“LiveType: a parametric font model based on features and constraints” by Shamir and Rappoport

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    Art / Design and Technical

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    LiveType: a parametric font model based on features and constraints

Session/Category Title:   Papers, Lines, and Letters


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    A new font model based on features, parameters, and constraints. Glyphs are composed of typographic features including constraints defined between geometric elements. Parameter modifications lead to real-time constraint evaluation.

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    10 Shamir, A., Rappoport, A. Extraction of Typographic Elements from Outline Representations of Fonts, Computer Graphics Forum, 15(3):259-268, 1996 (Eurographics ’96).


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