Merging selected digital point text objects while maintaining visual appearance fidelity

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a computing device to:

• identify digital text represented in a plurality of digital point text objects of a digital document, wherein the plurality of digital point text objects comprises a plurality of unbounded digital text objects having point type and wherein the digital text comprises a first digital character represented in a first digital point text object and a second digital character represented in a second digital point text object;
• determine point text character properties associated with the digital text by determining a first point text rotation associated with the first digital point text object and a second point text rotation associated with the second digital point text object;
• determine font character properties that reflect the point text character properties by determining a first character rotation that corresponds to the first point text rotation and a second character rotation that corresponds to the second point text rotation;
• merge the plurality of digital point text objects to generate a merged digital point text object comprising the digital text, wherein the merged digital point text object comprises a single digital text object having the point type of the plurality of digital point text objects;
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• modify the digital text of the merged digital point text object based on the font character properties by modifying the first digital character based on the first character rotation and modifying the second digital character based on the second character rotation.

A system comprising:

• one or more memory devices comprising:
• a digital document comprising a plurality of digital point text objects comprising a plurality of unbounded digital text objects having point type, and vertical digital text represented in the plurality of digital point text objects;
• and
• one or more computer devices comprising at least one processor configured to cause the system to:
• analyze the vertical digital text represented in the plurality of digital point text objects of the digital document to determine point text character properties associated with the vertical digital text;
• determine font character properties that reflect the point text character properties associated with the vertical digital text;
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• generate, by merging the plurality of digital point text objects, a vertical merged digital point text object comprising the vertical digital text and the font character properties that reflect the point text character properties, wherein the vertical merged digital point text object comprises a single digital text object having the point type of the plurality of digital point text objects;
• and
• generate, based on the vertical merged digital point text object, a vertical area text object comprising the vertical digital text and the font character properties, wherein the vertical area text object comprises a bounded digital text object having area type.