8. A method for displaying characters in a handwritten image comprising the steps of: inputting image coordinate data corresponding to the handwritten image; displaying a calligraphic image on the basis of the image coordinate data; recognizing characters in the image coordinate data; and erasing the calligraphic image and displaying recognized characters recognized in said recognizing step in a case where a recognized character is a punctuation mark and, in a case where it has not been determined that the recognized character consists of a punctuation mark, not erasing the calligraphic image or displaying the recognized characters, thereby resulting in the reduction of screen display flicker.
9. A method for displaying characters in a handwritten image according to claim 8, wherein said step of displaying a calligraphic image includes the step of connecting coordinate points in the image coordinate data.