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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.