Patent ID: 7009612

Claim:
An apparatus for font generation comprising: a basic font storage section storing a font character of a basic font for generating a font character; a feature parameter storage section storing a feature parameter representing a feature of the font character, the feature parameter including at least one of the features of radicals of the font character based on the character's stroke resulting in a shape of the font character; a genetic algorithm processing section configured to generate plural new feature parameters by performing genetic algorithm processing on the feature parameter; a font generation section configured to generate new font characters by deforming the font character of the basic font based on the plural new feature parameters generated in the genetic algorithm processing section; a display unit displaying the new font characters generated in the font generation section; a first input unit scanning a character handwritten by the user; a second input unit to receive a font selected by the user from among font characters displayed on a display unit; and a character features extraction section configured to recognize a character from character data scanned by the first input unit, to compare the recognized character and the font character of the basic font, and to extract a feature of the handwritten character as the feature parameter wherein the genetic algorithm processing section determines the plural new feature parameters according to the preferences of a user based on a font character selected by the user from among the font characters displayed on the display unit, and the font generation section creates a font based on the plural new feature parameters according to the preferences of the user determined by the genetic algorithm processing section.