12. The computer-implemented process of claim 9 , further comprising: tearing the arranged characters before applying the conformal transformation.
12. The computer-implemented process of claim 9 , further comprising: tearing the arranged characters before applying the conformal transformation. 13. The computer-implemented process of claim 12 , wherein tearing comprises: cutting an image of the characters of the text string horizontally into upper and lower slices; dividing each slice into one or more parts; and warping each part.