Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system (100) that is adapted to process digital video data. An exemplary embodiment of the system (100) comprises a processor (110) that produces a digital video data stream (112), and a character generator (200) that is adapted to select a pixel data value from one of a plurality of standard data lines (604, 606, 608, 610) to insert into the digital video data stream (112) based on a representation of a character stored in a memory (210) associated with the character generator (200).