Patent ID: 6011561
Filing Date: 2000-01-04
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
A character generator comprising:an input section for inputting information including a character code, a typeface, and a character size of a character pattern to be generated;a character information storing section for storing, for each character code, character structure information including radical structure information representing a kind, a position and a size of a radical of kanji of a character and stroke information of each stroke of the character other than the radical;a radical information storing section for storing, for each typeface, stroke information on each stroke of the radical based on the radical structure information;a contour information storing section for storing, for each typeface, contour information corresponding to the stroke information;a stroke information reading section for reading, from the character information storing section, the radical structure information and the stroke information of each stroke of the character other than the radical included in one character structure information based on the character code and the typeface input by the input section, and reading the stroke information on the radical corresponding to the read radical structure information from the radical information storing section;a character generating section for reading the contour information corresponding to the read stroke information from the contour information storing section according to the input typeface and generating one character pattern;an output section for outputting the generated character pattern;a correction information storing section for storing correction information for correcting a stroke of the radical of the generated character pattern according to a shape of the character pattern; anda radical correcting section for correcting a stroke of the radical based on the correction information.