Dynamic font: A new representational technology

Fujitsu Scientific and Technical Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 192-202

  Takayama, Kuniharu ^a   Kano, Hiroyuki ^a   Maeda, Yoshiharu ^a   Misue, Kazuo ^a   Hosogi, Shinya ^a   Sugiyama, Kozo ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTER SETS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN AIDS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; VECTORS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

DYNAMIC FONTS; VIRTUAL WRITING DEVICE; WRITING MOTION;

DESKTOP PUBLISHING;

EID: 0030421419     PISSN: 00162523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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