Patents by Inventor Barbara J. Goddeau

Barbara J. Goddeau has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for automatic font character height restriction
    Patent number: 7821515
    Abstract: A method is provided for reducing a height of a font character in a nonlinear scaling process. The method includes reducing the height of the character by interacting with hinting instruction to adjust relevant instructions to thereby reduce the overall height of a font character while preserving as much of the integrity of the character as possible. The method includes an iterative process which selectively removes various pixels, defining an outline of a font character while maintaining a removal criteria, which results in a nonlinear height reduction in order to produce a font of a desired height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Monotype Imaging Inc.
    Inventor: Barbara J. Goddeau
  • Method for automatic font character height restriction
    Publication number: 20090002375
    Abstract: A method is provided for reducing a height of a font character in a nonlinear scaling process. The method includes reducing the height of the character by interacting with hinting instruction to adjust relevant instructions to thereby reduce the overall height of a font character while preserving as much of the integrity of the character as possible. The method includes an iterative process which selectively removes various pixels, defining an outline of a font character while maintaining a removal criteria, which results in a nonlinear height reduction in order to produce a font of a desired height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: Monotype Imaging Inc.
    Inventor: Barbara J. Goddeau