Patent Document ID: RE36704
Application ID: 08558529

Base Claim:
1. A method for automatic typographic design of a printed document comprising the steps of: selecting a standard font from a selected typeface; setting a standard body of text in a selected format in said standard font; selecting an interline spacing for said standard body of text and the type size of said standard font to provide a standard style for said standard body of text in said selected format; selecting a desired typeface; setting a desired body of text in said desired typeface in said selected format, adjusting the type size of said desired typeface such that a selected parameter of said desired body of text set in said desired typeface is substantially equal to said selected parameter of said desired body of text in said standard font and said selected interline spacing; and adjusting the interline spacing of said desired body of text such that the ratio of the interline spacing in said desired body of text to the height of a selected character in said desired typeface is substantially equal to the ratio of the interline spacing in said standard body of text to the height of said selected character in said standard font.

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Claim 17:
17. A method according to claim 1 further comprising storing the resulting document in a machine-readable form.