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A method for generating a graphical figure in a textual markup language used for document composition. A special tag in the mark-up language calls a procedure. The procedure consists of drawing a series of contiguous rectangular boxes, of very small extent in at least one dimension, so as to appear

A method for generating a graphical figure in a textual markup language used for document composition. A special tag in the mark-up language calls a procedure. The procedure consists of drawing a series of contiguous rectangular boxes, of very small extent in at least one dimension, so as to appear as continuous lines representing the figure. Text can be associated with the tag and included within the figure. The size of the figure then depends on the extent of the text.

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A method of combining text and a grapic illustration enclosing said text in a document formatter, comprising the steps of: attaching in a markup language a tag, indicating a type of graphic illustration, to a string of text, said graphic illustration being associated with said string of text and the

A method of combining text and a grapic illustration enclosing said text in a document formatter, comprising the steps of: attaching in a markup language a tag, indicating a type of graphic illustration, to a string of text, said graphic illustration being associated with said string of text and the size of said graphic illustration depending upon said string of text; computing in a document formatting program markup language parameters associated with said string of text; computing separate portions of said graphic illustration dependent on said parameters associated with said string of text; and using a plurality of said computed portions to generate a graphic illustration enclosing said text in the formatted output of said program.