font management unit, and each font data corresponds to a character code. , Character pattern data, character types (kanji, numbers, alphabetic characters, special symbols, etc.), sizes (points), and fonts (Mincho, Go
Shi click member, depending on italics), the same type of thing is managed as a font family. Therefore, for example, a character shape pattern can be specified by specifying a font family corresponding to a character type.

[0004]

When different fonts are used in an electronic document created by a document editing apparatus that can handle a plurality of fonts, a font family is designated for each character or group of characters, or a preset font family is set. By specifying the font family, the document is created using the font family in which the input characters of the input document are set. For this reason, when it is desired to use a font family of a different type depending on the character type in a certain sentence in a document, a font family is individually specified for each character of each sentence, or a plurality of types of font data are set in advance in a document editing apparatus. It is necessary to re-create the font data set by merging only the desired form. Thus, the font data set in the document editing device can be used.

Therefore, when a document is created in such a manner that different fonts are mixed according to a certain rule,
Either force the user to specify a different font for each character or character string during document creation, or provide a new font family font data set consisting of multiple types of font data according to the rules. For this reason, there is a problem that a user or a font provider is forced to uselessly work.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a document editing apparatus capable of handling a plurality of types of fonts in a plurality of types of font data corresponding to character codes. The present invention is to provide a font management system which can appropriately manage font data of each character type in an electronically created document by appropriately managing the font data.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a font management system according to the present invention provides a document editing apparatus which can handle a plurality of types of fonts and stores a plurality of types of font data corresponding to character codes. A font management method for managing font data corresponding to character codes of a plurality of character types, as storage means (14); and font data for a plurality of character types in a document being edited by a user. the virtual font family table associating the font <br/> family (17), further comprising a control means for selecting control of font data in the document being edited (13) by the contents of the virtual font family table Features.

[0008]

The font management system according to the present invention manages a plurality of types of font data corresponding to character codes in a document editing apparatus which can handle a plurality of types of fonts , and specifies a user's designation.
Thus , font data of each character code in a document created electronically can be arbitrarily selected. For this reason,
Storage means (14) stores a font data corresponding to the character codes of a plurality of character types as font family, virtual font family table (17), a plurality of character types in a document being edited by the designation of a user One
Have a font family of each font data Ru association <br/> in. The control means (13) obtains a specified font family from the character type based on the contents of the virtual font family table, selects font data, and performs control for supplying font data in the document being edited.

Since the font data is managed in this manner, when different fonts are mixed according to a predetermined rule in document creation, the rule is set in the virtual font family table in accordance with the character type. Configure a virtual font family ( font dataset ) by specifying a font family such as
Register this. Thus, the font data can be arbitrarily selected according to the character type using the virtual font family table, so that advanced document editing in which different fonts are mixed can be efficiently performed.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of a font management system in a document editing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 11 denotes input characters, and reference numeral 12 denotes font family designation data. Reference numeral 13 denotes a font management device, 14 denotes a font data storage unit, 15 denotes a document creation device, and 16 denotes an electronic document. Also, 1
Reference numeral 7 denotes a virtual font family table.

In the process of creating a document, the font management device 13 determines a font family table (not shown) or a virtual font family table 17 provided in the font management device 13 from the input characters 11 and the font family designation data 12. To obtain the storage location of the font data, fetch the font data of the designated input character stored in the font data storage unit 14, send the font data to the document creation device unit 15, and create the electronic document 16. Output.

The font management device 13 has a virtual font family table 17 for designating a font family corresponding to a character type.
The character code of the input character 11 input to the font management device 13 and the font family designation data of the font data stored in the font data storage unit 14 are supplied. As a result, the document creation device specifies the font data of the characters in the document being created.

FIG. 2 is a view for explaining the configuration of the virtual font family table. As shown in FIG. 2, the virtual font family table 17 stores virtual font names 21 defined by a user or a device supplier as virtual fonts forming one virtual font family.
In correspondence with the virtual font name 21, a character type-font family correspondence table is registered in which each character type 22 and the font name of the fant family 23 used for that character type are registered. The virtual font family table 17 is formed by setting a plurality of character type-phone family correspondence tables that define these virtual fonts.

The virtual font family table 17 illustrated in FIG. 2 shows specific data examples of a virtual font having a virtual font name “A Font” and a virtual font having a virtual font name “Z Font”. In the virtual font having the virtual font name “A Font”, lowercase letters (a, b,..., Z) and uppercase letters (A, B,.
For character type of use of the designated "A company Mincho B for", for the character type of hiragana characters and katakana characters shown that the use of "C's Gore-Shi click body D" is designated I have. Similarly, as a virtual font belonging to this virtual font family, a virtual font name “Z Font”
In the virtual font, the use of the font with the font name “Triumvirate” is specified for the character type of the number, and the use of the font “Helvetica” is specified for the character type of the symbol “%,!, #, ＄,…”. I have.

In the virtual font to be configured (defined) in the virtual font family table 17, the designation of the correspondence between the character type and the font family (character type-font family correspondence table) specifies the font family in the case of configuring the virtual font. Can be specified by specifying another virtual font name. Next, a specific example in this case will be described.

FIG. 3 is a view for explaining a configuration example of a virtual font in the case where a virtual font is specified by specifying another virtual font name. In this case, as shown in FIG. 3, the virtual font 31 of the virtual font name "A Font"
In the case of the character type 32 of lowercase letters (a, b,..., Z) and uppercase letters (A, B,.
t ". For this reason, the virtual font 34 having the virtual font name" B Font "is referred to in order to obtain the specified content of the entity. However, in this case, in the virtual font 34 having the virtual font name “BFont”, the character type 3 of the lowercase letters (a, b,.
For 5, the font family is specified as a virtual font “C Font”, and uppercase letters (A,
For the character type 36 (B,..., Z), the designation of the font family is separately designated as “D Font” of the virtual font. For this reason, the virtual font “C F
ont "and the virtual font" D Font ".

As described above, in the virtual font defined in the virtual font family table, the correspondence between the character type and the font family is specified by specifying the virtual font by specifying another virtual font name. Make it possible. In this case, by allowing the data structure of the virtual font in the virtual font family table to have a finite nested structure, the degree of freedom in configuring the virtual font is increased. That is, the virtual font is configured so that the virtual font name is further included therein as the font family name of the “character type-font family correspondence table” which is the entity that forms the virtual font.
This relationship may have a finite nested structure.
In addition, the character type-font family correspondence table does not necessarily have to be in the form of a correspondence table, since an actual font family corresponding to a certain character type of a certain virtual font family may be uniquely obtained.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing flow for specifying a font of an input character in a document creation processing performed through a font management device. With reference to the flowchart of FIG. 4, a font designation process for input characters according to the present embodiment will be described. When the process is started, first, in step 40, input characters are specified, and in the next step 41, a font family is specified. When these designations are made, the next step 4
In 2, it is determined whether or not the designated font family of the designated input character is a font designated by the virtual font family. If the result of this determination is that the character type of the input character is not a virtual font family, the specified data of the previously specified font family may be used. Then, a document creation process is performed.

On the other hand, in the determination processing of step 42,
If the character type of the input character is the virtual font family, the process proceeds to the next step 43, and it is determined whether or not there is a virtual font family table. If there is no virtual font family table, the font cannot be specified, so the process proceeds to step 44 to perform error processing. Then, the process proceeds to a step 48, wherein a process for the next input character is performed. When the existence of the virtual font family table can be confirmed in the determination processing of step 43, next, in step 45, the processing of specifying a font for the input character from the virtual font family table is performed. Next, step 4
At 6, it is determined whether the font of the specified input character is in another virtual font family (FIG. 3).

If it is determined in the determination processing in step 46 that the font of the specified input character is in another virtual font family, the processing further refers to the corresponding virtual font family table to execute the processing. In order to specify the font of the input character, the process returns to step 43, and the processing from step 43 is repeated.
On the other hand, if it is determined in the determination processing in step 46 that the font of the specified input character does not belong to another virtual font family, the font (designation data of the font family) for the input character can be specified here. Then, the process proceeds to a step 47, wherein a document creation process is performed.

Then, the process proceeds to a step 48, wherein the process for the next input character is continued. That is, in step 48, it is determined whether or not the input character ends, and if the input character does not end, the process returns to step 40 and the process for the next input character is performed from the beginning. Also,
If it is determined in step S48 that the input character is at the end, the process proceeds to step S49 in which the created document is output using the specified font, and the process ends.

As described above, in the font specification processing of the input characters in the document creation processing, the input characters 11 and the font family specification data 12
Is input (steps 40 and 41), and the font management device 13 specifies the font family of the font data 14 from the input character and font family designation data. If the specified font family is a virtual font family that does not exist (step 42), it is recognized as a virtual font and the virtual font family table 17 is recognized.
Then, an actual font corresponding to the input character is searched (steps 43 to 46), and the font data is specified as data that can be used to create a document. The created data is sent to the document creation device 15 (steps 47 to 4).
8) The print is output as the electronic document 16 (step 49).

[0023]

As described above, according to the font management system of the present invention, it is possible for a user to arbitrarily configure a virtual font and manage font data using a virtual font family table. Therefore, if different fonts are mixed according to a predetermined rule when creating a document, this rule can be specified in the virtual font family table to specify the font family such as the desired character font and size in accordance with the character type. can do. Therefore, by using the virtual font family table and font data, it is possible to efficiently advanced document editing different fonts are mixed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of a font management system in a document editing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a virtual font family table.

FIG. 3 is a view for explaining an example of the configuration of a virtual font when a virtual font is designated by designating another virtual font name;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a processing flow of specifying a font of an input character in a document creation processing performed through a font management device.

[Explanation of symbols]

11: input characters, 12: font family designation data,
13 font management device, 14 font data storage unit, 15 document creation device, 16 electronic document, 17 virtual font family table, 21 virtual font name, 2
2 ... Character type, 23 ... Font family.

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] In a document editing apparatus capable of handling a plurality of types of fonts, a font management system for managing a plurality of types of font data corresponding to character codes, wherein font data corresponding to a plurality of types of character codes is stored in a font family. storage means for storing as a re, a plurality of character types in a document being edited by the designation of a user
Characterized in that the font family each font data having a virtual font family table give corresponding <br/>, and control means for selecting control of font data in the document being edited by the contents of the virtual font family table for Font management method. 2. The font of font data for each of a plurality of character types in the virtual font family table.
2. The font management method according to claim 1, wherein the association of the family is performed by designating the correspondence between another character type different from the association and the font data. 3. The font of font data for each of a plurality of character types in the virtual font family table.
Virtual font Famirite to indicate the association of family
2. The font management method according to claim 1, wherein the data structure of the table has a finite nested structure.