12. A method for decoding text subtitle streams recorded on a recording medium, the method comprising: parsing, at a text subtitle processor the text subtitle stream into text data to be displayed in the subtitle region, region style information indicating a region style to be applied to an overall region including the text data, and inline style information indicating at least one font related style to be applied to the text data, the parsed text data and inline style information being transferred to a different area of a text subtitle decoder than the parsed region style information; and converting the text data into bitmap data by using the region style information and the inline style information.
12. A method for decoding text subtitle streams recorded on a recording medium, the method comprising: parsing, at a text subtitle processor the text subtitle stream into text data to be displayed in the subtitle region, region style information indicating a region style to be applied to an overall region including the text data, and inline style information indicating at least one font related style to be applied to the text data, the parsed text data and inline style information being transferred to a different area of a text subtitle decoder than the parsed region style information; and converting the text data into bitmap data by using the region style information and the inline style information. 17. The method of claim 12 , wherein the selected portion of the text data is a text string.