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This paper describes the development of a system using pyramid to extract text strings from a mixed text/graphics image, such as a road map. The pyramid helps to identify and locate words or phrases in the image efficiently and quickly. The system is thus able to isolate the text from the graphics so that practical electronic versions of each kind can be treated and processed independently.