Patent Document ID: 8467082
Application ID: 13069799

Base Claim:
1. A method for using at least one computer having a memory containing a font and a processor adapted to execute computer-executable instructions, to generate a print compound conserving font having at least one glyph comprising positive space defining an outline of the glyph against a background of negative space, the method comprising, for at least one glyph in the font in the memory of the computer: (a) retrieving the glyph from the memory; (b) adding at least one shape comprising negative space to the glyph, within the outline of the glyph; (c) adding at least one shape comprising positive space within at least one shape comprising negative space, the at least one shape comprising positive space having a smaller size than the corresponding shape comprising negative space; and (d) storing the glyph in the computer memory.

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Claim 7:
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein steps (b) and (c) more specifically comprise: overlaying a grid of shapes comprising negative space and nested shapes comprising positive space onto the glyph; and removing shapes on the grid that lie entirely outside, or partially on, the outline of the glyph.