29. The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 27 , further comprising: forming a plurality of clusters, each cluster of the plurality of clusters including one or more similar scanned images; and creating the plurality of prototypes based on processing the one or more similar scanned images of the plurality of clusters.
29. The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 27 , further comprising: forming a plurality of clusters, each cluster of the plurality of clusters including one or more similar scanned images; and creating the plurality of prototypes based on processing the one or more similar scanned images of the plurality of clusters. 30. The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 29 , further comprising labeling the plurality of clusters according to a character or ligature type based on comparing attributes of a scanned image in the cluster to known character and ligature types.