This paper reports on the first phase of an attempt to create a full retro-engineering pipeline that aims to construct
a complete set of coherent typographic parameters defining the typefaces used in a printed homogenous text. It
should be stressed that this process cannot reasonably be expected to be fully automatic and that it is designed
to include human interaction. Although font design is governed by a set of quite robust and formal geometric
rulesets, it still heavily relies on subjective human interpretation. Furthermore, different parameters, applied to
the generic rulesets may actually result in quite similar and visually difficult to distinguish typefaces, making
the retro-engineering an inverse problem that is ill conditioned once shape distortions (related to the printing
and/or scanning process) come into play.
This work is the first phase of a long iterative process, in which we will progressively study and assess the
techniques from the state-of-the-art that are most suited to our problem and investigate new directions when
they prove to not quite adequate. As a first step, this is more of a feasibility proof-of-concept, that will allow us
to clearly pinpoint the items that will require more in-depth research over the next iterations.
KEYWORDS: Analytical research, Data modeling, Performance modeling, Electronic imaging, Current controlled current source, Detection and tracking algorithms
Making datasets available for peer reviewing of published document analysis methods or distributing large commonly used document corpora for benchmarking are extremely useful and sound practices and initiatives. This paper shows that they cover only a very tiny segment of the uses shared and commonly available research data may have. We develop a completely new paradigm for sharing and accessing common data sets, benchmarks and other tools that is based on a very open and free community based contribution model. The model is operational and has been implemented so that it can be tested on a broad scale. The new interactions that will arise from its use may spark innovative ways of conducting document analysis research on the one hand, but create very challenging interactions with other research domains as well.
Proceedings Volume Editor (1)
This will count as one of your downloads.
You will have access to both the presentation and article (if available).
Access to the requested content is limited to institutions that have purchased or subscribe to SPIE eBooks.
You are receiving this notice because your organization may not have SPIE eBooks access.*
*Shibboleth/Open Athens users─please
sign in
to access your institution's subscriptions.
To obtain this item, you may purchase the complete book in print or electronic format on
SPIE.org.
INSTITUTIONAL Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.
PERSONAL Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.