STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING PRELOADED FONT INFORMATION, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPRODUCING DATA FROM STORAGE MEDIUM

摘要

A STORAGE MEDIUM (900), APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPRODUCING DATA FROM THE STORAGE MEDIUM ARE PROVIDED. THE STORAGE MEDIUM INCLUDES A/V DATA INCLUDING AUDIO OR VIDEO DATA, AND INTERACTIVE DATA, WHICH CONSTITUTES A PREDETERMINED INTERACTIVE SCREEN HAVING THE A/V DATA AND INCLUDES A COMMAND FOR PRELOADING FONTS FOR USE IN A PLURALITY OF INTERACTIVE SCREENS INTO A MEMORY (920) OF A REPRODUCING APPARATUS DURING SEAMLESS REPRODUCTION. A FONT TO BE USED IS PRELOADED INTO THE MEMORY OF THE REPRODUCING APPARATUS BEFORE A SCREEN OF A/V DATA (951)AND A SCREEN OF INTERACTIVE DATA (952), WHICH ARE SIMULATENOUSLY REPRODUCED, ARE CHANGED INTO A NEW INTERACTIVE SCREEN, THEREBY ASSURING SEAMLESS REPRODUCTION OF THE A/V DATA SCREEN.