2. The method of claim 1 , 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.
2. The method of claim 1 , 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. 6. The method of claim 2 , wherein the comparing the plurality of prototypes to the two or more touching characters of the ligature to identify two or more matched prototypes further comprises: identifying two or more type characters corresponding to the two or more touching characters of the ligature; and matching the two or more identified type characters to corresponding prototypes of the plurality of prototypes to identify the two or more matched prototypes.