19. In a computer system having a graphical user interface including a display and a user interface input device, a method of configuring a computer to facilitate computer recognition of a user's handwriting comprising the steps of: (a) displaying on the display device at least one input field for receiving a user input in the form of handwritten sample characters, wherein the handwritten sample characters comprises at least one sample of the character being provided as the beginning character among a plurality of other characters, at least one sample of the character being provided as being the middle of a plurality of other of characters, and at least one sample of the letter being provided as the ending character among a plurality of characters; (b) receiving an input signal indicative of the user interface input device providing at least one sample character comprising at least one segment selected from the group consisting of a heading segment, a tailing segment, and a central axis; (c) based upon the signal, assigning the received sample character to be the representative character for a sub-category selected from the group consisting of: the beginning character among a plurality of other characters, the character being provided as middle character among a plurality of other of characters, and the ending character among a plurality of characters, wherein the selected sample comprises at least one segment selected from the group consisting of a heading segment, a tailing segment, and a central axis; and (d) normalizing the representative character; and (e) storing the assigned, normalized character on a computer readable medium.
19. In a computer system having a graphical user interface including a display and a user interface input device, a method of configuring a computer to facilitate computer recognition of a user's handwriting comprising the steps of: (a) displaying on the display device at least one input field for receiving a user input in the form of handwritten sample characters, wherein the handwritten sample characters comprises at least one sample of the character being provided as the beginning character among a plurality of other characters, at least one sample of the character being provided as being the middle of a plurality of other of characters, and at least one sample of the letter being provided as the ending character among a plurality of characters; (b) receiving an input signal indicative of the user interface input device providing at least one sample character comprising at least one segment selected from the group consisting of a heading segment, a tailing segment, and a central axis; (c) based upon the signal, assigning the received sample character to be the representative character for a sub-category selected from the group consisting of: the beginning character among a plurality of other characters, the character being provided as middle character among a plurality of other of characters, and the ending character among a plurality of characters, wherein the selected sample comprises at least one segment selected from the group consisting of a heading segment, a tailing segment, and a central axis; and (d) normalizing the representative character; and (e) storing the assigned, normalized character on a computer readable medium. 20. The method of claim 19 , the system further comprising a second user interface input device, the method further comprising the steps of: (f) receiving a input signal indicative of the second user interface input device providing at least two characters; (g) determine whether to join the at least two characters received of step (e); (h) selecting a representative character among a plurality of representative characters stored on the computer-readable medium to represent each of the characters received in step (f), wherein the plurality of characters comprise at least one sample of the character being provided as the beginning character among a plurality of other characters, at least one sample of the character being provided in the middle of a plurality of other of characters, and at least one sample of the letter being provided as the ending character among a plurality of characters; (i) performing geometric variation on at least one of the selected characters; and (j) displaying the at least two characters on a display device, the at least two characters being a representation of the characters received in step (f), wherein the characters are displayed in the form of the user's handwriting.