...pixels

Acronym for PICture ELement.

...``filled''

Global and adaptive thresholding mechanisms are possible. However, a discussion of these is beyondthe scope of this work.

...ppi

Pixels per inch.

...stroke

In this thesis, images were scanned at 300 ppi.

...accuracy

Generated using ISRI's experimental environment [14]

...#tableerror>

Reproduced from [8] with permission

...stopwords

Common words not normally used in text retrieval searches, such as ``a'', ``of'', ``the''.

...Database

See [11] for more information about ISRI and its databases

...2''

Consult [12] for detailed information on the ``Sample 2'' database

...selected

In some of the more unusual font/pitch combinations this was not possible

...#devtab>)

Reproduced from [12] with permission.

...data

Reproduced from [13] with permission

...micro-gaps

Very thin white-space separating a character's stroke