Implementation by computer device recognizing print texts

The article describes methods of recognizing printed characters. The authors analyzed the contours of printed characters of various fonts, with sharply different forms of signs, as a result of which the optimal combination of directions formed by the elements of the contours of signs was chosen. According to the program developed by the authors, the computer starts at a certain end point, traverses the contour of the printed characters, which are represented as a sequence of certain directions formed by the elements of the contour of the sign. As a result, all the printed characters of the various fonts in question were recognized by the computer.