Method and apparatus for font processing
View Patent ↗In one application, a method according to an embodiment of the invention is used to enable a display of proportionally spaced characters using a fixed-font display controller.
1. A method for display processing, said method comprising:
receiving a first set of character representations, each first representation including a single character representation and having a size of m in a first dimension and n in a second dimension;
outputting a second set of character representations based on the first set, each second representation having a size less than 2 m in the first dimension and less than 2 n in the second dimension, and at least one second representation including at least portions of two different characters of the first set.
2. An apparatus for display processing, said apparatus comprising:
a first storage;
a processor configured to receive a first set of character representations from the first storage, each first representation including a single character representation and having a size of m in a first dimension and n in a second dimension; and
a second storage,
wherein the processor is further configured to output a second set of character representations based on the first set, each second representation having a size less than 2 m in the first dimension and less than 2 n in the second dimension, and at least one second representation including at least portions of two different characters of the first set.