JPH11305751A - Device and method for character editing and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the character editing device which saves the labor and time for input operation and can accurately and surely convert an outline. SOLUTION: When a font system as a conversion object is specified on an operation screen (shown in the figure) and an 'outline conversion' button is pressed, an outline converting process is performed. In this outline converting process, the font name of a character specified in a font specification list box is obtained first in a step S501 and a font information table held previously in an OS(operating system) is performed in a following step S502 by using the obtained font name to obtain font information corresponding to the obtained font name from the OS. Then an advance to a step S503 is made and conversion parameters corresponding to the font system that the specified font belongs to are determined according to the obtained font information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a character editing apparatus, a character editing method, and a storage medium storing a character editing program for editing a character consisting of an outline whose shape is determined by a plurality of points.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a character editing system for editing a character consisting of an outline whose shape is determined by a plurality of points, a dot format is used as a method of converting the outline of a character into the outline of a designated typeface. Is converted into a vector format in which the shape is determined using a plurality of control points. In this conversion method, first, dot formation data is obtained, parameters for conversion to a vector format are determined, and conversion to a vector format is performed based on the designated parameters. In this conversion method, for example,
Explicitly input information about conversion parameters such as "normal", "sharp", etc., and typeface designation information such as "Mincho", "Gothic", "Brush", "Illustration" I do. As character editing software having such a conversion function, "TypeCraf"
t "(Canon Inc., sold in July 1997).

[0003]

However, in the above-described conventional method, since it is necessary to explicitly input the information regarding the conversion parameters, the input operation is troublesome and complicated. In addition, it is easy to forget to input information on the conversion parameter due to the complexity of the input operation. In such a case, an appropriate conversion result cannot be obtained because the conversion parameter used last time is used again this time. For example, there are problems such as a failure to obtain a sufficient character quality for a proper conversion and a problem that character data becomes redundant and consumes a storage capacity more than necessary.

An object of the present invention is to provide a character editing apparatus, a character editing method, and a storage medium that can reduce the time and effort required for an input operation and can appropriately and reliably convert a contour line. It is in.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
In a character editing apparatus for editing a character consisting of a contour line whose shape is determined at a plurality of points in accordance with a writing system, a conversion parameter determining means for determining a conversion parameter corresponding to the writing system based on input external information. Conversion means for performing conversion to a contour line corresponding to the writing system based on the determined conversion parameters.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the character editing apparatus according to the first aspect, the external information is a font name.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the character editing apparatus according to the second aspect, the conversion parameter determining means includes:
The typeface is determined based on the typeface name, and a conversion parameter corresponding to the determined typeface is determined.

[0008] The invention described in claim 4 is the first to third aspects of the present invention.
The character editing device according to any one of the above, further comprising: an information holding unit that holds a plurality of pieces of information as the external information in advance;
Input means for selecting and inputting one piece of information as the external information.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the character editing apparatus according to the fourth aspect, the information holding means is provided in an external device.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a character editing method for editing a character consisting of an outline whose shape is determined by a plurality of points according to a writing system. Determining the converted parameters;
Performing a conversion to a contour line corresponding to the writing system based on the determined conversion parameters.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the character editing method according to the sixth aspect, the external information is a font name.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the character editing method according to the seventh aspect, the typeface is determined based on the typeface name, and a conversion parameter corresponding to the determined typeface is determined. I do.

[0013] The invention according to claim 9 is the invention according to claims 6 to 8.
In the character editing method according to any one of the above, one piece of information is obtained from an information holding unit that holds a plurality of pieces of information as the external information in advance, and the obtained information is selected and input as the external information. It is characterized by having a process.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the character editing method according to the ninth aspect, the holding means is provided in an external device.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage medium storing a character editing program for editing a character consisting of a contour whose shape is determined by a plurality of points in accordance with a writing system.
The character editing program includes a conversion parameter determination module that determines a conversion parameter according to the writing system based on the input external information, and a conversion to a contour line according to the writing system based on the determined conversion parameter. And a conversion module for performing the conversion.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the storage medium of the eleventh aspect, the external information is a font name.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the storage medium according to the twelfth aspect, the conversion parameter determining module determines the type system based on the typeface name, and converts a conversion parameter according to the determined type system. It is characterized in that it is determined.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in the storage medium according to any one of the eleventh to thirteenth aspects, the character editing program further includes an information storage for storing a plurality of pieces of information as the external information in advance. A module and an input module for selecting and inputting one piece of information as the external information from the stored plurality of pieces of information.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, in the storage medium according to any one of the eleventh to thirteenth aspects, the character editing program further comprises a plurality of the external information held by an external device. And an input module for selecting and inputting one piece of information from the information as the external information.

[0020]

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

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a first embodiment of a character editing apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a memory map configuration in the character editing device of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data configuration in a storage area of a floppy disk for supplying a character editing program and related data to the character editing device of FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a character editing program and related data are supplied to one character editing device via a floppy disk. In the present embodiment, a character editing device constituted by a personal computer will be described.

The character editing apparatus according to the present embodiment is constituted by a personal computer. As shown in FIG. 1, the personal computer includes a CPU 1, a ROM (read only memory) 2 for storing a program for constructing a basic input / output system (BIOS), and a CPU 1
And a RAM 3 (random access memory) used as a work area. The CPU 1 executes an operating system program (OS program) according to a program stored in the ROM 2 to construct an operating system (OS), and executes various application programs on the OS. The above-described OS program and various application programs are stored in the external storage device 9. The external storage device 9 includes a hard disk device (HD) and a floppy disk device (F
D) and a CDROM reader (CDROM). For example, the above-mentioned OS program and various application programs are stored in a floppy disk drive, C
The data is supplied from the DROM reader and stored in the hard disk device. Various application programs are read from the external storage device 9 onto the RAM 3 as necessary and executed by the CPU 1.

The CPU 1 has the above-described ROM 2 and RAM 3
In addition, a keyboard controller (KBC) 4, a display controller (CRTC) 6, an external storage device controller (DKC) 8, a printer controller (printer controller) 10, and a pointing device (P
D) 12 and a scanner controller (SCNC) 13 are connected via a system bus 15.

A keyboard (KB) 5 is connected to the keyboard controller 4.
Key signals input from the keyboard 5 are transmitted to the system bus 1
5 to the CPU 1. The display controller 6 performs a display control for receiving the result of the calculation and processing of the CPU 1 via the system bus 15 and displaying the result on the CRT 7. The external storage device controller 8 writes data to the external storage device 9 (HD, FD, CDROM),
Controls reading. A printer (PRT) 11 is connected to the printer controller 10, and the printer controller 10 controls a printing operation of the printer 11. The pointing device 12 includes a mouse or the like, and a signal input from the pointing device 12 is sent to the CPU 1 via the system bus 15. A scanner (SCN) 14 is connected to the scanner controller 13, and the scanner controller 13 controls a reading operation of the scanner 14.

The various application programs described above include a character editing program for editing a character consisting of a contour whose shape is determined by a plurality of points. This document editing program includes a plurality of pre-stored document editing programs. An input module for selecting and inputting one piece of information as external information from the information, and determining a writing system to which a character outline is to be converted based on the input external information, and determining the recognized outline of the writing system A conversion parameter determining module for determining a conversion parameter necessary for conversion into a character string, and a conversion module for converting a character outline into a recognized writing system outline based on the determined conversion parameter. Here, specifically,
The external information is a font name, and the conversion parameter determination module acquires corresponding font information based on the font name,
The conversion parameters of the conversion target font system are acquired from the font information and set.

The memory map configuration of the entire device is as follows.
As shown in FIG. 2, the basic I / O stored in the ROM 2
O program 20, an operating system program 21 read from the hard disk device of the external storage device 9 onto the RAM 3 and executed, and executable from the external storage device 9 on the RAM 3 on an OS constructed by the operating system program 21 And a related data storage area 24 in the RAM 3 for storing related data input or generated as the application program 23 is executed.
And a work area 25 on the RAM 3 serving as a work area for the CPU 1. In this device, when the power is turned on, the basic I / O program 2
The operating system program 22 is read out from the hard disk device into the RAM 3 and executed by the IPL (initialization program loading) function in the 0, thereby constructing the OS.

In this embodiment, the character editing program and its related data are supplied from a floppy disk. In this case, as shown in FIG. 3, the volume information 3 is stored in the storage area 30 of the floppy disk.
1, directory information 32, an application execution file 33, a character editing program, and a related data file 34 are stored. When supplying the character editing program and the related data file from the floppy disk, first, as shown in FIG. 4, the floppy disk device (DKC) 41 provided in the computer 42 (computer constituting the present apparatus) is provided with the floppy disk. (FD) 40 is set. The character editing program and related data files are read out from the set floppy disk (FD) 40 under the control of the operating system and the basic I / O program, stored in the RAM 3 and become executable.

The character editing program and the related data file are stored in the same manner as the floppy disk in the CDR.
It is also possible to supply from OM. Further, the character editing program and the related data file can be supplied from a floppy disk or a CDROM and stored in a hard disk device for use.

Next, main processing in the present apparatus will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a procedure of main processing in the character editing apparatus of FIG. 1, and FIG. 6 is a view showing an example of an operation screen in the character editing apparatus of FIG.

The character editing program according to the present embodiment draws dot-format data such as a circle, a line, and a rectangle, reads dot-format data stored in advance in the OS, and allows the user to arbitrarily edit the dot-format data. This is a program that enables editing. When the character editing program is executed, a predetermined operation screen is displayed, and any character of a typeface usable on the OS can be captured on the operation screen. The names of the typefaces that can be imported are displayed in a list in a typeface specification list box. By selecting one typeface name from the typeface names displayed in this typeface specification list box, it is possible to specify the typeface. it can. When a character of the designated typeface is designated and input, the character can be edited. Here, when editing a character using the outline defining the shape of the character, the outline conversion is performed to convert the outline of the character represented by the dot format data into the outline of the vector format data. Is performed. The outline data converted by the outline conversion is sent to the outline processing program, and character editing using the outline data is performed in the outline processing program. The processing function according to the contour processing program is described in, for example, “Ty
This is the same as the processing function included in “peCraft” (Canon Inc., sold in July 1997).

On the operation screen, as shown in FIG. 6, for example, a font designation list box for designating a font to be edited, a "character input" button, and "contour conversion" for instructing contour conversion. A button, a writing system parameter for contour line conversion, and a character for displaying the designated character in a dot format are displayed. In this example, the character “2” of the font “FG Mincho” is designated and displayed. The keyboard 5 or the pointing device 12 is used for designating a font from the font designation list box and operating the “character input” button and the “contour line conversion” button.

On the operation screen on which the specified characters are displayed, when a writing system to be converted is specified and the "contour conversion" button is pressed, contour conversion processing is performed. In this contour line conversion processing, as shown in FIG.
First, in step S501, the typeface name of the character specified in the typeface designation list box is obtained. In the following step S502, the typeface information table previously stored on the OS is searched using the obtained typeface name, and the obtained typeface name is obtained. The typeface information corresponding to the typeface name is obtained from the OS. This OS
The information that can be obtained from
There are weight, italic information, underline position, strikethrough position, character set, output quality, pitch information, writing system, typeface name, and the like. Table 1 shows a configuration example of this typeface information table. In the present embodiment, the data shown in Table 1 is stored in advance in the hard disk device as the relevant data of the program. Further, the table can be created by a utility program, and the table can be set to be updatable according to the addition of the font.

[0033]

[Table 1] In a system that does not support the Japanese writing system, the association information between the writing system and the writing system shown in Table 2 is used.

[0034]

[Table 2] Next, the process proceeds to step S503, where a conversion parameter corresponding to the type system to which the specified typeface belongs is determined from the obtained typeface information. Here, if the writing system cannot determine the conversion parameter, the outline is set to be treated as an illustration.

Next, the flow advances to step S504 to set the determined conversion parameters, display an operation screen for generating a contour line corresponding to the designated writing system based on the conversion parameters, and end the present processing.

Next, FIGS. 7 to 1 show examples of outlines generated due to differences in writing systems when outline conversion is designated.
This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of dot format data in the character editing device of FIG. 1, and FIG.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an outer contour extracted from a contour of a character represented by dot-format data of FIG. 9; FIG. 9 shows a result of converting the contour of a character represented by dot-form data of FIG. FIG. 10 shows the obtained outer contour, and FIG.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an outer contour obtained by converting the outline of a character represented by the dot format data of FIG. 7 using Gothic parameters. FIG. 11 shows the outline of the character represented by the dot format data of FIG. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an outer contour obtained by conversion with a writing system parameter, and FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining a curve control point process used in conversion to a writing system.

In this example, the character "2" represented by the dot format data shown in FIG. 7 is changed to "Mincho", "Gothic",
An example of conversion to an outline defined by each writing system of “writing” will be described.

In the process of converting the dot format data shown in FIG. 7 into vector format data, as shown in FIG. 8, the outline of the outline is extracted from the dot format data. Here, when performing the conversion using the conversion parameter of the Mincho system, the extracted outline shown in FIG. 8 is used as it is. That is, as shown in FIG. 9, the same contour as the contour shown in FIG. 8 is obtained.

In the case of performing a conversion using Gothic conversion parameters, a process of generating a contour by deleting a contour point represented in a vector format based on a predetermined criterion is performed.
In this process, for example, each point P0 to P
Assuming that the distance between the line segments connecting the adjacent points Pi-Pj in 5 is represented by Di-j, the line segments are deleted using a threshold value set in advance for the distance Di-j.
In this example, a line segment connecting adjacent points Pi-Pj is represented by Li-j
In addition, if the distances D1-2 and D2-3 exceed the corresponding thresholds, respectively, the line segments L1-2 and L2
-3 is to be deleted. In this line segment deletion, if the start point of the line segment to be deleted is actually deleted, the points P1 and P2 are deleted. Focusing on the first point and the last point in the column of the line segment to be deleted, the intersection of the straight line passing through the first point and the point before it, and the straight line passing through the last point and the next point A new point may be generated. In the example of FIG. 8, the points P1, P2, and P3 are deleted, and a new point is generated at the intersection of a straight line passing through the points P0 and P1 and a straight line passing through the points P3 and P4. Generate an outline.
As a result, the outline of the outline shown in FIG. 10 is obtained.

In the case where conversion is performed using a conversion parameter of a writing system, a process of converting points constituting a line segment equal to or less than a preset threshold value into curve control points is performed. This curve control point is for expressing the contour line with a curve,
When a certain point is a curve control point, as shown in FIG. 12, without performing interpolation by a straight line connecting the point before this point, a section of a point that is not a curve control point before and after the point that is a curve control point Is interpolated by an arc, a B-spline, or the like. In the example of FIG. 8, if the distance D1-2 and the distance D2-3 are each equal to or smaller than the threshold, the points P1, P2, and P3 are set as curve control points. As a result, as shown in FIG. 11, the corresponding point among the points constituting the contour is set as the curve control point.

As described above, in this embodiment, the corresponding typeface information is obtained based on the typeface name, and the conversion parameters of the conversion target font system are obtained and set from the typeface information. The labor can be reduced, and the conversion of the outline can be performed properly and reliably. In addition, since the conversion of the outline can be properly performed, the character data becomes redundant due to the inappropriate conversion, and the storage capacity of the RAM 3 or the external storage device 9 is not consumed more than necessary.

In the present embodiment, the character editing apparatus is constituted by supplying a character editing program to a personal computer. However, the character editing apparatus may be constituted by a dedicated apparatus instead. is there. Further, it can be configured using a computer connected to a network.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a procedure for determining a writing system to which a contour line is to be converted from a font name in the second embodiment of the character editing apparatus of the present invention. Note that this embodiment has the same configuration as the above-described first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

The present embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the corresponding type system is determined based on the input type name and the type identification keyword table. That is, the following processing is executed instead of step S502 in the first embodiment described above.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 13, in step S1301, the font name input using the font designation list box on the operation screen is acquired. In the following step S1302, in step S13
In step 01, it is determined whether or not the investigation on whether or not the acquired font name belongs to all the font systems described in the font system discrimination keyword table. Table 3 shows these writing system identification keywords.

[0046]

[Table 3] Here, in the writing system identification keyword table, a character string which is a keyword used for determining the writing system is described in order for each available writing system. For example, in the Mincho book system, "Mincho" is the first candidate, "Min" is the second candidate,
Each character string of "Mincho" is described as a third candidate, and each character string of "Min" is described as a fourth candidate.

If the investigation has not been completed, step S1
In step S1304, the process proceeds to step S1304, where it is determined whether or not the search process using all the keywords in the acquired writing system has been completed. If the search processing using all the keywords of the obtained writing system has not been completed, the process proceeds to step S1305 to obtain the next keyword. In subsequent step S1306, the obtained keyword is the font name obtained in step S1301. It is determined whether or not it is included. If the keyword is not included in the font name, the process returns to step S1304 again, and the processing from this step is repeated. On the other hand, if the keyword is included in the typeface name, it is determined that the type system in which the keyword is included is the type system to which the outline is to be converted, and the process advances to step S1307 to include the keyword. This writing system is recorded in the RAM 3 and the process is terminated.

Until a type system including a keyword is found from the type name in this way, the above-described step S1302 is performed.
Will be executed repeatedly. For example,
When the input typeface name is "FGMin",
At the point when Mincho is acquired from the typeface identification keyword table and the search is performed using the fourth candidate keyword “Min”, if the input typeface name “FGMin” includes the keyword “Min” It is determined, and the Mincho type is determined as the type system corresponding to the input typeface name.

Here, when the type system corresponding to the input typeface name is not found, the outline is treated as an illustration, as in the first embodiment. Further, in order to cope with the case where the input font name includes the same character string as a keyword of a different writing system, after the processing in step S1307 is completed, step S1302 is performed again.
Then, it is sufficient to set so that the search using the keywords of all the writing systems is performed. In this case, when a plurality of writing systems are found as the corresponding writing systems, the user may select a desired writing system from the found writing systems.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the same effects as in the first embodiment can be obtained.

In this embodiment, a search is performed using keywords in the order of each writing system.
1st candidate for Gothic, 1st for writing, 2nd for Mincho
The search may be performed in the order of the candidate, the second Gothic candidate, the second handwriting candidate,....

(Third Embodiment) Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an operation screen according to the third embodiment of the character editing device of the present invention. Note that this embodiment has the same configuration as the above-described first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

The present embodiment is configured so that a character editing program can be started from another document processing program capable of handling external characters, for example, a program having a word processing function, and the character editing program is started from the document processing program. This is different in that the typeface information of the font system to be converted is acquired from the document processing program that is the activation source.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 14, when the “external character creation” button is pressed on the character input screen of the document processing program, the character editing program is started, and the character editing program is executed by the document processing program. The typeface name of the currently input character or the typeface set for the current character input position is acquired from the word processing program, and the font system information is acquired from the typeface name. This acquisition of the writing system information is performed in the same manner as in the first or second embodiment.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the same effects as those in the first embodiment can be obtained.

[0056]

As described above, according to the character editing apparatus of the first aspect, the conversion parameter determining means for determining the conversion parameter corresponding to the writing system based on the input external information, and the determined conversion Conversion means for converting to a contour line according to the script system based on the parameters,
It is possible to reduce the time and effort required for the input operation, and it is possible to appropriately and reliably convert the outline.

According to the character editing apparatus of the second aspect, the external information can be a font name.

According to the character editing apparatus of the third aspect, the conversion parameter determining means determines the type system based on the typeface name, and determines the conversion parameter according to the determined type system. it can.

According to the character editing apparatus of the fourth aspect, further, an information holding means for holding a plurality of pieces of information as external information in advance, and one of the held pieces of information as external information And input means for selecting and inputting.

According to the character editing device of the fifth aspect, the information holding means can be provided in the external device.

According to the character editing method of the sixth aspect, a step of determining a conversion parameter corresponding to the writing system based on the input external information, and a step of forming a contour line corresponding to the writing system based on the determined conversion parameter. And a step of performing the conversion, the labor required for the input operation can be reduced, and the conversion of the outline can be performed appropriately and reliably.

According to the character editing method, the external information can be a font name.

According to the character editing method of the eighth aspect, it is possible to determine the typeface based on the typeface name and determine the conversion parameter according to the determined typeface.

According to the character editing method of the ninth aspect, one piece of information is obtained from the information holding means for holding a plurality of pieces of information as external information in advance, and the obtained information is selected and input as external information. It can be configured to have a step.

According to the character editing method of the tenth aspect,
The holding means can be provided on an external device.

According to the storage medium of the eleventh aspect, the character editing program determines a conversion parameter according to a writing system based on the input external information, and a conversion parameter determination module based on the determined conversion parameter. Since it includes a conversion module that performs conversion to a contour line according to the system, the time and effort required for input operations can be reduced, and the contour line can be converted properly and reliably.

According to the storage medium of the twelfth aspect, the external information can be a typeface name.

According to the storage medium of the thirteenth aspect, the conversion parameter determination module can be configured to determine the type system based on the typeface name and determine the conversion parameter according to the determined type system. .

According to the storage medium of the fourteenth aspect, the character editing program further includes an information holding module for holding a plurality of pieces of information as external information in advance, and one piece of information from among the held pieces of information. And an input module for selecting and inputting as external information.

According to the storage medium of the fifteenth aspect, the character editing program further selects and inputs one piece of information as external information from a plurality of pieces of external information held in the external device. And an input module.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a first embodiment of a character editing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a memory map configuration in the character editing device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data configuration in a storage area of a floppy disk which supplies a character editing program and related data to the character editing device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example in which a character editing program and related data are supplied to the character editing device of FIG. 1 through a floppy disk.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a procedure of main processing in the character editing apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of an operation screen in the character editing device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of dot format data in the character editing device of FIG. 1;

8 is a diagram showing an outer contour extracted from a contour of a character represented by the dot format data of FIG. 7;

9 is a diagram illustrating an outer contour obtained by converting a contour of a character represented by the dot format data of FIG. 7 using a conversion parameter of Mincho.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an outer contour obtained by converting a contour of a character represented by the dot format data of FIG. 7 using Gothic parameters.

11 is a diagram illustrating an outer contour obtained by converting a contour of a character represented by the dot format data of FIG. 7 with parameters of a writing system.

FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining a curve control point process used at the time of conversion into a writing system.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a procedure for determining a writing system to which a contour line is to be converted from a font name in the second embodiment of the character editing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation screen according to a third embodiment of the character editing device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 CPU 2 ROM 3 RAM 5 Keyboard (KB) 7 CRT 9 External storage device 12 Pointing device (PD)

Claims (15)

[Claims] 1. A character editing apparatus for editing a character composed of a contour line whose shape is determined by a plurality of points according to a writing system, wherein a conversion parameter corresponding to the writing system is determined based on input external information. A character editing apparatus comprising: a conversion parameter determination unit; and a conversion unit that performs conversion to a contour line according to the writing system based on the determined conversion parameter. 2. The character editing device according to claim 1, wherein the external information is a font name. 3. The character editing device according to claim 2, wherein the conversion parameter determining unit determines the type system based on the type name and determines a conversion parameter according to the determined type system. . 4. An information holding means for holding a plurality of pieces of information as the external information in advance, and an input means for selecting and inputting one piece of information from the held pieces of information as the external information. The character editing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: 5. The character editing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said information holding means is provided in an external device. 6. A character editing method for editing a character consisting of an outline whose shape is determined by a plurality of points according to a writing system, wherein a conversion parameter corresponding to the writing system is determined based on input external information. And a step of performing a conversion to a contour line corresponding to the writing system based on the determined conversion parameter. 7. The character editing method according to claim 6, wherein the external information is a typeface name. 8. The character editing method according to claim 7, wherein the type system is determined based on the type name, and a conversion parameter corresponding to the determined type system is determined. 9. A method comprising: acquiring one piece of information from an information holding unit that holds a plurality of pieces of information serving as the external information in advance; and selecting and inputting the obtained information as the external information. A character editing method according to any one of claims 6 to 8. 10. The character editing method according to claim 9, wherein said holding means is provided in an external device. 11. A storage medium storing a character editing program for editing a character composed of a contour line whose shape is determined by a plurality of points according to a writing system, wherein the character editing program is based on input external information. A storage medium, comprising: a conversion parameter determining module that determines a conversion parameter according to the writing system; and a conversion module that performs conversion to an outline according to the writing system based on the determined conversion parameter. . 12. The storage medium according to claim 11, wherein said external information is a typeface name. 13. The storage medium according to claim 12, wherein the conversion parameter determination module determines the type system based on the typeface name and determines a conversion parameter according to the determined type system. 14. The character editing program further comprises:
An information holding module that holds a plurality of pieces of information serving as the external information in advance, and an input module that selects and inputs one piece of information as the external information from the held pieces of information. The storage medium according to any one of claims 11 to 13, wherein: 15. The character editing program further comprises:
The input module according to any one of claims 11 to 13, further comprising: an input module for selecting and inputting one piece of information as the external information from the plurality of pieces of information serving as the external information held in an external device. 13. The storage medium according to any one of the preceding claims.