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    Copyright (c) 2026 Tobias Erbsland - Erbsland DEV. https://erbsland.dev
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Text Formatting
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This chapter covers building strings, formatting values with patterns, and choosing format specifications.
Start with :doc:`overview` to choose the right approach for a piece of text.
For complete documents, continue with :doc:`/topics/text_rendering/index`.
For source and filter substitution, see :doc:`/topics/text_placeholders/index`.

.. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2

    overview
    building_strings
    using_string_format
    format_specifications
    compatibility_format_specifications