An improved method is presented to describe handwritten characters in terms of Generalized Fourier Descriptors (GFDs). There are two important problems in describing handwritten characters, namely straight line fitting and circle matching problems. The appropriate methods for obtaining the solutions of these two problems are presented. These results were applied on handwritten characters in oeder to have a simple character description in which characters are approximated by straight line pieces and circle segments. Using these results, calculations were then performed on the characters to obtain their GFDs. These calculations can be useful in the fields of character recognition and signature validation. Moreover, since this description is based on simple curves, it will have rfficient coding when data tranamission is concerned.
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