Process for running width adjustment
AssigneeH. Berthold AG
InventorHelmut Siebeck
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Abstract
A process for running width adjustment of adjacently positioned characters reduces the spacing of certain characters to enhance the visual impression of composed text. The process classifies the letter and symbols of the font into a plurality of groups according to their suitability for running width adjustment. The amount of running width adjustment to be provided for each pair of adjacent characters is established in accordance with their grouping. During composing, the running width of each character is determined. The characters are classified into the groups. The amount of adjustment to be provided is ascertained by reference to the group of the first character and the group of the second character of each adjacent pair and applied to the running width of one of the characters to reduce the spacing.
Claims10
A process for running width adjustment of adjacently positioned characters in a photocomposing machine to enhance the visual impression of the composed material, said process comprising the steps of:
- assigning the characters of a font into a plurality of groups in accordance with their suitability for running width adjustment;
- establishing the possibility and amount of running width adjustment to be provided for each combination of adjacently positioned character groups;
- determining the running width of each character to be photocomposed,
- subjecting the characters to be photocomposed to classification into the aforesaid groups;
- ascertaining, by reference to the group of the first character and the group of the second character of an adjacently positioned pair, the amount of running width adjustment to be provided;
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- applying the adjustment to the running width of one of the adjacently positioned characters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.