Method of rendering text on an output device
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorGerhard D. Klassen
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Abstract
A method and computer device for rendering a text string on a display screen of a computer device are provided. The text string is comprised of a plurality of characters. The computer device includes a memory storing an image file. The image file defines an image containing a plurality of glyphs. The memory has stored thereon associated character information. The method comprises: for each character in the text string: defining a portion of the image containing a glyph corresponding to the character, including determining the location of the glyph corresponding to the character based upon the associated character information; and rendering the portion on the display screen.
Claims22
A method of rendering a text string on a display screen of a computer device, the text string being comprised of a plurality of characters, the computer device including a memory storing an image file, the image file defining an image containing a plurality of glyphs, the memory having stored thereon associated character information, the method comprising:
- for each character in the text string:
- defining a portion of the image containing a glyph corresponding to the character, including determining the location of the glyph corresponding to the character based upon the associated character information;
- and
- rendering the portion on the display screen.
A computer device, comprising:
- a display screen;
- a graphics subsystem for rendering a text string upon the display screen, the text string comprising a plurality of characters;
- a memory, the memory having stored thereon an image file, the image file defining an image containing a plurality of glyphs, the memory having stored thereon associated character information;
- a processor configured to:
- for each character in the text string:
- define a portion of the image containing a glyph corresponding to the character, including determining the location of the glyph corresponding to the character based upon the associated character information;
- and
- render the portion on the display screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.