33. The method as recited in claim 17 wherein said first type style is an italic type style.
17. In a digital processing system, a method of processing a binary text image to identify and distinguish a location of a first type style, said image containing at least a first region of said first type style and a second region of a second type style, comprising the step of eroding said binary text image with a first structuring element to provide a first destination image, using said first destination image to form a second destination image containing substantially only said first type style from said text image wherein the step of forming a second destination image further comprises the steps of, i) forming a seed image from said first destination image wherein said step of forming a seed image further comprises the steps of, a) dilating said first destination image vertically, b) closing said image horizontally, c) opening said image horizontally; d) dilating said image horizontally; and e) ANDing an image from step d) with said binary text image to form said seed image; said seed image comprising ON pixels only within regions of said first type style, ii) growing said seed image into a mask image to provide a third destination image, and iii) ANDing said third destination image with said binary text image to provide said second destination image said first structuring element more likely to provide a hit in said first region than in said second region; remaining pixels used to identify said location of said first type style, and distinguish said location of said first type style from said second region of said second type style.