Font creation apparatus, font creation method, and font creation program

A font creation method comprising:

• acquiring a character image including some characters of a first font;
• extracting a first feature amount of the first font from the acquired character image;
• estimating a transformation parameter between the extracted first feature amount and a second feature amount of a reference second font;
• generating a fourth feature amount of a complete second font set by transforming a third feature amount of a complete reference font set based on the estimated transformation parameter;
• and
• generating the second font set by converting the generated fourth feature amount of the second font set into an image.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium causing a computer to execute a font creation function in a case where a command stored in the recording medium is read by the computer, the font creation function comprising:

• a function of acquiring a character image including some characters of a first font;
• a function of extracting a first feature amount of the first font from the acquired character image;
• a function of estimating a transformation parameter between the extracted first feature amount and a second feature amount of a reference second font;
• a function of generating a fourth feature amount of a complete second font set by transforming a third feature amount of a complete reference font set based on the estimated transformation parameter;
• and
• a function of generating the second font set by converting the generated fourth feature amount of the second font set into an image.