Patent ID: 8390827

Claim:
A drawing processing apparatus, comprising: a plurality of character definition information memories each storing definition information on a character shape; a registering portion that, when a drawing command containing the definition information on the character shape is received, determines one of the plurality of character definition information memories for each character contained in the drawing command, depending on whether the definition information on the character shape is simple definition information that defines the character shape itself of the character or is a combinational definition information that defines a combination of simple or combinational definition information defining components of the character; and a drawing process instructing portion that instructs to read, from the plurality of character definition information memories, the definition information on the character shape corresponding to the character to be processed, to execute a drawing process of the each character contained in the drawing command, wherein the plurality of character definition information memories includes a first character definition information memory and a second character definition information memory; and the registering portion registers all the definition information on the character shape in the first character definition information memory, regardless of whether the definition information on the character shape is the simple definition information or the combinational definition information, and registers the simple definition information in the second character definition information memory.