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Scaling low-resolution bitmap fonts using linear feature extraction

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In certain cases a font, as defined by a set of small raster images, can be scaled by first extracting the linear features that define each character. These can be treated as graphical vectors and scaled, translated, and rotated in an arbitrary fashion. The visual precision of this method depends on the size of the original front templates.

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Parker, J.R. Scaling low-resolution bitmap fonts using linear feature extraction. The Visual Computer 6, 74–78 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01901068

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