JPS5819553Y2 - Character assignment ruler - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a ruler for character layout used when creating printed manuscripts.

When creating a manuscript for typesetting in phototypesetting or letterpress printing, the size of the characters arranged on the manuscript paper must be 9 characters apart.
A so-called layout operation is performed to determine the two line spacing positions.

In order to perform this assignment easily and quickly, assignment tables and auxiliary tools made of transparent plastic plates are usually used. Since the layout is simply printed at intervals of There was no difference in that.

If there were a template-like ruler with square holes corresponding to the squares in the layout table, the efficiency of layout work would be dramatically improved, but such a ruler would not work, even if the spacing between letters is wide. In the case of so-called solid set, which is the most common arrangement (especially when the characters are small), it is not manufactured because it is practically impossible to make holes leaving extremely narrow grid spacing.

The present invention was completed as a result of various studies aimed at providing an auxiliary tool that facilitates the assignment work against the background of this current situation.

In other words, the present invention matches the font size of the standard 4
This relates to a ruler for allocating characters by drawing rectangular squares on a straight line at regular intervals d.
To explain with reference to the figure, draw the first square hole (the leftmost hole in the case of horizontal writing from left to right) on a thin transparent plastic plate. The square 2 is drilled according to the power square (quadrangle 1 indicated by the broken line), but the second hole is made in the direction of the array of square 1 (as shown in the figure).
Open only the part corresponding to approximately 1/2 of the square 1 on the front side of the square (indicated by the arrow) like a rectangle 3.

The second and subsequent holes are also opened in areas having the same relationship to the square to be drawn as the second hole.

In addition, a straight line 4 parallel to the rear edge E of the second hole 3 is placed at a position closer to the first hole by a distance equal to the distance d from the rear edge E of the second hole 3.
(hereinafter referred to as guidelines).

Holes and guidelines with the shape and arrangement shown above are arranged on a single board in accordance with the letters or spacing of various sizes in the standard standard.0 Figure 2 shows the shape and arrangement of holes and guidelines as shown above. FIG. 5 is a plan view (partial view) showing an example of a ruler, in which reference numeral 5 is a transparent plastic plate, and all squares in the figure are holes for drawing.

The straight line (for example, 6) between the square hole on the left end of the cut and the rectangular hole on the right side is a guideline.

Therefore, this ruler is a ruler for drawing squares of the size of the hole at the left end of each row at intervals equal to the distance between each guideline and the second hole.

Although the above spacing differs for each row (therefore depending on the size of the hole), the ratio of the spacing d to the square to be drawn is constant, and in this example, d/D is the spacing for the so-called peta set. It has been selected to be.

The decimal numbers at the left end of the ruler are printed to indicate the series of characters (in phototypesetting) that match the squares drawn using the holes in that line, and the decimal numbers below the second and subsequent holes in each line are The straight line (for example, 7) is printed to indicate the position of the square that will be finally drawn by the hole, but
This is not essential, and the display means is not limited to this.

Next, how to use this ruler will be explained using an example in which 10 characters of grade 32 are laid out in horizontal writing.

Method I: Using the holes in the row corresponding to the selected grade 32, make the first hole 8.
In the case of , draw a square according to the hole, and in the case of the 2nd to 10th hole, draw a U-shape along the right line and the top and bottom lines of each hole.

The finished drawing is as shown in Figure 3A. Next, shift the ruler to the left and overlap the guideline da with the right line of square 9 that you first drew, then draw an inverted U-shape along the left line and the top and bottom lines of the 2nd to 10th holes. As shown in FIG. 3B, the character arrangement in a solid set is expressed in squares.

Method ■ 1. Draw a square square along the first hole, 8 vertical lines along the right line of the 2nd to 9th holes, and along the right side line and the top and bottom lines of the 10th hole. Draw a U-shape for each (state in Figure 4 A).

Next, remove the ruler and draw a straight line connecting the top and bottom lines at both ends as shown in Figure 4B.

After that, overlap the guideline 6' of the ruler with the right side line of the first square and draw a straight line along the left side line of the 2nd to IOth holes to complete the state shown in Figure 4C.

Method ■ This method can be adopted when there is no need to clearly indicate the square for each character, as in the case of the above two examples.

1. If you use the first hole to draw an inverted U-shape and the 10th hole to draw a U-shape, it will look like Figure 5 A, so draw the vertical line connecting these lines in Figure 5. Drawing like B reveals the space occupied by the character in the desired layout.

Basically, the ruler according to the present invention is printed between the first hole and the second hole, as explained in the example of FIGS. However, by further providing an auxiliary guideline, it may be possible to draw at other intervals.

For example, in a ruler similar to the example shown in Fig. 2, auxiliary guidelines 10a to 10d are placed on the left side of each square hole at the left end, as shown in Fig. 6, at a distance equal to the grid interval to be drawn. , print out as much as you can display.

These four guidelines correspond to four frequently used standard character spacing types, and the letters below each guideline indicate the name of the square spacing obtained when using that guideline. .

Using the above auxiliary guidelines, to draw a full-width square (one character space), first draw the first square using the hole 11 at the left end, then shift the ruler to the right to draw the square. After superimposing the displayed guideline 10a on the right line of the first square, a second square is drawn using the hole 11 at the left end.

By repeating the same operation, you can draw as many squares as you need.

It goes without saying that the auxiliary guidelines and other displays are not limited to those on the upper side, and may be provided as necessary and within the range that can be displayed on the ruler surface.

The ruler according to the present invention does not need to employ the characteristic holes and guidelines throughout the ruler as shown in FIG.

For example, in areas where it is not difficult to drill holes in large squares or at large intervals, holes are drilled in large squares or in areas with large intervals, and the present invention is used only in small squares or in areas where it is difficult to drill holes in accordance with the squares. structure may be adopted.

The material of the ruler of the present invention is not particularly limited, and may be any transparent thin plate that is strong and dimensionally stable, such as acrylic resin, polyvinyl chloride resin, acetate resin, or polyester resin, which are commonly used for rulers. , it may be colored to the extent that it can be seen through.

As described above, this invention has completed a ruler that has the same function as a ruler with holes that correspond to all the squares to be drawn, by using a combination of holes and guidelines that are easy to manufacture and have no problems in terms of durability. It is something.

Therefore, when using the ruler of the present invention, an accurate layout diagram can be drawn easily and quickly, and the layout work can be significantly streamlined.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1: An explanatory diagram of holes and guidelines in the ruler according to the present invention. Figure 2: A plan view (partial view) of the ruler according to the present invention. Figures 3 to 5: An explanatory diagram of how to use the ruler of Figure 2. , FIG. 6, a plan view (partially enlarged view) of the ruler according to the present invention. 5...Transparent plastic plate, 6...Guideline, 8, 11...Hole.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] A ruler for allocating characters by drawing rectangular squares at regular intervals d on a straight line that match the standard size characters, on a thin transparent plastic plate, The first square hole for the above drawing is made according to the square, but the second and subsequent holes are approximately one square hole on the front side in the direction in which the squares are arranged.
A feature is that only the part corresponding to /2 is opened in a rectangular shape, and a straight line parallel to the trailing edge is printed at a position near the first hole by a distance equal to the distance d from the trailing edge of the second hole. Ruler for character assignment.゛