Patent Document ID: 5519824
Application ID: 08214504

Base Claim:
1. A system for storing, retrieving and displaying a character, where the character is to be displayed in either a compressed character display format or a fixed-width character display format, which comprises: memory means for storing the character as an encoded font data, the encoded font data comprising a plurality of bytes; each byte of the encoded font data comprising a first set and a second set where each set comprises at least one bit, the collective first sets for the plurality of bytes representing both a fixed-width character and a compressed character, and the second set indicating whether the corresponding first set of the byte should be displayed when the system is in the compressed character display format; and means responsive to a control signal for causing the character to be displayed on a display, a first value for the control signal causing the character to be displayed in the fixed-width character display format and a second value for the control signal causing the character to be displayed in the compressed character display format.

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Claim 3:
3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the means responsive to the control signal includes decoding means for decoding the encoded font data.