# CharacterSpacing Property

> Returns or sets the character spacing of a formatting style in twips, an Integer added to each character: negative values condense text, positive expand it.

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

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Returns or sets the style's character spacing value, in twips. This value is added to each character. When it is negative, character spacing is reduced, otherwise it is extended.

Introduced: 30.0.

### Syntax

```vbscript
Style.CharacterSpacing [= 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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