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Stylized Stroke Fonts aim to provide a balance between the expressiveness of outline-based fonts and the small memory footprint of uniform-width stroke-based fonts. The goal of this research project is to develop algorithms that can automatically convert outline-based fonts to Stylized Stroke Fonts, which can represent multiple fonts using a single set of stroke skeletons. This approach can help reduce memory usage on devices such as cell phones, making it more practical for memory-constrained devices.
- ▪Uniform-width stroke-based fonts require significantly less storage than outline-based fonts.
- ▪Stylized Stroke Fonts can represent multiple fonts using a single set of stroke skeletons.
- ▪The Stylized Stroke Fonts project aims to develop algorithms for automatic conversion from outline-based fonts.
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Stylized Stroke Fonts Outline-based Asian fonts often require 5 to 10 MB of storage, which is problematic for memory-constrained devices such as cell phones. In contrast, uniform-width stroke-based fonts (USFs) require significantly less storage — for example, the GB2312 character set can be represented compactly with only 250 KB. However, since each stroke has a uniform width (top-left image), USFs lack the expressiveness and the cultural acceptance of their outline-based counterparts. We are currently developing an improved representation for stroke-based fonts called Stylized Stroke Fonts (SSFs) which will provide the best of both worlds: the expressiveness of traditional outline-based fonts and the small memory footprint of USFs.
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