Method of modifying the fatness of characters.

摘要

Font data which define the shape of each character as an outline (10) consisting of straight and curved line segments are transformed into bitmap representations of the individual characters such that the fatness of the character in the bitmap differs from that of the original font character by a predetermined fattening distance f by calculating a modified outline (48) on the basis of said font data and said fattening distance f, and then compiling the bitmap representation by filling the modified outline with discrete pixels (12). <IMAGE>