Detection of Bold and Italic Character in Gurmukhi Script

Working with Optical Character Recognition for the printed Gurmukhi Script is a challenging task due to the large number of characters, the sophisticated ways in which they combine, and the complicated result. This paper describes a fast and easy to implement algorithm for detection of bold and italic character in Gurmukhi Script. The algorithm works without recognition of actual character and detects the font style (bold or italic) in the way of weight and slope. The procedure of identification and classification of bold and italic character can be used to improve character recognition. This simple and fast algorithm gives high accuracy.