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Characters per line
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Typography/byx4sANl">typography</a> and <a href="/facts/Computing/Kghtm9fX">computing</a>, characters per line (CPL) or terminal width refers to the maximal number of <a href="/facts/Monospaced_font/or1TCAoh">monospaced</a> characters that may appear on a single <a href="/facts/Plain_text/TSlSSAg2">line</a>. It is similar to <a href="/facts/Line_length/p4WAcJpW">line length</a> in <a href="/facts/Typesetting/CsKmfY0t">typesetting</a>. </p>