haracter attributes store their characteristics in &quot;runs&quot; which allow separate characters in the same object to show different character attributes.</P>

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Singular Character Attributes</H2>
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In many cases, your text object will need only one set of attributes for all characters. In those cases, the text object's character attributes instance field (VTI_<CODE>
charAttrRuns</CODE>
 for VisText, <CODE>
ATTR_GEN_TEXT_DEFAULT_CHAR_ATTR</CODE>
 or <CODE>
ATTR_GEN_TEXT_CHAR_ATTR</