Patent ID: 7057617

Claim:
A font memory in which a plurality of groups of font data having different resolutions and represented by a dot pattern are stored for respective character codes, comprising: a plurality of first input terminals for input of character specifying address signals that specify the font data corresponding to a character code; a plurality of second input terminals for input of resolution level signals that specify resolution levels of the font data; and a plurality of output terminals through which the font data in accordance with the input of said first input terminals and said second input terminals is output, wherein, based on character specifying address signals input from said first input terminals and resolution level signals input from said second input terminals, font data that corresponds to the character codes specified by the character specifying address signals and corresponds to the resolution levels specified by the resolution level signals is output from the output terminals, wherein an exclusive address is given to each dot forming the dot pattern, and the font data is information representing the dot pattern using the address exclusive to a particular dot.