Character forming apparatus

A character forming apparatus comprising:

• character data storing means for storing character data showing each shape of characters of a basic font for the use in character formation, each character having target portions to which component pieces are to be pasted;
• component piece data storing means for storing data on a plurality of component pieces to be pasted to the target portions of the character of the basic font;
• input means for designating a character of the basic font and another font to be used for processing the character;
• target portion detecting means for detecting the target portions of the character data of the basic font designated by said input means;
• component piece data selecting means for selecting component piece data to be used among those stored by said component piece data storing means, based on information supplied from said input means;
• and
• character data synthesizing means for synthesizing the character data so that the component pieces selected by said component piece data selecting means are pasted to the target portions detected by said target portion detecting means,
• wherein said target portion includes an element and a regular shape portion of said character data, and positions which are designated by flags constituting said target portion are always fixed.