Television titling apparatus and method

For use in conjunction with an apparatus which receives a sequence of character-representative signals and generates video control signals which are suitable for controlling a scanned display, said apparatus including timing generator means for generating timing signals which are synchronized with the display scan;

• character storage means for storing the character-representative signals and periodically reading out character-representative signals which correspond to a character in the seqeunce;
• and stroke generator means responsive to the timing signals and the character-representative signals for producing stroke bits of the character to be displayed;
• a method for presenting characters of a language which reads right-to-left, comprising the steps of:
• storing, in said stroke generator means, reverse image stroke representations of a font of characters of said language;
• storing a scanline of stroke bits from said stroke generator means;
• and
• reading out said scanline of stroke bits in reverse order from the order in which they were stored.

Apparatus for receiving a sequence of character-representative signals and for generating video control signals which are suitable for controlling a scanned display, said apparatus including a compatible subsystem for presenting characters of a language which reads right-to-left, comprising:

• timing generator means for generating timing signals which are synchronized with the display scan;
• character storage means for storing the character-representative signals and periodically reading out character-representative signals which correspond to a character in the sequence;
• stroke generator means responsive to the timing signals and the character-representative signals for producing stroke bits of the character to be displayed;
• means for storing, in said stroke generator means, reverse image stroke representations of a font of characters of said language;
• auxiliary storage means for storing a scanline of stroke bits from said stroke generator means;
• and
• means for reading out said scanline of stroke bits from said auxiliary storage means, said scanline of stroke bits being read out in reverse order from the order in which they were read into said auxiliary storage means.