(Just) Horizontal and vertical lines are pretty easy to deal with.

On the other hand, if the OPs images contain diagonals, it gets much harder. Unless they are all the same angle, or just a few angles.

Of course, his images might contain curves, which gets harder still.

And if they contain a mix of all three ...

And, then there is black and white; or grey scale or 8-bit dithered; or 24-bit fullcolor; or 48-bit; plus or minus alpha channels ....

Attempting a totally generic solution is a waste of effort if his images only contain horizontal and vertical lines.

Posting a solution for horizontal and vertical lines is a waste of time, if all his lines are curves.

Knowing what you're up against is the key to an efficient, effective algorithm; and a picture paints a thousand words.

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In reply to Re^3: Thining lines in raster images by BrowserUk
in thread Thining lines in raster images by Anonymous Monk

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