The main contents of a form ftxt is in its character stream "chrs" chunks. Formatting property chunks may also appear. The only formatting property yet defined is "fons", a font specifier. a form ftxt with no chrs represents an empty text stream. A FORM FTXT may contain nested IFF forms, lists, or cat s, although a "stripping" reader (see section 3) will ignore them. character sets control sequences data chunk chrs property chunk fons future properties positioning units