Abstract: Apparatus for placing identification or indicia on parts of small surfaces, especially on identification labels of terminals for the identification of electrical components and circuits, whereby a printing or writing device is provided with a keyboard for selecting labeling symbols which preferably can be read on a display, as well as a guide for the bandoliered, sequenced parts to be labeled arranged opposite to the type carrier or writing device and a positioning device which carries out a stepwise relative shift between the parts and the type carrier or writing device.

Abstract: The slaved ramp voltage generator disclosed herein facilitates the writing of characters by a servo controlled stylus carried on a moving carriage. The carriage is driven at a selectable speed and the drive system generates pulse signals at a rate which is proportional to carriage speed. A digital counter is advanced by these pulse signals and the digital value held by the counter is converted to an analog voltage which varies in proportion to displacement of the carriage. This carriage displacement voltage is summed with a vector-defining position voltage to obtain a control voltage which drives the stylus servo mechanism to effect writing with respect to a moving frame of reference.

Abstract: A font of alphabetical letters is disclosed herein which is to be employed for the printing of cursive writing script. The font is characterized by the fact that all of the letters are formed to combine with sets or subsets of individual letters of the font. The combination is by connecting each letter at the front or rear with a ligature in which it is indistinguishable that the letters are separately formed in the font. The method of printing is disclosed by which a letter of the font may be selected to indistinguishably connect in ligature with the preceding and following letters so that the printed cursive script is acceptable in appearance, and equal in form to cursive writing examples that represent the accepted standards of correct penmanship.

Abstract: A character applying device which is controlled by a separate signal processor can be manually moved across a writing surface while the characters are being applied. A single-tipped marking instrument is moved with a prescribed motion parallel to the surface as the device is moved across the surface to create a relatively dense array of line patterns. Simultaneously, received control signals cause the tip to move in and out of contact with the surface for, in effect, masking the array to produce characters represented by those signals.