1. A resolution-independent character generating method for generating character images for display on an output device having a predefined level of resolution, wherein each generated character is defined by a set of stroke-based glyphs, said method comprising: selecting a character for display on the output device; retrieving prestored stroke-based glyphs that are associated with the selected character, wherein the prestored stroke-based glyphs comprise explicit and implicit data, the explicit data including key points and a width value of one or more strokes that define a glyph and the implicit data including feature points and curve values of the one or more strokes of the glyph; and generating the selected character by rendering the retrieved stroke-based glyphs of the selected character according to the predefined explicit and implicit data of the retrieved stroke-based glyphs and the level of resolution of the output device, wherein the feature points curve values, and level of resolution of the output device define curve segment intersection information for each intersecting stroke of a glyph.