JPH06110442A - Character and figure processor and method for deforming character of figure - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the device which easily performs complex deformation wherein a fold and a shift are present and also prevents an annoying hard-to-see display when a character and a figure are superimposed on a pattern and a background. CONSTITUTION:A device which deforms an outline figure and a character font by coordinate movement arithmetic is provided with a means 5 which selects plural figures to be deformed, a means 12 which specifies deformation areas of the object figures, and a means 7 which deforms the object figures into desired deformed shape after processing them and also has a means 106 which corrects outline data on a figure overlapping with a border line when there is the border line in the desired deformed shape and a means 16 which fringes the figure in a different color from the figure and draws it when the figure is displayed on the pattern. Therefore, associative figures and a character string can be deformed at a time having a fold and a shift irrelevantly to their quantities and even when the characters and figures are displayed on the pattern and background image, the figures and characters are fringed and displayed in an easy-to-see state.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a character / graphics processing apparatus, such as a graphic processing system, an illustration creating function of a word processor, a DTP system, etc., for creating and editing a document containing graphics and characters.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art DTP system (Desk Top Publishing
System: Desktop electronic publishing system), word processor, CAD system (Computer Aided Disig)
For outline font characters and figures that are often used in computer graphics devices such as n System), sample points that represent the outlines of the characters and figures are typically calculated, and straight lines and curved line segments that pass through the sample points are calculated. A set of vector coordinate points and control codes for approximating and generating the line segment is stored as data.

This is because a higher compression rate can be obtained and the font parameters are expressed as vector points on a coordinate plane of a certain size, as compared with the case of storing as a dot image, so that numerical calculation such as enlargement / reduction is performed. Is applied to a vector point of the font data, and the result is complemented with a straight line or a curved line and expanded, so that a smooth enlarged / reduced character with a smooth contour can be obtained without quality deterioration. Regarding such modification of outline data, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 64-7987
No. 7, JP-A-2-296292, and the like.

Therefore, the inventors of the present invention first invented a character / graphics deformation processing device capable of relatively easily deforming a character string or an entire graphic according to a certain regularity. No. 291734 “Character / figure deformation processing device” has been filed.

[0005]

When creating a document in which characters, symbols, figures, etc. of the vector display system are arranged on a certain background figure, the figure as the background is created or read from a database or the like. It is necessary to display it and arrange documents and symbols on it. However, in the document created in this way, for example, when the background graphic has a pattern of the same color as the characters written above, the characters written above become difficult to read. Also, if the background graphic is square and you want to write a character or graphic on that corner,
I had to make new figures and letters with corners and creases.

An object of the present invention is to provide a character / graphics processing apparatus capable of displaying the entire character string or graphic group in an easy-to-see manner.

[0007]

To achieve the above object, a character / graphics processing device of the present invention is a display device for displaying a character or a graphic on a display area, and outline data for coding the character or the graphic in a vector format. Is converted into dot-coded pattern data for display on the display device, display conversion means, storage means for storing the outline data, and a character or figure to be transformed by an external instruction. Deformation object designating means for designating a deformation area, deformation area setting means for setting a certain area on the display area including all the characters or figures designated as the deformation object as a deformation area, Deformation designation means for designating a transformed shape, outline data of the character or figure in the transformation area is stored in the storage means. Deformation means for reading out, performing a transformation operation on coordinate point information of outline data of the character or graphic in the transformation area, and transforming the set transformation area into the transformation shape designated by the transformation means; and the transformation. It has first modified display conversion means for converting the outline data of the shape or the deformed character or graphic into pattern data by the display conversion means and displaying the pattern data on the display device.

Further, instead of the first modified display conversion means, the outline data of the deformed shape and the deformed character or graphic is converted into pattern data by the display conversion means, and the dot format of the character or graphic is converted. The second modified display conversion means is provided for creating pattern data in a dot format with respect to the edging figure that surrounds the pattern data coded in 1. and displaying the pattern data on the display device.

Further, as a character or graphic transformation method, a step of converting outline data for coding a character or graphic in vector format into pattern data coded in dot format and displaying it on a display area, from the outside. The step of designating a character or graphic on the display area to be transformed by the instruction of, a step of setting a certain area on the display area including all of the letters or graphics designated as the modification target as a transformation area, A step of designating a deformed shape of the deformed area by an instruction from the outside, a step of carrying out a deforming operation on coordinate point information of outline data of the character or a figure in the deformed area; Deformation step, the character or figure calculated in the transformation calculation step Converting the outline data about the display format data, comprising displaying on the display area.

[0010]

According to the present invention, different deformations are made to respective parts divided by a boundary line in a vector display type graphic or character, and the graphic data on the boundary line is corrected before the deformation. This allows you to transform shapes with creases and corners. Further, by automatically generating and displaying a frame having a color different from that of the figure surrounding the figure, it is possible to prevent the figure from being difficult to see by arranging the figure on the pattern or the background. In addition, by searching for a line segment that crosses the boundary line in the vector coordinate data of the figure, calculating the coordinate point where the boundary line and the line segment intersect and adding it to the data of the figure, the shape with folds or corners can be obtained. Can be expressed. Also, create a shape that is slightly thicker than the shape to be displayed, first draw in a different color from the shape at the display position of the shape, and then draw the shape on top of it to draw a border and add a border. Display the above figures and letters so that they are easy to see.

[0011]

1 is a block diagram of an apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention. The apparatus includes an input unit 1 for transmitting an instruction from a user, an input interface unit 2 for transmitting a control signal to each unit of the apparatus according to an instruction input from the input unit 1,
A data selection unit 3 for searching and reading out graphic data or character data stored in the data storage unit 4 according to an instruction from an input unit; a data buffer 6 for storing display information of characters or graphics to be displayed on a display device; A transformation specifying unit 5 that sets parameters for processing a figure or a character into a shape designated by a user, a transformation unit 7 that receives the set parameters and processes the figure or character data, and stores the processed data. A data buffer 8 and an area setting unit 12 that sets a range area when handling characters and graphics within a certain range at a time.
And a scaling unit 1 for adjusting the size of characters and figures to be displayed
3, a display position setting unit 14 for automatically setting the position of a graphic to be displayed, an edging creation unit 16 for generating frame data of processed characters and graphics, and displaying characters, graphic data, frame data, etc. In order to do so, it comprises a developing unit 9 for developing dot data on a display buffer 10 such as a bitmap memory, and a display unit 11 for displaying the data on the display buffer 10. Further, the deformation unit 7 is composed of a deformation calculation unit 100, a relative position calculation unit 101, a position addition unit 102, a position subtraction unit 105, and a boundary correction unit 106.

FIG. 2 shows an example of character and graphic data stored in the data storage unit 4. For convenience of explanation, the present apparatus will be described on the assumption that the data of the vector display system in which the representative points of the graphic contour line are listed and the shape is defined is used. In the case of a character, it is one of character data which is usually called an outline font. In the data of FIG. 2, the figure contour line is divided into a straight line portion and a curved line portion, and the straight line portion is arranged with its end points. The curved line portion is represented by an end point and two control points in order to approximate a cubic curve. When displaying on the display device,
The data of FIG. 2 is expanded, the dot data of the graphic outline is restored on the bit map memory and the like, and the filling process is performed as necessary to restore the visual information of the graphic and the character. However, the present invention does not deal with the storage format of figures and characters and the expansion method thereof, and the data structure is not limited to the above example. Further, hereinafter, the graphic data in the format shown in FIG. 2 in the data storage unit 4 will be referred to as outline data, and the graphic display information developed in the shape of the graphic on the bitmap memory or the like will be referred to as dot data.

FIG. 3A is an example of a background graphic and a character string created by a conventional device. In this apparatus, FIG. 3 (a) can be modified in various ways as shown in FIG. 3 (b), and even if the background graphic in FIG. 3 (c) has a pattern, it can be displayed easily. Hereinafter, the operation of the present apparatus will be described by taking the case of displaying the characters and figures of FIG. 3 as an example. First, when the user wants to display a graphic as shown in FIG. 3A in the related art, the display information necessary for displaying the graphic on the display device, such as characters and graphic names desired by the user, display position, size, and color. When inputting from the input section 1,
The identification code and the display information are stored in the display data table of the data buffer 6 as shown in FIG. Normally, when displaying a figure or an illustration, the size and display position are input each time, but when creating a document, the display position setting unit 14 sets horizontal writing, vertical writing, character spacing, line spacing, etc. according to a user's instruction. Adjust automatically to set the display position.
When data is entered in the display data table, the data selection section 3
Reads out the outline data of the figure or character to be displayed from the data storage unit 4 as shown in FIG. The read data is converted by the enlarging / reducing unit 13 into character or graphic data having a size designated by the user and sent to the data buffer 8. The expansion unit 9 draws a graphic contour line on the display buffer 10 according to the coordinate point sequence information of the data buffer 8 and performs a filling process to expand the graphic or character data as shown in FIG. 2 into dot data for display. To do. The expanded dot data is transferred to the display position on the display screen of the display unit 11 to display characters and figures. Background rectangle, "T""E"
When "S" and "T" are input in order of size, color and display position and a display data table as shown in Fig. 4 is created,
FIG. 3A is displayed.

In order to transform the displayed graphic as shown in FIG. 3B, one of the characters and graphics displayed as described above is selected and the input is input from the input section. Then, the deformation attribute is registered in the data of the selected figure in the display data table. When a plurality of characters or figures are selected, the area processing unit 12 calculates and stores the size and position of the deformation area including the plurality of figures and characters. Selected figure is 1
When it is two, the size and display position of the figure will be the deformation area as it is. In the case of the above example, the four characters of the background rectangle and TEST are specified by enclosing them in a rectangle. Or one figure one
You may specify one target. Then, the transformation designation unit 5 designates how to transform the selected character or figure. The details of the deformation designation unit 5 are shown in FIG. The menu display unit 55 in the deformation designation unit 5 displays a deformation shape menu as shown in FIG. 6A on the display screen. The user selects one shape pattern from the menu and inputs the degree of deformation in that pattern.
That is, in the present apparatus, when the first deformation pattern in FIG. 6A is selected, the degree of deformation changes in 10 steps as shown in FIG. Use the numeric keys on the keyboard in the input section 1 to input whether to use degrees. Alternatively, you can select the correct degree of deformation by increasing the "+ key" on the keyboard from the minimum degree of deformation while typing, or conversely, select the "-key" from the maximum degree of deformation.
The desired deformation can be specified by the initial deformation degree, such as pressing to select one step at a time, and the number of times the "+ key" and "-key" are tapped. The deformation designation controller 51 receives the shape and the deformation degree selected by the user, reads out the parameter calculation formula of the deformation parameter calculation unit 56 according to the selected shape, and based on the deformation degree and the size of the deformation area received from the area setting unit 12, The parameters set in the seat movement calculation circuit of the deformation calculation unit 100 are calculated and sent to the deformation unit 7. further,
The boundary parameter calculation unit 57 is caused to calculate the end points of the deformation boundary line, and is sent to the boundary correction unit 106 of the deformation unit 7 for setting. In other words, this device realizes the transformation of characters and figures by performing coordinate movement calculation on outline data.
The deformation designation unit 5 sets the deformation unit 7 to perform a numerical operation corresponding to a desired deformed shape.

When the deformation area and the deformation shape are determined, the deformation portion 7
However, region processing is performed on each figure so that the figure to be transformed can be transformed according to the portion occupied in the transformation area. First, data of a character or a graphic designating deformation is sequentially read from the data storage unit 4 by the data selection unit 3, and sent to the position addition unit 102 of the deformation unit 7 via the scaling unit 13. On the other hand, the relative position calculation unit 101 of the deformation unit 7 calculates the relative position of the deformed graphic or character with respect to the deformation region, from the deformation region and the data of the display data table. And
The position addition unit 102 adds the calculated relative position to the outline data of the deformed character or graphic. By this processing, the transformation target figure defined on each coordinate plane becomes a part of the transformation area in terms of numerical values. After that,
The boundary correction unit 106 is limited only when the boundary is deformed.
The coordinate of the singular point on the boundary line is calculated by and is added to the outline data subjected to the region processing. The deformation having a boundary is, for example, a crease or a deviation in the middle of a figure as shown in FIG. The outline data represents the contour line of a figure with a list of representative coordinate points, so even if only the representative coordinate points are moved and transformed, when the contour line is expanded, the crease or misalignment boundaries are missing. There is. For example, in the case of the example in FIG. 3A, if the deformation is performed without boundary correction, the background rectangle is composed of the representative point coordinates representing four straight lines as shown in FIG. I won't. Therefore, the coordinates of the intersection of the boundary line and the figure contour line are calculated and added to the outline data so that the fold line and the shift can be expressed as shown in FIG. 7B. In this device, as shown in FIG.
As described above, the information of the boundary line is given by the coordinates of the two end points where the line segment intersects the deformation area rectangle. The positions of the two end points are uniquely determined to the deformed shape, and when the deformed shape is selected by the deformation specifying unit 5, the positions are already calculated by the boundary parameter calculation unit 57 and set in the boundary correction unit 106. The boundary correction unit 106 determines whether or not the deformation target graphic overlaps a straight line passing through these two points, and if it does not overlap, it is sent to the deformation calculation unit 100 as it is. While obtaining the crossing line segment, the intersection coordinates of the line segment and the boundary straight line are newly added as coordinate data. For example, in the deformation menu of FIG. 6A, since the deformations 1, 2, 3, and 4 are all symmetrically bent in the center, the size of the deformation region (x direction × y direction) ) Is (t × s), the boundary line information is represented by two points (t / 2, 0) and (t / 2, s). FIG. 9 shows a method of area correction. As shown in FIG. 8, in the case of the example figure, the size t × s of the deformation area is 42 × 12.
Therefore, the two coordinate points of the boundary line information are (21, 0) and (21
, 12). In this example, "T""E""S"
Although “T” is not on the boundary line, the boundary line overlaps the background rectangle, so that the rectangular outline data is the boundary correction unit 106.
Is processed in. FIG. 9 shows how the coordinate data of the background rectangle is added. FIG. 9A shows rectangular data after area processing. The rectangle consists of 5 pieces of coordinate data representing 4 line segments. First, from the start point (1, 1) to the second point (1, 1, 1)
Since the line segment whose end point is 1) does not intersect the boundary line, the line segment between the second to third points (41, 11) intersects the boundary line, so the intersection point (21, 11) is newly added. Is added as coordinate point data between the two points. Similarly, from the fourth point (41, 1) to the fifth end point (1,
The intersection point coordinates (21, 1) with the boundary line are added during 1) to rewrite the outline data as shown in FIG. 9B. When the correction is performed in this way and then the deformation is performed by the coordinate movement, a desired shape is obtained as shown in FIG. When a curve is used for the outline data as in the present apparatus, the above processing is performed after changing the curve data into straight line data. For example, when the cubic Bezier curve segment represented by point 1, point a, point b, and point 2 is on the boundary line as shown in FIG. 10A, the points 1 and a are set as end points. Since the boundary line intersects with a line segment or a line segment having the point b and the point 2 as an end point, it is understood that this curve needs to be divided and corrected. Since a cubic curve is used in this device, one curve is approximated by four or more straight lines. That is, as shown in FIG. 10B, the points 3, 4 and 5 are calculated, and the Bezier curve control point point a,
Replace with point b and remove curve code data. Then, as shown in FIG. 10C, an intersection with the boundary line is obtained for each of the divided straight line segments and added to the outline data. In this way, the curved portion can also be area-corrected.

When the correction is completed, the transformation calculation unit 100 performs transformation calculation on each coordinate data. The transformation operation is to move the coordinates of the outline data so that the transformation area has the shape designated by the transformation designating section 5. As shown in FIG. 11, the arithmetic unit of this apparatus has three arithmetic circuits 724, 725, and 726, and each performs a transformation operation represented by the equations to equations in FIG. Of the deformed shapes shown in the menu of FIG. 6A, the modifications 1 and 2 are expressions, the modifications 3 and 4 are expressions, and the modifications 5 and 6 can be realized by coordinate movement calculation by the expressions. The calculation controller 71 switches the switch 77 according to the calculation to be used in accordance with the instruction from the transformation designating section 5 and sets the parameters used for the calculation. The data control unit 73 controls so that the code data other than the coordinate points of the outline data is not operated. In addition, the complementary line correction unit 74 prevents the calculation of the code data,
When transforming a straight part of a figure into a curve,
The straight line complementing portion of the outline data is a portion for correcting so as to express a curve. In the equation, t and s are the sizes of the deformation area in the x direction and the y direction, and w is the deformation degree input by the deformation designating unit 5. For deformation degrees 1 to 10, 0.2, 0.4, It takes a value of 10 steps of 0.6, ... 2.0. Here, when the deformed shape is already selected by the deformation designation unit 5, the corresponding t, s, and w parameters are set,
The switch 76 is also switched. The region-processed outline data is processed by the deforming unit 100 to have a desired shape. Then, the position subtraction unit 105
At, the relative position added before the deformation processing is subtracted, and each figure data is restored. Then, the deformed outline data output to the data buffer 8 is expanded into dot data in the display buffer 10 by the expansion unit 9 and transferred to the display unit 11 for display as in the case of no deformation. When the data shown in FIG. 9B is transformed, the data is bent at the boundary as shown in FIG. 9C. When the above process is applied to all the figures in the area, that is, the background rectangles "T", "E", "S", and "T", the figure transformed into a desired shape as shown in FIG. Characters can be displayed.

Next, the edging creating section 16 will be described.
The edging creating unit 16 creates and displays the edging dot data of the graphic according to the user's instruction. The edging is, for example, as shown in FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b), when the outline data graphic is expanded and displayed on a certain pattern or on another graphic, it may be difficult to see the outline data. Three
A frame for displaying characters or figures in an easy-to-see manner by surrounding them with a different color from the outline data figure displayed as shown in (c) or FIG. is there. When the user gives a border display instruction, the border creation unit 16 first creates and displays the dot data of the border graphic in the display buffer 10 before expanding the outline data in the data buffer 8. Border creation part 1
6 draws a curved line or a straight line for interpolating the coordinate points of the outline data on the bitmap memory as in the expanding unit 9, to create an outline figure, but the expanding unit 9 outlines a line with a thickness of 1 dot. In contrast to creating dot data for display by drawing a line and filling the inside,
Draw a thick outline to create a border. That is,
The edging creation unit 14 stores a matrix of brush tips having different sizes as shown in FIG. 13A, and selects one of the brush tips according to the size of the figure to be displayed.
Then, as shown in FIG. 13B, when the graphic contour is drawn on the display buffer 10 so that the brush tip is shifted by one dot, the dot data of the border of FIG. 13C can be created. This bordered dot data is displayed on the display unit 11
And is displayed in a color different from the figure as shown in FIG. After that, when the graphic data expanded by the expansion unit 9 is displayed on top of it, it can be displayed easily on a graphic with a pattern as shown in FIG. 14B. Also, if the figure to be bordered is a character font, prepare various shapes such as circles and rectangles as the brush tip for creating the above border, and use a rectangular brush tip to display a square Gothic font. For Gothic type, use a round brush tip, etc., depending on the type of font, and create a border with a suitable shape.

FIG. 15 shows another example of the edging creation section 16. In this case, the outline is created from the dot data after the outline data is developed. As shown in FIG. 16 (a), the developed dot pattern is displayed in a color different from that of the figure so as to be shifted four times from the original display position in the upper right direction, the upper left direction, the lower right direction, and the lower left direction so as to overlap four times. Then, an edge can be formed as shown in FIG. Alternatively, it may be displayed eight times in a row by shifting in four directions by adding vertical and horizontal directions. When the graphic data is drawn and displayed on it, a graphic with a border can be displayed as shown in FIG. The width of the edging can be widened or narrowed by increasing or decreasing the shifting method.

The above-mentioned edging is not limited to the case where figures and characters overlap each other, or the case where characters and figures are placed on the background image, and a part of the document is modified by knitting with a general document creator such as WP or a desktop publishing system. Can also be used when Further, when the characters are shaded from above, the edging pattern may be used as a shaded mask pattern. That is, when shading is performed, even if a shaded pattern is created by masking the above-described bordered figure portion on the bit map memory and displaying it on the display unit from above the figure, FIG. ) Can be created.

[0020]

According to the present invention, a character or a figure can be transformed into a shape having a fold line or a shift, and can be displayed easily on a pattern or a background image.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a character / graphics processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of outline data used in the character / graphics processing device of FIG.

3A and 3B are diagrams showing an example of a figure and a character string modification by the character / graphics processing apparatus of FIG. 1 and a diagram showing an example of a figure and a character string modification by a conventional apparatus.

4 is a diagram showing an example of a display information table used in the character / graphics processing device in FIG.

5 is a configuration diagram showing details of a deformation designating unit 5 of the character / graphics processing device in FIG. 1. FIG.

6 is a diagram showing an example of a deformation menu for selecting a deformed shape used in the apparatus of FIG.

7 is a diagram showing a modified example of a figure and a character by the conventional apparatus and the character and figure processing apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a figure and a character having a boundary line.

9 is an explanatory diagram of an operation of the boundary correction unit 106 in FIG.

10 is an explanatory diagram of an operation of the boundary correction unit 106 in FIG.

FIG. 11 is a detailed diagram of a transformation calculation unit 100 in FIG.

12 is a diagram showing an example of a modified arithmetic expression used in the character / graphics processing device of FIG.

13 is a diagram showing an example of a brush tip pattern matrix used by the edging creation unit 16 of FIG.

14 is an explanatory diagram of an operation of the edging creation unit 16 of FIG.

FIG. 15 is a configuration diagram showing another embodiment of the edging creation unit 16.

16 is an explanatory diagram of an operation of the edging creation unit 16 of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Input unit, 2 ... Input interface unit, 3 ... Data selection unit, 4 ... Outline data storage unit, 5 ... Deformation designation unit, 6 ... Data buffer, 7 ... Deformation unit, 8 ... Data buffer, 9 ... Expansion unit, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Display buffer, 11 ... Display part, 12 ... Area setting part, 13 ... Enlargement / reduction part, 14 ... Display position setting part, 15 ... Changeover switch, 16 ... Border creation part, 100 ... Arithmetic part, 101 ... Relative position calculation Part, 102
... position addition unit, 105 ... position subtraction unit, 106 ... boundary correction unit.

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁵ Identification number Internal reference number FI Technical indication location G09G 5/36 8121-5G (72) Inventor Yasumasa Matsuda 292 Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Hitachi, Ltd. Microelectronics Device Development Laboratory

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A display device for displaying characters or graphics on a display area, and pattern data encoded in dot format for displaying outline data for encoding the characters or graphics in vector format on the display device. Display conversion means for converting to, storage means for storing the outline data, transformation target designating means for designating a character or figure to be transformed by an external instruction, and the character or figure designated as the transformation target Deformation area setting means for setting a certain area on the display area included in all as a deformation area, deformation designation means for designating the deformed shape of the deformation area by an external instruction, the character or figure in the deformation area Outline data of the character or figure in the transformation area is read out from the storage means. Transforming means for transforming the set transforming area into the transforming shape designated by the transforming means, and outline data of the deformed shape and the transformed characters or figures. A character / graphics processing device comprising a modified display conversion unit for converting the pattern data by the display conversion unit and displaying the pattern data on the display device. 2. The deformation designating means comprises means for outputting the designated deformed shape as a parameter value given to a transformation formula for a transformation calculation, and the transformation means includes a shape of each figure or character in the transformation area. A means for calculating a relative position with respect to the deformation area, a means for adding the calculated relative position to outline data of a figure or a character, and a deformation operation in which the added outline data is set with a deformation parameter output by the deformation designating means. 2. The character / graphics processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for performing deformation of a character or a graphic. 3. The transforming means comprises an arithmetic unit storing a plurality of transforming expressions, wherein the transforming designating means designates a transforming expression to use the designated deformed shape for transforming operation. 3. The character / graphics processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising means for outputting a parameter value to be set. 4. The character graphic processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the deforming means comprises means for adjusting a parameter value to be output according to the size of the deformation area rectangle. 5. The deforming means is a deforming calculating means for providing an effect of deforming into a shape having a boundary line such as a fold line or a shift, and the outline data of a graphic located on the boundary line, the intersection of the boundary line and the graphic contour line. 5. The character / graphics processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for adding coordinates. 6. A display device for displaying characters or graphics on a display area, and pattern data encoded in dot format for displaying outline data for encoding the characters or graphics in vector format on the display device. Display conversion means for converting to, storage means for storing the outline data, and outline data of the character or figure is converted into pattern data by the display conversion means, and coded in dot format of the character or figure A character / graphics processing device comprising: a modified display conversion means for creating pattern data in a dot format with respect to a fringed graphic framing the pattern data and displaying the pattern data on the display device. 7. The character / graphics processing apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising means for displaying the border graphic on the display device in a color different from that of the character or graphic. 8. The character / graphics processing apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising means for changing the edging width of the edging graphic according to the size of the displayed character or graphic. 9. A step of converting outline data for encoding a character or a figure in a vector format into pattern data encoded in a dot format and displaying the pattern data on a display area, the display to be transformed by an external instruction. A step of designating a character or a figure on the area; a step of setting a certain area on the display area which includes all of the characters or figures designated as a transformation target as a transformation area; A step of designating a deformed shape, a step of performing a deforming operation on coordinate point information of outline data of the character or a figure in the deformed area, a step of deforming the set deformed area into the deformed shape, a step of performing the deforming operation Display the outline data of the character or figure calculated in Character or deformation processing method for graphic, characterized in that it comprises the step of converting the over data, displayed on the display area. 10. The method further comprises the step of creating a dot-shaped pattern of a fringed graphic that borders around the character or graphic; and displaying the fringed graphic on the display area according to the pattern data. The character or graphic transformation processing method according to claim 9.