REPLICATING THE APPEARANCE OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ATTRIBUTES AND TEXT ADORNMENTS IN DIGITAL PUBLICATIONS

摘要

Techniques are disclosed for replicating the appearance of typographical attributes and text adornments in digital publications. Content in a fixed layout format is converted into a standard digital publication format by applying a tag to each word of the content. Each tag includes a CSS letter spacing attribute that is calculated based on the effective width of each glyph forming the word in the fixed layout format, and the default width of the same glyph in the digital publication format. In this manner, the corresponding word is rendered in approximately the same space in both the fixed layout and digital publication formats.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, by a processor, input data representing a fixed layout digital publication in a first page layout format, the fixed layout digital publication including a plurality of words, each word being formed by a series of glyphs, each glyph having an effective width associated with the first page layout format and a default width associated with a second page layout format that is different than the first page layout format; computing, by the processor, a letter spacing adjustment value for each word individually based on the number of glyphs in the respective word, the effective width of each glyph in the respective word, and the default width of each glyph; and generating, by the processor, output data based on the letter spacing adjustment value, the output data representing the fixed layout digital publication in the second page layout format such that the width of each glyph is the default width adjusted by the letter spacing adjustment value on a word-by-word basis.