Patent ID: 7903266

Claim:
A method of storing and retrieving character image bit maps in a font having alphanumeric characters and punctuation characters, the method comprising: for each character of a group of half-size characters consisting of the punctuation characters in the font, storing a respective complete bit map; for each character of a group of full-size characters consisting of the alphanumeric characters in the font, storing a respective pair of split bit maps; and printing a one of said full-size characters in the font by: retrieving a first one of said split bit maps in response to a first glyph code; retrieving a second one of said split bit maps in response to a second glyph code that is different from the first glyph code; and printing said first and second ones of said split bit maps in a first and a second print cells, respectively, said first and second print cells being adjacent to each other.