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 NV 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 AIV DATA (951) AND A SCREEN OF INTERACTIVE DATA (952), WHICH ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY REPRODUCED, ARE CHANGED INTO A NEW INTERACTIVE SCREEN, THEREBY ASSURING SEAMLESS REPRODUCTION OF THE A/V DATA SCREEN. (FIGURE 10A)