6. The method of claim 1 , wherein said identifying a first plurality of characters containing said first character shape comprises selecting a plurality of characters from a word shapes database associating characters with shapes used to create said characters.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein said identifying a first plurality of characters containing said first character shape comprises selecting a plurality of characters from a word shapes database associating characters with shapes used to create said characters. 7. The method of claim 6 , wherein said word shapes database comprises a word shapes hash table.