A character generator system produces a visual vector display in response to digital vector commands. A plurality of cathode ray beams impinge upon the display screen in a matrix array. The control grid has separate control elements which selectively control the intensity of each of the beams. The deflection system positions the matrix array of cathode ray beams to different locations on the display screen. A segmented binary rate multiplier responds to the digital vector commands to produce intensity control signals which are applied to the control elements to selectively intensify the cathode ray beams to produce a vector segment having a starting point and a terminating point and which extends across the matrix array. The binary rate multiplier also produces deflection signals which position the array so that the starting point of the vector segment across a new array coincides with the terminating point on the previous array.
