Appeal No. 2000-0359 Page 2
Application No. 08/777,393
layout. If a number of characters is small for the width (A)
of a printing area, the characters are laid out with an
extremely wide spacing (B) therebetween as shown in Figure 25A
of the appellants’ specification. Because the resulting
printed image includes blank portions larger than character
portions, it lacks profoundness and gives a poor impression.
In contrast, the invention lays out characters according to
the relation B>D>0, where D is the width of a margin. In the
layout shown in Figure 25B of the specification, for example,
D = B/2. The characters shown therein are laid out in a well
balanced manner.
Claim 1, which is representative for present purposes,
follows:
1. A character layout method for laying out,
for printing, each of characters included in each
character string on one or a plurality of lines
within a generally rectangular frame having a
predetermined width in a direction, comprising the
steps of:
laying out said each character so as to satisfy
B>D>0, where D is the dimension of a margin between
an edge of said frame and a character at an end of
said string, and B is the dimension of an inter-
character spacing between adjacent characters; and
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