Patent Document ID: 5506942
Application ID: 08113835
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A character train outputting apparatus comprising: character train designating means for optionally designating a train of characters as an output target; layout range designating means for optionally designating an area lying between at least two optional lines as a character train layout range; character frame determining means for dividing said area, designated by said layout range designating means, into strips having a substantially equal width by the number of characters in said character train designated by said character train designating means, to thereby determine character frames for that number of characters; compensation means for compensating a width of each character frame, based on ratios of occupied areas of individual character frames determined by said character frame determining means such that the larger the occupied areas of the individual character frames are, the wider the individual character frames become; and output means for altering said individual characters to sizes corresponding to sizes of said character frames compensated by said compensation means, and for laying out said altered characters in said associated character frames, when laying out the train of characters designated by said character train designating means.