JPH10291343A - Method and system for managing font data and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance the efficiency of data processing work by designing a plurality of fonts to be merged in order to output all character data of a desired code system to be outputted as one file, making an output data file where the fonts of a desired code system are merged into one and outputting the data file thus made. SOLUTION: A data of character code, for example, is inputted on a keyboard 5 to a control section 4 in order to designate fonts to be merged and a CPU 1 counts the number of fonts before making a decision whether designation of merge font has ended. When a decision is made that the designation has ended, characters constituting a code system are retrieved among the merge fonts and a decision is made whether it is present. When a decision is made that it is present, a character data file is made and the CPU 1 counts the number of characters. When a decision is made that it is not present, characters are retrieved from a next font and if the counted number of characters is equal to the number of characters constituting a code system designated at first, the file is outputted to a display 7, a printer 11, or the like.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for managing font data, and a recording medium.
The present invention relates to a font data management method and apparatus suitable for managing fonts in an information processing system and the like, and a recording medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a European font, characters that are dependent on a typeface and characters that are not dependent on the typeface are mixed. It is contained in the system.

[0003] As a specific example, a Western font includes symbols and alphabets, and among them, the alphabets can be said to be subordinate to the fonts because the design differs depending on the fonts. On the other hand, symbols (for example, =,
+, <,>) Can be said to be independent of typefaces because they are designed to be used in common with all typefaces.

[0004] At present, characters dependent on typefaces are different for each typeface (for example, Roman, Cothic, Courier).
And fonts that are not subordinate to the font are managed as separate fonts (for example, fonts such as Symbol and Dingbats). In a coding system that becomes an industry standard, these two types of characters are contained in one coding system.

[0005]

However, when a file is output, one font is output for one code system. Therefore, a desired code system is divided into a plurality of necessary code systems and a new code system is newly created. The system is created and output to separate files. After the output, a separate program for fusing the files divided and output is created, and the files are fused by the separate program to obtain a font having a desired code system.

Therefore, when it is desired to output a European font having a desired code system, it is necessary to temporarily divide the desired code system and create a new code system.
There is a point that each output file has to be merged through another program, which causes a problem that double labor is required.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to output a character having a desired code system by merging a plurality of fonts necessary for the character into one file and outputting the same. It is an object of the present invention to provide a font data management method and apparatus capable of improving efficiency, and a recording medium.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a font data management method for managing font data so that character data of a desired code system can be output, comprising the steps of designating a desired code system to be output. Specifying a plurality of fonts to be merged in order to output all character data of the desired code system as one file;
Referring to the character data of the desired code system from the plurality of designated fonts, and creating an output data file in which the plurality of fonts of the desired code system are merged into one; Outputting an output data file consisting of character data of a desired code system in which fonts are merged into one.

The present invention also relates to a font data management device for managing font data so that character data of a desired code system can be output, comprising: means for designating a desired code system to be output; Means for designating a plurality of fonts to be merged in order to output all character data of the coding system as one file; and referring to character data of the desired coding system from the plurality of designated fonts, Means for creating an output data file in which a plurality of fonts having the same code system are merged into one, and means for outputting an output data file comprising character data having a desired code system in which the plurality of fonts are merged into one To constitute a font data management device.

Further, the present invention is a recording medium recording a font data management program for managing font data so that character data of a desired code system can be output, wherein the font data management program is stored in a computer. , A desired code system to be output is designated, a plurality of fonts to be merged in order to output all the character data of the desired code system as one file are designated, and the character data of the desired code system is designated by the designated character data. An output data file in which a plurality of fonts of the desired code system are merged into one by referring to a plurality of fonts is created, and the plurality of fonts are merged into one and character data of the desired code system is created. Output data file can be output.

Here, in each of the above inventions, the plurality of fonts to be merged may be prioritized to determine the reference order of character data.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
It will be described based on.

First, an outline of the overall configuration of the information processing system will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 2 shows a basic configuration of an information processing system (graphic processing apparatus) to which the present invention is applied. The information processing system may be a Japanese word processor or a system such as a workstation or a personal computer.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a CPU, that is, a central processing unit, which controls the entire apparatus, performs arithmetic processing, and the like.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a ROM, that is, a read-only memory. The ROM 2 stores a system startup program, character data, and the like.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a RAM, that is, a random access memory.
Temporarily stores the operation result.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a keyboard control unit which receives key input data (character codes and control codes) from the keyboard 5 and transmits it to the CPU 1.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a display control unit.
Is read out, that is, the bitmap image converted from the character code is read and transferred to the display 7.

The display 7 includes a display control unit 6
Receives a bitmap image and displays it on the display screen.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a disk control unit which controls data transmission of the external storage device 9 and the like.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a floppy disk (FD) 9a, a hard disk (HD) 9b, or a CDRO.
An external storage device such as M9c. In the external storage device 9,
The program and data are stored, and the CPU 1 refers to the stored data as necessary or
To load.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a printer control unit.
1 is performed.

A system bus 12 transfers data between the above-described components.

FIG. 3 shows the configuration of a memory area in the processing of the entire information processing system.

Reference numeral 40 denotes a memory map of the basic I / O program. Reference numeral 41 denotes a state in which an operating system such as a window system is loaded on the RAM 3 and becomes executable. Reference numeral 42 denotes a memory map in a state where the font data management program of the present invention has been loaded into the RAM 3 and has become executable. 43 indicates that the related data is R
This is a memory map in a state where it is loaded into the AM 3 and becomes executable. Reference numeral 44 denotes a memory map of a work area used by each program.

This device comprises a basic I / O program 40, an operating system 41 such as a window system,
The operation is performed by executing the application 42 serving as the processing of the present invention.

That is, the basic I / O program 40
It is stored in the ROM 2. The operating system 41 is stored on the hard disk 9b. When the power is turned on, the basic I / O program 40
IPL (Initialize Program Loading)
By the function, the operating system 41 is read from the hard disk 9b into the RAM 3, and the operation is started.

FIG. 4 shows a floppy disk 9a or C which stores a font data management program and related data.
3 shows a content configuration of a recording medium 50 representing the D-ROM 9c and the like. 51 is volume information and 52 is directory information. 53 is an execution file of the font data management program. Reference numeral 54 denotes a related data file of the font data management program.

FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing that the font data management program and related data can be supplied from the recording medium 50 to the information processing system.

Reference numeral 61 denotes a personal computer as the information processing system. 62 is a floppy disk drive and 63 is a floppy disk (same as 9a described above). Floppy disk 9a or CD-R
By once installing the program and related data from the OM 9c to the hard disk 9b, the program and the related data can be loaded from the hard disk 9b to the RAM 3 and executed. Alternatively, the floppy disk 9a or CD-
It is also possible to load from the ROM 9c to the RAM 3 and execute it.

Next, a processing example of the information processing system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a procedure executed by the CPU 1 of the graphic processing apparatus.

First, a code system to be output is specified (step S1). Here, the code system is, for example,
In Japanese, JISX0208, JISX0212, etc.
A character code sequence. In European languages, IBM CodePage 437, CodePag
e850 (these codes become industry standards).

Next, a font to be merged is specified (step S2). Along with this, the CPU 1 counts the number of the specified merge font (step S1).
3) It is determined whether or not the designation of the merge font has been completed based on the count result (step S4). If it is determined that the designation of the merge font has been completed, step S
The processing shifts to processing after step 5. On the other hand, if it is determined that the designation of the merge font has not been completed, the process returns to step S2.

In this example, it is assumed that, for example, "code system 1" is specified as a code system to be output, and "font A" and "font B" are specified as merge fonts. As a result, the number of fonts becomes two.

If it is determined in step S4 that the designation of the merge font has been completed, characters constituting the code system designated in step S1 are searched from the merge font designated in step S2. Is determined (step S5). If it is determined that the file exists, a character data file is created (step S6). Accordingly, the CPU 1 counts the number of created characters (step S7). On the other hand, if it is determined that there is no character, the character is searched from the next font.

Next, the number of characters counted in step S7 is compared with the number of characters constituting the code system specified in step S1 (step S8). If the number of characters is determined to be the same, a file is output (step S
9). The file merged in this way is HD9
b, the display 7, the printer 11, etc.

In this example, it is assumed that the characters constituting the code system 1 exist in the font A or the font B. Thus, the file is output in step S9.
On the other hand, if it is determined that the number of characters is different, an error process is executed as an error (step S10).

As described above, when a European font having a desired code system is output, a plurality of necessary files are merged and output in advance to divide the code system and create a new code system. Work such as merging through another program is not required, and work efficiency can be improved.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
It will be described based on.

FIG. 6 shows the CPU 1 of the graphic processing apparatus described above.
3 is a flowchart showing a procedure executed in step S1.
The information processing system can be realized by a configuration similar to that of FIGS. 2 to 5 described above, and a description of the same parts will be omitted. The same processes as those in FIG. 1 will be described using the same step names.

First, a code system to be output is specified (step S1). Next, a merge font is designated (step S2). Along with this, the CPU 1 counts the number of the specified merge fonts (step S3), and determines whether or not the designation of the merge font is completed based on the count result (step S4). When it is determined in step S4 that the designation of the merge font has been completed, the priority order is specified for the designated merge font (step S20). On the other hand, if it is determined that the designation of the merge font has not been completed, the process returns to step S2.

In this example, for example, "code system 1" is specified as the code system to be output, and "font A" and "font B" are specified as merge fonts. The number of fonts in this case is two. The priority order is “1” for “Font A” and “2” for “Font B”.

Then, characters constituting the code system specified in step S1 are searched from the merge font specified in step S2 in order of priority, and it is determined whether or not the characters exist (step S5).

In this example, “Font A” and “Font B”
It is assumed that the search is performed in the order of. If it is determined that it exists,
A character data file is created (step S6). Along with this, the CPU 1 counts the number of created characters (step S7). On the other hand, if it is determined that there is no character, the character is searched from the next font.

Next, the number of characters counted in step S7 is compared with the number of characters constituting the code system designated in step S1 (step S8). If it is determined that the number of characters is the same, a file is output (step S
9). The file merged in this way is HD9
b, the display 7, the printer 11, etc.

In this example, it is assumed that the characters constituting the code system 1 exist in the font A or the font B. Thus, the file is output in step S9.
On the other hand, if it is determined that the number of characters is different, an error process is executed as an error (step S10).

As described above, also in the case of this example,
When a European font having a desired code system is output, a plurality of necessary files are merged and output in advance, thereby making it possible to improve work efficiency.

The present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described apparatus, and may be applied to a system including a plurality of devices or an apparatus including a single device. Also, a recording medium storing the program code of software for realizing the processing of FIGS. 1 and 6 is supplied to a system or an apparatus, and a computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or the apparatus is stored in the recording medium. The object of the present invention can also be achieved by reading and executing the program code.

In this case, the program code itself read from the recording medium realizes the functions of the processing shown in FIGS. 1 and 6, and the recording medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention. Become.

As a recording medium for supplying the program code, for example, in addition to the above-mentioned floppy disk, hard disk, and CD-ROM, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-R, a magnetic tape, a non-volatile memory card , ROM or the like can be used.

When the computer executes the readout program code, not only the functions of the above-described processing are realized, but also the OS and the like running on the computer are executed based on the instructions of the program code. The case where the function of the above-described processing is realized by performing part or all of the processing is also included.

Further, after the program code read from the recording medium is written into a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, based on the instructions of the program code, The case where the CPU of the function expansion board or the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing to realize the functions of the processing described above is also included.

[0056]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since a plurality of fonts of a desired code system are merged into one file and output, a desired code system can be divided and a new code system can be created as in the related art. The work of fusing through another program is not required, and the efficiency of the work related to data management can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a process according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a font data management device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a memory configuration according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a recording medium on which a font data management program and related data according to the present invention are recorded.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a concept in which a font data management program and related data according to the present invention are supplied from a recording medium to a system.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a process according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 CPU 2 ROM 3 RAM 4 Keyboard control part 5 Keyboard 6 Display control part 7 Display 8 Disk control part 9 External storage device 10 Printer control part 11 Printer

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A font data management method for managing font data so that character data of a desired code system can be output, comprising the steps of designating a desired code system to be output; A step of designating a plurality of fonts to be merged in order to output the character data as one file; and referring to the character data of the desired code system from the plurality of designated fonts, Creating an output data file in which a plurality of fonts are merged into one; and outputting an output data file comprising character data in a desired code system in which the plurality of fonts are merged into one. Characteristic font data management method. 2. The font data management method according to claim 1, wherein priorities are assigned to the plurality of fonts to be merged, and a reference order of character data is determined. 3. A font data management device for managing font data so that character data of a desired code system can be output, comprising: means for designating a desired code system to be output; Means for designating a plurality of fonts to be merged in order to output character data as one file; and referring to character data of the desired code system from the plurality of designated fonts, Means for creating an output data file in which a plurality of fonts are merged into one, and means for outputting an output data file comprising character data in a desired code system in which the plurality of fonts are merged into one A font data management device characterized by the following. 4. The font data management device according to claim 3, wherein priorities are assigned to the plurality of fonts to be merged, and a reference order of character data is determined. 5. A recording medium storing a font data management program for managing font data so that character data of a desired code system can be output, wherein the font data management program outputs a desired data to a computer. And to specify a plurality of fonts to be merged in order to output all the character data of the desired code system as one file, and to convert the character data of the desired code system to the An output data file in which a plurality of fonts of the desired code system are merged into one by referring to the output data file, and an output data file comprising the character data of the desired code system in which the plurality of fonts are merged into one And a font data management program recorded thereon. 6. The recording medium according to claim 5, wherein priorities are assigned to the plurality of fonts to be merged, and a reference order of character data is determined.