1. In a digital processing system, a method of processing a binary text image containing at least a first region containing at least a first word having a first type style and a second region containing at least a second word having a second type style to identify locations of said first words having said first type style, comprising the steps of: a) eroding said binary text image with a first structuring element to provide a first destination image having a plurality of remaining pixels, said first structuring element more likely to provide a hit in said first region than in said second region; and b) morphologically processing said remaining pixels of said first destination image to create a mask image substantially masking said locations of said first words.