Patent ID: 8633931

Claim:
An image processing method in which a computer generates a background image where a plurality of character strings are arranged over a plurality of lines, the image processing method comprising: (a) a step for setting an arrangement area where the character strings are arranged; (b) a step for setting an arrangement start line of the character strings at least within the arrangement area; (c) a step for: arranging at least one of the character strings from a start position of the arrangement start line in a predetermined direction in a predetermined order to make one of the lines, when a character string to be arranged next is outside of the arrangement area set in step (a), arranging the character string to be arranged next from a start position of the arrangement start line of a next one of the lines, and when the character string to be arranged next protrudes from the arrangement area, a character string subsequent to the character string to be arranged next is arranged at the top of the next line; and (d) a step for generating the background image in an area including the arrangement start line by using the plurality of character strings arranged within the arrangement area in the step (c).