Patent ID: 6771267
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A computer-implemented method of combining fonts, comprising:identifying one of two fonts as a first font and the other of the two fonts as a second font, the first font containing a first plurality of glyphs and the second font containing a second plurality of glyphs, each glyph including rendering instructions; copying the first plurality of glyphs from the first font and the second plurality of glyphs from the second font into a combined font, each glyph in the combined font being assigned a unique identification code; generating a mapping of a first plurality of code points in an encoding scheme to the identification codes of the first plurality of glyphs in the combined font; and generating a substitution feature in the combined font that can substitute at least one of the first plurality of glyphs in the combined font with at least one of the second plurality of glyphs in the combined font; wherein copying the first and second pluralities of glyphs into a combined font includes renumbering identification codes to prevent overlapping identification codes in the combined font.