1. A method for font reproduction in electronic documents, comprising: receiving an image of a printed document; extracting pairs of consecutive characters from the image of the printed document; storing the extracted pairs as images of the characters; and reproducing the printed document as an electronic document with text of overlapping extracted character pair images; wherein said steps are implemented in either: computer hardware configured to perform said identifying, tracing, and providing steps, or computer software embodied in a non-transitory, tangible, computer-readable storage medium.