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Arial

Arial is a type of font. A font is like the different styles of handwriting that people use. Just like how some people have loopy, cursive handwriting and others have tall, skinny letters, fonts have different looks too. Arial is a font that has pretty straight and simple letters. It's used in a lot of places like on signs, websites, and even in books. When you type words on a computer, you can choose the Arial font so that your letters look like the ones in Arial. It's just one of many types of fonts you can choose from!
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