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US 8,543,914 B2Granted
Method and device for proportional setting of font attributes
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorGerhard Dietrich Klassen
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AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorGerhard Dietrich Klassen
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A method and handheld electronic device for displaying text in accordance with a user-specified font attributes are provided. Where the text comprises formatted sections of varying font sizes, the font size settings are set according to a default font size specified for the device to provide a readable display of text. Text with a font size above a maximum threshold is set to a large font size appropriate for the device display. Text with a font size below a minimum threshold is set to a small font size appropriate for the device display. Text with a font size between the minimum and maximum thresholds is set to the default font size for the device. The font face of the text may be set to a user-specified font face, however, fixed-width fonts are unchanged in order to preserve spacing and formatting associated with text in fixed-width format.
A method of displaying one formatted text element out of a plurality of elements in a document, on an electronic device, the electronic device having a default font face, a default font size, a maximum font size threshold and a minimum font size threshold stored thereon, the method comprising:
An electronic device for displaying one formatted text element out of a plurality of elements in a document, the electronic device comprising:
A computer-readable storage medium in an electronic device having a display for displaying one formatted text element out of a plurality of elements in a document, the medium having stored thereon a default font face, a default font size, a maximum font size threshold, a minimum font size threshold and computer-readable and computer-executable instructions, which, when executed by a processor, cause the electronic device to perform steps comprising:
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