Patent ID: 6714199
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: G06F,G06T

Abstract:
A system for glyph construction of a line of text in a single computer system, wherein font data tables are stored in the single computer system, the system comprising:at least one software client running on the single computer system, the at least one software client including means for requesting glyph data for the line of text; and a glyph server means in the single computer system in communication with the at least one software client, wherein the glyph server means includes a glyph cache unit for managing a plurality of requests for glyph data at a time and managing a memory to store a maximum amount of glyph data, wherein the glyph cache unit is in communication with the single computer system for accessing the font data tables, and wherein the glyph server further comprises a line layout core module for receiving glyph codes and determining glyph data descriptions, the glyph cache unit coupled to the line layout core module for receiving the glyph data descriptions and determining if glyph data is in the memory, and an open font architecture services module coupled to the glyph cache unit for permitting support of multiple font file formats; wherein the glyph server means allows the at least one software client to share glyph data stored in the memory, thereby decreasing glyph construction time.