0 u2266 i lt the total number of characters indicates a character code obtained by recognizer 6 on the other hand as shown in fig3 b cpx i cpy i cpw i and cph i denote circumscribed rectangles cpx i and cpy i indicate x and y coordinates of the left upper edge of the circumscribed rectangle and cpw i and cph i represent a width and a height respectively bl i denotes the number of blank characters which are insertable just before the character lf i indicates the number of return characters which are inserted just after the character as a delimiter of the paragraph initial values of bl i and lf i are set to 0 and values are properly stored therein by processes which will be explained hereinafter values are stored into fields other than bl i and lf i by the character recognizing apparatus information regarding each character line is stored into character line information storage area 42 in accordance with the appearance order of the character lines an address for the first character in the character information storage area for the characters included in the character line has been stored in ls i as shown in fig3 b lpx j lpy j lpw j and lph j denote rectangles of a character line and indicate the minimum rectangles incorporating all of the characters included in the character line pt j denotes a character pitch of a character train constructing the character line a mean value is obtained from the character positions and stored into pt j similarly wd j denotes a mean character width of the character line fig5 is a flowchart for outputting the result of the recognition such an outputting process is executed in accordance with the program.