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# Formatting Element

> The formatting element in Vantage OCR XML output groups characters with uniform formatting and contains charParams elements for each recognized character.

A group of characters with uniform formatting. It is a group of **charParams** elements.

Has the following attribute:

| Property  | Data type | Description                                    |
| :-------- | :-------- | :--------------------------------------------- |
| `lang` \* | `string`  | The name of the language used for recognition. |

## CharParams Element

Attributes of a single character.

The tag can have the following attributes:

| Property     | Data type | Description                                                     |
| :----------- | :-------- | :-------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `l` \*       | `integer` | The coordinate of the left border of the character rectangle.   |
| `t` \*       | `integer` | The coordinate of the top border of the character rectangle.    |
| `r` \*       | `integer` | The coordinate of the right border of the character rectangle.  |
| `b` \*       | `integer` | The coordinate of the bottom border of the character rectangle. |
| `suspicious` | `boolean` | Indicates whether the character was recognized uncertainly.     |
| `isTab`      | `boolean` | Indicates whether the character is a tab.                       |

\* Indicates a required property.