Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for constructing fonts from scanned images. In one embodiment, a method may include receiving a scanned image with a first glyph and a second glyph that correspond to a character in the image. The method may include generating an image representative of each of the first glyph and the second glyph, determining a default positioning of the first character, determining a positional reference line indicative of an alignment of certain characters, and a third positional reference line indicative of an alignment of different characters. The method may include determining an adjustment for the first glyph by determining a distance between the default positioning and the second positional reference line. The method may include assigning an identifier to the first glyph and generating a font file to be executed by a renderer for rendering the source text.

Abstract: A method of describing inter-character spacing in a font file. The method includes receiving a plurality of glyphs associated with textual content, and determining a corresponding advance value for each of the plurality of glyphs, the corresponding advance value being based on a distance between a respective glyph and a next glyph following the respective glyph. The method further includes storing the corresponding advance value for each of the plurality of glyphs in an advance table of the font file, and generating an electronic document for the textual content based on the plurality of glyphs and the font file.