Patent Document ID: 5577170
Application ID: 08172387
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for generating the output of character fonts on high resolution output devices which include a separate processor unit, an interim storage for font data to be output and an output unit which transfers data received from interim storage directly onto a multiplication medium, wherein the separate processor unit optically scales a digitally stored font before sending it further to the interim storage, said method comprising the steps of: selecting a single master font in a digitized outline coding, in which the contours for each letter are provided with delimiting discrete control points and additionally with font scaling instructions, and re-scaling the master font with a factor to the desired point size, and utilizing the instructions so as to steadily vary the stroke thickness of the letters linearly re-scaled with said factor in a primary pre-set factor dependency, wherein the stroke thickness is increased for factors less than one and is decreased for factors larger than one.