FONT CACHE AND META-FONT

摘要

PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and system for managing access to and display of characters, from one or more fonts. PSOLUTION: The method and system includes initializing of a storage space inside a computer memory. The storage space can store information for selecting characters, from the one or more fonts and allows easy access by a font management routine. In the meantime, a second storage space stores information related to all the characters from the one or more fonts which are contained in one or more files. The font management routine receives indication of the desired character to be rendered and decides whether the desired character is currently stored in the first storage space. The management routine (or a related routine) can load the desired character from the second storage space into the first storage space. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI