13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising calculating a placement of the first character by: examining pixels in common between the overlaid prototype and the first character to calculate counters xP, xN, yP, and yN, and a vertical and a horizontal stability index; and using the counters xP, xN, yP, and yN and the vertical and horizontal stability indexes to determine a placement for the overlaid prototype within the synthetic ligature.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein comparing the plurality of prototypes to the two or more touching characters of the ligature to identify two or more matched prototypes further comprises: overlaying a prototype of the plurality of prototypes onto a first character of the two or more characters of the synthetic ligature; and examining, pixel by pixel, respective pixels of the prototype and the first character of the ligature.