Systems and methods for gesture-based formatting

A method implemented at a computer system that includes one or more processors, for editing text based on received electronic gesture input, comprising:

• associating each of the plurality of gesture input types with a set of at least two corresponding text formatting rules of a plurality of sets of text formatting rules, each particular set of text formatting rules being associated with a sequential continuum from a first formatting rule of the particular set of text formatting rules to a last formatting rule of the particular set of text formatting rules;
• displaying text via an electronic display, comprising a touchscreen display, with a current formatting rule from the plurality of sets of text formatting rules applied to the text, the electronic display including a gesture input device for receiving at least one of a plurality of gesture input types, the gesture input device comprising a touchscreen digitizer associated with the touchscreen display;
• receiving a first gesture input via the gesture input device associated with the electronic display, the first gesture input comprising a first gesture input type of the plurality of gesture input types;
• based on the first gesture input, advancing along a first sequential continuum of text formatting rules in a first direction to a first formatting rule of the first sequential continuum of text formatting rules, wherein each consecutive received gesture input comprising the first gesture input type provides advancement along the first sequential continuum of text formatting rules;
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• applying the selected formatting rule of the first sequential continuum of text formatting rules to the text.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for formatting text, the operations comprising;

• associating each of the plurality of gesture input types with a set of at least two corresponding text formatting rules of a plurality of sets of text formatting rules, each particular set of text formatting rules being associated with a sequential continuum from a first formatting rule of the particular set of text formatting rules to a last formatting rule of the particular set of text formatting rules;
• displaying text via an electronic display comprising a touchscreen display with current formatting rule from the plurality of sets of text formatting rules applied to the text, the electronic display including a gesture input device, comprising a touchscreen digitizer associated with the touchscreen display, for receiving at least one of a plurality of gesture input types;
• receiving a first gesture input via the gesture input device associated with the electronic display, the first gesture input comprising a first gesture input type of the plurality of gesture input types;
• based on the first gesture input, advancing along a first sequential continuum of text formatting rules in a first direction to a first formatting rule of the first sequential continuum of text formatting rules, wherein each consecutive received gesture input comprising the first gesture input type provides advancement along the first sequential continuum of text formatting rules;
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• applying the selected formatting rule of the first sequential continuum of text formatting rules to the text.