Patents by Inventor Victor E. Spindler

Victor E. Spindler 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 of formatting documents using flexible design models providing controlled copyfit and typeface selection
    Patent number: 5263132
    Abstract: A method for typographic design of a printed document utilizing typographical parameters designed by an expert typographer is provided. A standard body of text is executed in a standard font and a selected format by an expert design typographer to provide maximized readability of the standard body of text and to determine a set of reference parameters associated with that selected format. Utilizing the reference parameters in a computer program, an unskilled user may then execute a desired body of text in a desired font in the selected format to produce a printed document having substantially equal readability. The program allows a reader to switch between typefaces to produce printed documents having substantially equal copyfit in different typefaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Assignee: Michael R. Parker
    Inventors: Michael R. Parker, Victor E. Spindler
  • Method of formatting documents using flexible design models providing controlled copyfit and typeface selection
    Patent number: RE36704
    Abstract: A method for typographic design of a printed document utilizing typographical parameters designed by an expert typographer is provided. A standard body of text is executed in a standard font and a selected format by an expert design typographer to provide maximized readability of the standard body of text and to determine a set of reference parameters associated with that selected format. Utilizing the reference parameters in a computer program, an unskilled user may then execute a desired body of text in a desired font in the selected format to produce a printed document having substantially equal readability. The program allows a reader to switch between typefaces to produce printed documents having substantially equal copyfit in different typefaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Inventors: Michael R. Parker, Victor E. Spindler