Image process apparatus, image process method and storage medium

An image processing method comprising the steps of:

• recognizing a character in an image on an original on the basis of an image signal obtained from the image by reading the original;
• detecting a density of the recognized character;
• inputting an instruction by an operator to convert the density detected in said detecting step;
• and
• performing font expansion to generate data representing a shape of the character recognized in said character recognition step, and performing image reproduction by converting the expanded font data on the basis of the density detected in said density detection step and the instruction input in said inputting step.

A computer readable storage medium which stores therein a program to control an image processing apparatus for reading and reproducing an original, the stored program executing:

• a character recognition step of recognizing a character in an image on an original on the basis of an image signal obtained from the image by reading the original;
• a density detection step of detecting a density of the character recognized in said character recognition step;
• an instruction input step of inputting an instruction by an operator to convert the density detected in said density detection step;
• and
• an image formation step of performing font expansion to generate data representing a shape of the character recognized in said character recognition step, and performing image reproduction by converting the expanded font data on the basis of the density detected in said density detection step and the instruction input in said instruction input step.