Variable font character generator

Claim 1

IN A REPRODUCTION APPARATUS HAVING OPTICAL MEANS FOR IMAGING LIGHT PATTERNS FROM A CATHODE RAY TUBE ONTO AN ELECTROSTATIC MEANS, WHEREBY A LATENT DEVELOPABLE IMAGE MAY BE FORMED UPON SAID ELECTROSTATIC MEANS FOR SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT AND REPRODUCTION OF SAID LIGHT PATTERNS, THE IMPROVED APPARATUS INCLUDING A VARIABLE FONT CHARACTER GENERATOR, SAID CHARACTER GENERATOR COMPRISING INPUT LOGIC MEANS; RECIRCULATING DECODER-STORAGE MEANS ADAPTED FOR STORING ENCODED CHARACTER FONTS TRANSMITTED FROM SAID INPUT LOGIC MEANS, SAID RECIRCULATING DECODER-STORAGE MEANS BEING FURTHER ADAPTED TO RESPOND TO ENCODED SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF SAID STORED ENCODED CHARACTERS AND PRESENTED TO SAID RECIRCULATING DECODER-STORAGE MEANS BY SELECTIVELY GATING OUT ELECTRICAL SIGNALS INDICATIVE OF THE CHARACTERS CORRESPONDING TO SAID ENCODED SIGNALS; PATTERN GENERATOR MEANS ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO SAID DECODER-STORAGE MEANS AND SAID CATHODE RAY TUBE, SAID PATTERN GENERATOR MEANS INCLUDING CIRCUITRY FOR ESTABLISHING A FIXED SCAN PATTERN ON THE FACE OF SAID CATHODE RAY TUBE, SAID PATTERN GENERATOR MEANS FURTHER INCLUDING CIRCUIT MEANS FOR INTENSITY MODULATING SAID SCAN PATTERN IN ACCORD WITH SAID ELECTRICAL SIGNALS FROM SAID DECODER-STORAGE MEANS WHEREBY LIGHT PATTERNS MAY BE FORMED UPON SAID CATHODE RAY TUBE REPRESENTATIVE OF SAID CHARACTERS.