InDesign Tutorial: Design With Character - Character Style Sheets
http://designorati.com/articles/t1/graphic-design/452/indesign-tutorial-design-with-character-character-style-sheets.php

Bruno, Elisabetta
Designorati
2005

Abstract:

Character Style Sheets can be real time savers for designers especially in the creation of long or multi-page documents. Character Style Sheets are simply recorded format that you can then use in your design at will. Consistency is one of the principles that designers must follow. Character Sheets help the designer so he doesn't have to apply manually the same type of formatting over and over again throughout the document.