Abstract: A method may include receiving a request to render text from an application executing on at least one processor of a computing device, the request including a font usage description; determining, using the at least one processor, a display context in which the text is to be rendered on a output device communicatively coupled to the computing device; querying, using the at least one processor, a usage data source using the determined display context and font usage description to determine font characteristics for rendering the text; and rendering the text on the output device communicatively coupled to the computing device using the determined font characteristics.

Abstract: At least certain embodiments of the present disclosure include a font file having graphic image files. In one embodiment, the font includes a set of glyphs and the font file includes a set of predetermined information of each glyph and graphic image data of each glyph. The graphic image data contains a graphic image of the corresponding glyph, which may be a multi-color glyph.

Abstract: At least certain embodiments of the present disclosure include a font file having graphic image files. In one embodiment, the font includes a set of glyphs and the font file includes a set of predetermined information of each glyph and graphic image data of each glyph. The graphic image data contains a graphic image of the corresponding glyph, which may be a multi-color glyph.