# CharacterScaling Property

> Returns or sets the character scaling of a formatting style in percent of the average character width, as an Integer, to condense or expand text.

- **Product:** TX Text Control ActiveX
- **Section:** Documentation
- **Kind:** Property
- **Path:** TX Text Control ActiveX > API Reference > Style > CharacterScaling Property
- **74 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/style/characterscaling-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/style/characterscaling-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/style/characterscaling-property/llms-full.txt

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Returns or sets the style's character scaling, in percent of the average character width.

Introduced: 30.0.

### Syntax

```vbscript
Style.CharacterScaling [= value]
```

### Data Types

Integer.

### See Also

- [Programming Category: Stylesheet Programming](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/categories/stylesheet-programming/llms-full.txt)

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