Object-orientation and Extensibility in a Font-Scaler

Today’s font-scalers generate screenfonts with acceptable quality on-the-fly from a generic font representation. However, as closed systems they discourage the integration of separate solutions to different aspects of font-scaling. This paper illustrates an object-oriented approach that allows for both contour and rendering independence. Refined solutions can be packaged separately into intelligent contour and rendering objects. The approach results in a small and efficient font-scaling system that masters complexity by concept rather than industriousness.