Reference line setting device, reference line setting method and reference line setting program

A reference line setting device comprising:

• at least one memory configured to store computer program code;
• at least one processor configured to access said computer program code and operate as instructed by said computer program code, said computer program code including:
• image acquisition code configured to cause at least one of said at least one processor to acquire an image containing a character region;
• line position information acquisition code configured to cause at least one of said at least one processor to acquire line position information of a plurality of characters out of characters recognized from the character region of the image by a specified recognition method with reference to a storage means storing, for each character, line position information concerning coordinate positions in a vertical direction of characters where at least two reference lines extend in an alignment direction of characters, along which a certain part of each character is to be placed;
• and
• setting code configured to cause at least one of said at least one processor to set each of the reference lines to the image based on a plurality of line position information for each reference line acquired.