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# Lines array elements

> Lines array elements in the ABBYY FineReader Engine JSON schema — strings forming a text block or table cell, ordered as read.

Elements of the lines array are objects describing strings making up a text block or table cell. Elements in this array are ordered identically to the way they are read.

| Property                                                                                                                                         | Data type                                                                                                                        | Description                                                                                                                                          |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| position                                                                                                                                         | [rect](/fine-reader/engine/specifications/export-formats/json-schema-description/layout-object/pages-array-elements/rect-object) | The coordinates of the rectangular region on the document where the text string is located.                                                          |
| confidence                                                                                                                                       | confidence                                                                                                                       | The level of confidence for the text in the string being recognized correctly. Calculated using confidence values for words that make up the string. |
| text                                                                                                                                             | string                                                                                                                           | The string value of the element.                                                                                                                     |
| charParams                                                                                                                                       | object                                                                                                                           | The parameters related to font formatting.                                                                                                           |
| [words](/fine-reader/engine/specifications/export-formats/json-schema-description/layout-object/pages-array-elements/lines-array-elements#words) | object array                                                                                                                     | An array consisting of words that make up the text string. Elements are ordered identically to the way they are read.                                |

### CharParams elements

Elements of the charParams is an object describing formatting of characters. These elements are applied to the object to which they relate (single character or a group of characters).

| Property    | Data type | Description                                                                                                   |
| ----------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| bold        | boolean   | Indicates that a font style is bold.                                                                          |
| italic      | boolean   | Indicates that a font style is italic.                                                                        |
| underlined  | boolean   | Indicates that a font style is underlined.                                                                    |
| strikeout   | boolean   | Indicates that a font style is strikeout.                                                                     |
| smallCaps   | boolean   | Indicates that a font is small caps.                                                                          |
| superscript | boolean   | Indicates the superscript font property.                                                                      |
| subscript   | boolean   | Indicates the subscript font property.                                                                        |
| scaling     | integer   | The scaling of the font (the default value is 1000).                                                          |
| spacing     | integer   | The character spacing in twips (1/20 pt, 1/1440 inch).                                                        |
| fontSize    | integer   | The font size property state in twips (1/20 pt, 1/1440 inch).                                                 |
| fontName    | string    | The font name.                                                                                                |
| color       | string    | The font color (hexadecimal value in 6-digit format RRGGBB).                                                  |
| lang        | string    | The language of the characters. Consists of language and country parts, please refer to ISO 639 and ISO 3166. |

### Words array elements

Elements of the words array are objects describing words that make up a text string.

| Property                                                                                                                                         | Data type                                                                                                                        | Description                                                                                                                            |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| position                                                                                                                                         | [rect](/fine-reader/engine/specifications/export-formats/json-schema-description/layout-object/pages-array-elements/rect-object) | The coordinates of the rectangular region on the document where the word is located.                                                   |
| confidence                                                                                                                                       | confidence                                                                                                                       | The level of confidence for the word being recognized correctly. Calculated using confidence values for characters making up the word. |
| text                                                                                                                                             | string                                                                                                                           | The string value of the word.                                                                                                          |
| [chars](/fine-reader/engine/specifications/export-formats/json-schema-description/layout-object/pages-array-elements/lines-array-elements#chars) | object array                                                                                                                     | An array of characters that make up the word. Elements in the array are ordered the same way they are read.                            |

### Chars array elements

Elements of the chars array are objects that describe characters that make up a word. A character is the smallest unit of text information.

| Property   | Data type                                                                                                                        | Description                                                                               |
| ---------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| confidence | confidence                                                                                                                       | The level of confidence for the character being recognized correctly.                     |
| text       | string                                                                                                                           | The string value of the character.                                                        |
| position   | [rect](/fine-reader/engine/specifications/export-formats/json-schema-description/layout-object/pages-array-elements/rect-object) | The coordinates of the rectangular region on the document where the character is located. |