A method and apparatus for matching two images having areas of overlapping text, first image data, and second image data is provided. The method includes dividing the first image data into a plurality of scene segments and dividing the second image data into a plurality of scene segments, finding a text segment among the scene segments of the first image data and second image data, and detecting common text data in the text segments of the first image data and the second image data, the common text data having identical text data in the text segments of the first image data and the second image data. The method further includes extracting feature points from the first image data and the second image data based on the common text data, and combining the first image data and the second image data according to the feature points.