Patent ID: 6504545
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: G06F,G06T

Abstract:
A method of creating an animated font character based on an initial non-animated font character, the method including the steps of:(a) providing a glyph representative of at least one aspect of the non-animated font character; (b) applying a first predetermined function to the glyph, thereby to generate a modified glyph; (c) providing a second predetermined function for generating an output dependent upon a value of a variable parameter, the variable parameter having an initial value, wherein a visual appearance of the modified glyph is based at least partly on the output of said second predetermined function; (d) rendering said modified glyph; (e) altering the value of the variable parameter; (f) repeating steps (d) and (e), thereby to generate a plurality of rendered modified glyphs that together define an animated font character; and (g) displaying the animated font character on a display or storing it in memory for subsequent reproduction.