Using Common-letter Type-face Patents (Class 400/92)
  • Patent number: 8040533
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for performing font subsetting. One or more font subsetting parameters are received. The one or more font subsetting parameters indicate a granularity level for which font subsetting is performed for portions of a data container. The font subsetting parameters indicate a font subsetting granularity level other than an entire document associated with the data container. A first portion of the data container is determined in accordance with the font subsetting granularity level. A subset of font data for at least one font family is determined in accordance with what font data for the at least one font family is actually used by the first portion. The subset of font data is embedded in an output for a consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Brian S. Adelberg, Khaled S. Sedky, Mahmood A. Dhalla, Oliver H. Foehr, Clifton Kerr
  • Patent number: 5203635
    Abstract: A stenographic machine includes a keyboard having a first area containing keys designated for at least some of numerals "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8" and "9", a second area containing keys designated for consonant letters, a third area containing, in order from left to right, keys designated for vowel letters "A", "O", "E" and "U", a first additional key designated for numeral "5" and a second additional key designated for numeral "0". The additional keys are located elsewhere than in the first area and are preferably directly below the keys designated for the letters "A" and "O".
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1993
    Inventor: Kenneth Freedman