1. A method of correcting distortion of characters represented by data included in an auxiliary data signal received with a video signal, the method comprising the steps of: providing a signal representing a background and a foreground of a first character; rendering a background and a foreground of the first character; providing a signal representing a background and a foreground of a second subsequent character adjacent the first character; rendering a background and foreground of the second subsequent character; determining if said first character is rendered in italics; and re-rendering a foreground color of the first character upon determining said first character is italicized.