Alphanumeric Glyphs Transformation Based on Shape Morphing: Context of Text

Abstract

In this paper, we present a new application of shape morphing in font generation. This method is adapted to the text tattooing context. The advantages of using this method for font generation are: the ability to generate all font characters in one step; all characters are changed; the user must only provide a shape towards which the characters will be distorted and define the percentage of deformation. In the context of text tattooing, the characters in the original text must be modified to embed information without disturbing the reading. Therefore, each character of the new font must be at the same time different and similar to the one of the font of the original document (Times New Roman, Arial, etc). In the results section, we show the visual similarity of the obtained characters as well as their ability to distinguish themselves in a classification process.