JPH06234201A - Letter composing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a letter composing device capable of processing letter composition with simple operation in addition to a dialogical letter input by a method wherein a letter composing information is produced based on letter information, writing type information, composing regulation information and individual font attributive information to indicate the result of the composition CONSTITUTION:The main body of device is capable of correcting the result of composition, indicated on an indicating picture, dialogically. A letter composition, capable of being indicated on the indicating picture, is set as a plurality of stage structures in a means 11 while a letter information, indicated in the letter composition area, is inputted by a means 12. A writing type information with respect to the composition of letters is set in a means 13 and information with respect to the regulation of composition is set in a means 14 while individual font attributive information with respect to the letter information is set in a means 15. Further, letter composition information with respect to a letter composing area is produced in a means 16 based on respective these informations. Then, the result of composition is indicated on the indicating picture by a means 17 based on the letter composition information.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a character typesetting device, and more particularly to a character typesetting device capable of interactively performing character input processing and character typesetting processing on a display screen.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, character typesetting for high-quality printed matter is based on CTS (Computerized Type).
setting system).
In this CTS, a typesetting dedicated command is inserted into the character text information of the typesetting processing program and input, the typesetting operation is performed based on this typesetting dedicated command, and the processing result is converted into a format exclusively for computer typesetting machines. I was outputting to photographic paper with an output machine. It is a batch typesetting that batch-processes a large amount of character information.

Further, in recent years, in DTP (Desk Top Publishing) using a small computer, characters have been interactively input and characters have been typeset. Then, the typesetting result is displayed on the display device (CR
It was displayed and output in T). DTP like this
By WYSIWYG (What You SeeIs
What You Get) is realized.
This interactive typesetting does not require knowledge of typesetting instructions.

[0004]

However, in the former CTS system, when character typesetting is performed, it is premised that the typesetting data is created by incorporating a typesetting dedicated instruction into the character text for processing. .
Therefore, in order to obtain a desired character typesetting, the worker needs to be familiar with the function of the typesetting dedicated instruction and the method of combining the instructions. As a result, a considerable amount of knowledge and experience is required for the operator to obtain the desired typesetting result. Further, even a worker who has such knowledge has a huge work load related to the data creation. This is because, for example, various CTS systems have different typesetting instructions, and it is difficult to know all of them. Further, since this CTS system is not interactive, there is a problem that it is necessary to prepare all the information before creating the formatted data. Further, the result of the typesetting process is unknown until it is output to the photographic paper, and when the result is to be corrected or changed, it is necessary to redo from the first step of incorporating the typesetting dedicated instruction. In particular, it is necessary to correct a considerable amount of characters in the printing process, and this correction causes a problem that a large amount of processing is required even in the typesetting operation.

Further, in the current printed matter, when the typesetting process is performed, character typesetting is performed without checking the final image, so that the result of the character typesetting cannot be confirmed unless it is output to photographic paper or the like. It was a result. Therefore, the intermediate material was wasted.

Further, even in the latter case, in order to obtain a high-quality printed matter, it is necessary to use a program with a high degree of content, but there is no such program, and as a result, a high-quality printed matter is obtained. Couldn't get For example, it is possible to perform simple prohibition processing, character filling processing, etc., but complicated processing such as character filling processing for each character or typeface required by commercial printed materials cannot be performed. Even if the character typesetting area is set, additional information (typeface, series, etc.) is set for the character to be input, so it is necessary to repeatedly set the additional information for each character input, which is a troublesome operation. , Treatment was required. Further, the setting of the character typesetting area is only done on the single graphic plane, and the high-level character typesetting processing cannot be performed. further,
Since it does not have information indicating the relationship between such character information, format information, character typesetting area information, etc., for example, when the character information is partially modified, the format information is also retained in order to retain the structure as a sentence. It was necessary to correct it at the same time. As a result, it is not suitable for the typesetting process in which a large amount of character information is batch processed.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a character typesetting device capable of performing character typesetting processing on sequentially input character texts by a simple operation in addition to interactive character input. I am trying.

[0008]

A character typesetting apparatus according to claim 1 is a character typesetting apparatus capable of interactively correcting a typesetting result displayed on a display screen as shown in FIG. A typesetting area setting means 11 capable of setting a character typesetting area which can be displayed on the display screen as a plurality of hierarchical structures (a plurality of different planes), and a character information input means 12 capable of inputting character information to be displayed in the character typesetting area. A format information setting means 13 for setting format information about a character set in this character typesetting area; a typesetting rule information setting means 14 for setting information about a typesetting rule in this character typesetting area;
Font attribute information setting means 15 for setting individual font attribute information regarding the above character information, and these character information,
Character typesetting information creating means 16 for creating character typesetting information for the character typesetting area based on format information, typesetting rule information, and individual font attribute information, and display means for displaying a typesetting result on a display screen based on the character typesetting information. 17 and 17.

The character typesetting device according to claim 2 is
The character typesetting device according to claim 1, wherein the condition determination processing means 19 performs the reconstruction of the typesetting area according to a plurality of condition determination information so that the character information is contained in the typesetting area set by the typesetting area setting means 11. Is equipped with.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the character typesetting apparatus, the character typesetting apparatus has a hierarchical structure based on the layers set by the typesetting area setting means, and a block structure in which the relationship between the layers is defined. A block structure data creating means 20 for creating the above-mentioned character typesetting information as data is provided.

[0011]

In the character typesetting device according to the first aspect, when performing layout design or layout simulation of a leaflet, a catalog or the like while referring to the display screen, a character information input means 12 such as a keyboard is used for the character typesetting area. When the character information is sequentially input, the typesetting result is displayed on the display screen in real time. As a result, you can interactively typeset,
The correction can be easily performed. Therefore, the work load can be reduced. In this character typesetting process, after setting the typesetting area, not only the character information but also the format information, the typesetting rule information, the font attribute information, etc. can be set, so that a high-level character typesetting process can be performed. As a result, it is possible to easily obtain a high-quality printed matter.

Further, in the character typesetting device according to the second aspect, the condition determination processing means 19 allows a plurality of pieces of condition determination information so that the character information is contained within the typesetting area set by the typesetting area setting means 11. According to the above, the typesetting area is reconstructed. As a result, it is possible to reliably store the character information in the set typesetting area.

In the character typesetting device according to the third aspect, the block structure data creating means 20 creates the character typesetting information as block structure data. The block structure data has a hierarchical structure corresponding to each layer set by the typesetting area setting unit 11, and defines the relationship between the layers. Then, the typesetting operation processing is performed based on this block structure data. As a result, it is possible to prevent the correction of unnatural or unsatisfied sentences from being made in this typesetting operation process. At the same time, it is possible to prevent data from being redundantly held in the character typesetting information, and to reduce the amount of data to be held.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A character typesetting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 2 to 12 are for explaining a character typesetting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the structure of this apparatus will be described. Figure 2
As shown in FIG.
A data processing unit 21 including a computer (CPU) and the like, an interactive input device 22 including a keyboard and a mouse, a CRT 23 that is a display device, a printer 24 that outputs a typesetting result, and a floppy disk driver, for example. And an auxiliary storage device 25 including the above. The auxiliary storage device 25 also functions as an auxiliary input device for data.

The data processing unit 21 will be described in detail. The data processing unit 21 includes a character input information processing unit 21A, a format information setting storage unit 21B, a typesetting rule storage unit 21C, a character font attribute information storage unit 21D, and a typesetting area. Creation unit 21
E, typesetting area reprocessing unit 21F, condition determination processing unit 21G,
Typesetting operation unit 21H, display processing unit 21I, block structure data creation unit 21K, block structure data changing unit 21L.
Is configured.

The character information processing unit 21A performs a process of converting a character text input by the interactive input device 22 such as the keyboard or the auxiliary storage device 25 into an internal code. Here, the character information is character string information including character code information.

The format information setting storage unit 21B stores format information. Here, the format information is basic character set style information required for character typesetting, and includes the following items such as the direction of typesetting. That is, the assembly direction is information of vertical composition or horizontal composition. The set size is the X direction of the set area (area represented by the XY plane), Y
Each size in the direction. The top / bottom left / right space is the top / bottom left / right space size of the plate and the combined area. The alignment method is the horizontal or vertical alignment of the printing plates. For example, on the left,
Center, right. The typeface is the name of each typeface used in Japanese, Kana, European, and numbers. The character size is the basic character size. The inter-character value is a value of an interval for each character. The number of characters to be packed is the number of characters to be included in one line. The line spacing value is a value of a space for each line. The number of lines is the number of lines in the composition area. The prohibition type is a type of prohibition processing. For example, priority is given to eviction and priority to eviction. The baseline position is a baseline position in a Roman character. Therefore, the format information setting storage unit 21B sequentially sets and stores these format information. As the format information to be set, it is not necessary to set all the above items (assembly direction, etc.), and necessary information is set appropriately. Items that are not set are internally calculated using default values. When the sequential setting of such items is completed, this is stored and stored as one format information in, for example, the internal memory or the external memory. Needless to say, it is possible to set and register a plurality of format information. The setting method is, for example, the above-mentioned CR.
The T23 screen is used to display and set a tabular menu for each item.

The typesetting rule storage unit 21C is composed of two types of data, namely, data describing the character feed amount of each character, the presence or absence of division, and data describing prohibited character types according to the input character string. It is something. As illustrated in FIG. 5, in the prohibited species table, the prohibited character codes are described in the table, and for each of the codes, the attribute type is "1" when applicable and "0" when not applicable, They are assigned respectively. If the character exists in the prohibition table, processing such as prohibition at the beginning of the line corresponding to the character is performed. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the typesetting rule table includes a feed amount between characters and a positive / negative adjustment value with respect to the feed amount for each combination of a character that is currently subject to typesetting and a character that comes next. It describes information for determining whether or not the character can be divided. In the section of the relevant character and the next character, not the character code but the classification category to which the character belongs is described. The set feed amount is assigned by the combination of the current character and the next character, the coordinate for each character is determined, and if the possibility of division is "NO", division prohibition processing is performed between the characters. Is.
As the character type classification category, for example, “0” is a general character, “1” is a non-starting character, “2” is a raised bracket, “3” is another raised bracket, and “4” is an accepted bracket, Punctuation marks, "5" is other accepted angle brackets,
"6" is quater (double-byte space), "7" is European
"8" is a space between European languages, "9" is a space at the beginning of a paragraph, "10" is the beginning of a line, and "11" is the end of a line. Based on the two types of tables defined in this way, prohibition processing and adjustment of character spacing are performed while searching these tables each time character code information is input.

The character font attribute information storage unit 21D holds information regarding the size of each character for each typeface used. Then, with respect to the character text input by the interactive input device 22 or the auxiliary storage device 25, the character font attribute is set according to the format information designated or preset by the format information setting storage section 21B. Specifically, X for each character
Direction and Y direction character width information, and character size in the X and Y directions are set and stored. At the time of typesetting,
The layout coordinates for a character are determined with reference to the size of each character for each typeface. For example, FIG. 7 shows a font attribute table, and FIG. 9 shows a case where a character filling process is performed based on the character face information and the character width information for this character. Note that the conventional DTP has only the character size information indicated by the virtual body for each character.

The typesetting area creating section 21E performs setting processing of the graphic area set by the interactive input device 22. 3 and 4 show the set area. That is, the sub areas 1 to 4 can be set for the basic area 31 that can be displayed on the screen of the CRT 23 (FIG. 3), or the line area 42 can be set in the typesetting step area 41, and the line area 42 can be set in the line area 42. It is possible to set the character area 43.

The typesetting area reprocessing unit 21F resets the typesetting area when a change command for the existing area is input. After resetting, the typesetting operation section 21H described later
At, the formatting operation processing is performed again.

The condition judgment processing section 21G reconstructs the typesetting area according to the set condition judgment information when all the text to be typeset cannot fit in the previously set typesetting area. is there. As shown in FIG. 8, the condition determination information has processing procedures set for some conditions. As the conditions and the processing procedure, it is assumed that a plurality of cases are set such that the hierarchy of the area such as the basic area, the sub area, and the row area is different. For example, assuming that the area is set as shown in FIG. 4, when it is desired to secure more character areas in the line area, the condition judgment information is set so that the character area to be newly inserted can fit in the line area. Therefore, the coordinates and size of each character area are recalculated.

The typesetting operation section 21H is a typesetting rule storage section 21.
The optimum layout condition for the character text determined based on the C typesetting rule information is determined and the typesetting operation is performed. In this typesetting operation, if the typesetting condition does not match the existing area, the condition determining processing unit 21G resets the typesetting condition and the typesetting operation unit 21H performs the typesetting operation process again.

The display processing section 21I performs display processing based on the result of the calculation processing of the typesetting calculation section 21H.

The block structure data creation section 21K includes the typesetting area creation section 21E such as character information and format information input from the interactive input device 22 or the auxiliary storage device 25.
It is assumed that the typesetting area information created in step 1 is converted into block structure data. As shown in FIG. 10, the block structure data is created in a plurality of hierarchical structures, and is sequentially formed as a basic area 1001, a sub area 1002, a step area 1003, a line area 1004, and a character area 1005 from the top. For example, the basic area 1001 is a plurality of sub areas 1002.
Accordingly, one sub-region 1002 is a plurality of step regions 100.
3, one column area 1003 is a plurality of row areas 100.
4, one line area 1004 is a plurality of character areas 10
05, respectively. In addition,
The basic area 1001 corresponds to the basic area 31 and the sub area 10
02 corresponds to the sub-area shown in FIG. 3, the step area 1003 corresponds to the typesetting step area 41 shown in FIG. 4, the line area 1004 corresponds to the line area 42, and the character area 1005 corresponds to the character area 43. .

Then, these areas (blocks) 100
1 to 1005, each area is configured to have the data shown in FIG. 11, respectively. For example, each character area 1005 has these data. The area type indicates the type of each area (basic area, sub area, step area, line area, character area). The area information indicates the size, position, etc. of the area (1001 to 1005). The format information indicates the format information such as the vertical composition. In addition, the character information is the character area 1
Only 005 has data, such as character code, character size, and character information. Furthermore, the upper and lower link information indicates the relationship between layers, for example, the relationship between the character area 1005 and the line area 1004. Similarly, the front and rear link information indicates a front-back relationship between the same layers, for example, a plurality of character areas 1005. Also,
The basic area 1001 and the sub area 1002 can be arbitrarily set by the user using the interactive input device 22 or the like. The typesetting operation section 21H performs typesetting processing based on this block structure data.

The block structure data changing means 21L changes the data (FIG. 11) in each area of each hierarchy when the block input data is changed by the interactive input device 22 or the like.

The interactive input device 22 is capable of inputting the above-mentioned character information and the like. For example, Japanese F
An EP (Front End Processor) can be used.

The CRT 23 is preferably of a type capable of color display. In addition to the above, an LCD or the like can be used as the display means.

The printer 24 prints out the typesetting result. Various printers can be used.
Although other output devices are not shown in the figure, in this device, the typesetting result can be, for example, an FD output or can be stored in an external storage device or the like.

The auxiliary storage device 25 comprises, for example, a floppy disk driver or the like. In addition, this auxiliary storage device 25
Also functions as an auxiliary input device for data.

Next, the operation of the character typesetting apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, the character typesetting area is set using the mouse constituting the interactive input device 22 (S1201). Here, the set area is stored as internal graphic information. in this case,
Whether or not the format information is set is checked (S1202), and if the format information is set by the operator, it is based on the format information, and if it is not set, the basic format information held in advance by the character typesetting device is used. Based on this, internal areas to be sequentially arranged in the typesetting area are created (S120).
3).

Here, the typesetting area in this apparatus is set as a hierarchical structure as shown in FIG.
For example, if the area set in the step of creating a character typesetting area (S1201) is a basic area or a sub area, and if the character size or line feed is set in the format information, the step area to be arranged in the sub area , A line area, and a character area are created.

When the character texts are sequentially input (S1204), the attribute information uniquely held by the character font is set as the accompanying information of the character texts (S1205). Based on the accompanying information, the corresponding information is read in order regarding the format information and the typesetting rule information held internally. Then, these pieces of information are set as the typesetting rule information (S1206). Furthermore, block structure data (FIG. 11) is created based on these pieces of information (S1207). Further, these pieces of information are sequentially supplied to the typesetting operation unit 21H as block structure data, and the typesetting operation process is performed based on this block structure data (S1208).

Then, each of these processes (S1203 to S1203)
1208), the display processing is performed in the display processing unit 21I in the order in which the arrangement position is determined (from the confirmed portion of the coordinate area) and is displayed on the CRT 23 (S120).
9). The arranged area is stored as information in a specific area (memory) of the typesetting operation unit 21H. When the subsequent character information is input to the typesetting operation unit 21H, the recalculation is performed together with the information held in the already arranged character area.

Here, when the arranged character overflows from the line area which is the area above it, the condition judgment function (S12
By 10), the existing area is reconstructed based on the existing typesetting conditions and the area information, and the typesetting operation processing is performed again (S1208).
Shall be performed. This typesetting operation process is repeated until it falls within the upper area (S1208 to S1210).

When the operator inputs a change command for the existing area, that is, when the block structure data is changed (S1211), the lower area of the area for which the change instruction has been made is changed to the upper area. Reconstruction is performed based on the
1208) is performed. In addition, when performing character correction, for example, by the operator selecting and designating an arbitrary character section,
The characters are corrected by sequentially changing the arrangement conditions of the areas. By the way, in this typesetting operation processing, since the operation processing is performed based on the block structure data, when a correction input that makes the structure of the sentence unnatural or unsuccessful is made, this is processed as upper and lower link information, You can check based on the front and back link information. Then, in such a case, it is possible to display and warn the user not to make changes and corrections. In this case, since the present device performs arithmetic processing based on the block structure data, for example, when the character information is partially corrected,
By changing part of this block information data,
It is easy to maintain the structure as text. Therefore, the present apparatus can be said to be optimal for typesetting processing in which a large amount of character information is batch processed.

Further, in this character typesetting device, character texts are input and sequentially displayed from the confirmed portion.
Therefore, if the character information set in the middle of the processing is changed, the display processing is performed thereafter based on the changed character information. By repeating the above operation, the typesetting editing process is performed interactively while checking the typeset image on the CRT 23 screen (S1212). It goes without saying that the typesetting result can be stored in the floppy disk or can be output by the printer 24.

[0040]

According to the present invention, character typesetting processing can be performed by interactive character input. At the same time, it is possible to correct the character texts sequentially input by a simple operation. Then, it becomes possible to prevent corrections and changes that destroy the structure of the sentence in advance. Further, batch processing can be performed on a large amount of character information. In this case, the amount of data held can also be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a character typesetting device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a character typesetting device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a character typesetting area of the character typesetting device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a character typesetting area of the character typesetting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a prohibited type table held by the character typesetting device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a typesetting rule table held by a character typesetting device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a font attribute table held by the character typesetting device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of condition determination information held by the character typesetting device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining a character filling process of the character typesetting device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram for explaining block structure data when performing a typesetting operation process in the character typesetting device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining the content of data included in each area in the character typesetting device according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the character typesetting device according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Typesetting Area Setting Means 12 Character Information Inputting Means 13 Format Information Setting Means 14 Formatting Rule Information Setting Means 15 Font Attribute Information Setting Means 16 Character Typesetting Information Creating Means 17 Displaying Means 19 Condition Judgment Processing Means 20 Block Structure Data Creating Means

Front page continuation (72) Inventor Katsumi Sakai 4-2-1 Kashiwaza, Ageo City, Saitama Prefecture

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A character typesetting device capable of interactively correcting a typesetting result displayed on a display screen, wherein a typesetting region setting capable of setting a character typesetting region displayable on the display screen as a plurality of hierarchical structures. Means, character information input means capable of inputting character information to be displayed in this character typesetting area, format information setting means for setting format information relating to a character set to this character typesetting area, and to this character typesetting area Formatting rule information setting means for setting information on formatting rules, font attribute information setting means for setting individual font attribute information on the above character information, and based on these character information, format information, formatting rule information, individual font attribute information A character typesetting information creating means for creating character typesetting information for the character typesetting area, and a typesetting result display image based on the character typesetting information. Typesetting apparatus characterized by having a display means for displaying. 2. The character typesetting device reconstructs the character typesetting area according to a plurality of pieces of condition determination information so that the character information fits within the character typesetting area set by the typesetting area setting means. Claim 1 provided with
Character typesetting device described in. 3. The character typesetting device creates the character typesetting information as a block structure data having a hierarchical structure based on a layer set by the typesetting area setting means and defining a relationship between layers. The character typesetting device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising block structure data creating means.