JPH04237097A - Character pattern generation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the need to generate a character pattern by counting its character width and to eliminate position deviation. CONSTITUTION:A character pattern editing part 22 reads character pattern data registered on a floppy disk 21 and stores it in a memory 23. The character pattern data stored in the memory 23 is converted by the character pattern editing part 22 into a character pattern, which is displayed on a display unit 26. At this time, character width is inputted to a character width table 24, character by character. The character pattern editing part 22 displays a character pattern editing picture with the character width in the character width table 24. Then ON/OFF indications of dots are made with the arrow 5 of a mouse, etc. When the character pattern is registered on the floppy disk 21, the character width in the character width table 24 is registered together with character pattern data and the character pattern editing picture with the registered character width P1 is displayed thereafter.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a character pattern creation device, and more particularly to a character pattern creation device having a character pattern editing function.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional character pattern creation devices create character patterns by using an input device such as a mouse to turn on and off dots on, for example, a two-dimensional matrix screen. Conventionally, two-dimensional matrix-like screens are fixed by character size, and in the case of character patterns such as alphabetic characters with different character widths, meshes on the screen are created while counting.

Next, a conventional character pattern creation device will be explained with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a conventional character pattern creation device. floppy disk 2
The character pattern data registered in 1 is read, and the character pattern data is stored in the memory 23 through the character pattern editing section 22. The character pattern data stored in the memory 23 is edited into a dot pattern by the character pattern editing section 22 and displayed on the display 26. The displayed character pattern is edited using an input device such as the mouse 25.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a character pattern editing screen displayed on a display. Conventionally, the character pattern data 6 is displayed on a mesh whose created character size is the same in the X2 direction and the Y2 direction. Instructions for turning dots on and off are made using arrows 5 of a mouse or the like.

[0005]

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] The above-mentioned conventional character pattern creation device counts meshes when creating characters with width P2, such as alphabetic characters, because the X2 method and Y2 direction are the same. As a result, it takes time to create the image, and misalignment occurs.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention has a function of displaying a character pattern used in a printer device or a display device on a display and instructing elements constituting the character pattern by turning dots on or off using an input device. The equipped character pattern creation device has a function that registers the character width values of character patterns in a character width table, and changes and displays the matrix size on the character pattern editing screen for each character based on the values in the character width table. It is characterized by:

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 shows a floppy disk 21, a character pattern editing section 22, a memory 23, a character width table 24, and a mouse 25.
and a display 26 are shown.

FIG. 2 shows the character pattern editing screen in the embodiment of FIG. 1. Conventionally, the editing screen is displayed with the character width in the character width X1 direction, but by specifying the character width in the character width table, Character pattern editing screen 2 with character width P1
is displayed. If the character width is different for each character, the character width P1 changes. A value P2 obtained by subtracting the conventional character width X1 and the character width P1 of the character width table 24 is not displayed on the editing screen 3.

Next, the operation of this character pattern creating device will be explained. The character pattern editing section 22 reads character pattern data registered on the floppy disk 21,
This character pattern data is stored in the memory 23. The character pattern data stored in the memory 23 is converted into a dot pattern by the character pattern editing section 22 and displayed on the display 26. At this time, the character width is input for each character into the character width table 24. Character pattern editing department 22
displays a character pattern editing screen with the character width of the character width table 24. Instructions for turning dots on and off are made using arrows 5 of a mouse or the like. Also, when registering a character pattern on the floppy disk 21, the character width table 24
The character width P1 is registered together with the character pattern data, and thereafter the character pattern editing screen is displayed with the registered character width P1.

[0011] In the above explanation, a character width table is used as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this.
The same effect as above can be obtained by directly inputting the character width and displaying the character pattern editing screen.

0012

As described above, by providing a character width table, the present invention eliminates the need to count and create character widths, and has the advantage that misalignment does not occur.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a character pattern editing screen in the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a character pattern editing screen in a conventional example.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Display 2 Character pattern editing screen 5 Arrow 6 Character pattern 21 Floppy disk 22 Character pattern editing department 23 Memory 24 Character width table 25 Mouse 26 Display

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A character pattern creation device having a function of displaying a character pattern used in a printer device or a display device on a display and instructing elements constituting the character pattern by turning dots on or off using an input device, Character pattern creation characterized by having a function of registering character width values of a character pattern in a character width table and changing and displaying the matrix size on a character pattern editing screen for each character based on the character width table values. Device.