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| Character | Any single letter, number, symbol, or punctuation mark. |
| Character styles | A style that is applied to individual characters or words that users have selected. |
| Font | A set of characters that have the same design |
| monospace | A font in which all of its characters take up the same amount of horizontal space |
| paragraph styles | A style in which the formats are applied instantly to all text in the paragraph where the insertion point is located, whether or not text is selection. |
| point size | A measurement that refers to the height of characters with one point equaling approximately 1/12 of an inch |
| proportional space | A font in which the horizontal spacing varies |
| sans serif | A font that does not have the small line extensions on its characters. |
| serif | A font that has small lines at the beginning and end of characters and that is usually used with large amounts of text. |
| text effects | a new font command group that adds a distinctive appearance, such as outlines, shadows, glows or reflections, to selected text |
