Character feature integration of Chinese calligraphy and font

Cao Shi; Jianguo Xiao; Wenhua Jia; Canhui Xu

doi:10.1117/12.2003633

4 February 2013 Character feature integration of Chinese calligraphy and font

Cao Shi, Jianguo Xiao, Wenhua Jia, Canhui Xu

Proceedings Volume 8658, Document Recognition and Retrieval XX; 86580M (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2003633
Event: IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, 2013, Burlingame, California, United States

Abstract

A framework is proposed in this paper to effectively generate a new hybrid character type by means of integrating local contour feature of Chinese calligraphy with structural feature of font in computer system. To explore traditional art manifestation of calligraphy, multi-directional spatial filter is applied for local contour feature extraction. Then the contour of character image is divided into sub-images. The sub-images in the identical position from various characters are estimated by Gaussian distribution. According to its probability distribution, the dilation operator and erosion operator are designed to adjust the boundary of font image. And then new Chinese character images are generated which possess both contour feature of artistical calligraphy and elaborate structural feature of font. Experimental results demonstrate the new characters are visually acceptable, and the proposed framework is an effective and efficient strategy to automatically generate the new hybrid character of calligraphy and font.

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Cao Shi, Jianguo Xiao, Wenhua Jia, and Canhui Xu "Character feature integration of Chinese calligraphy and font", Proc. SPIE 8658, Document Recognition and Retrieval XX, 86580M (4 February 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2003633

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