I am also a but newbie but I think that's a symbol Is it actually #DefaultTextStyle ?

If true, yes, it would probably be a symbol. A symbol, as Squeak By Example says is:

"
Symbols are like Strings, in that they contain a sequence of characters.
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��� unique. There is only one Symbol object #Hello but there may be
��� multiple String objects with the value 'Hello'.
"

See SBE for more documentation.

However, if there is something that it is not a class neither a class variable, it can be a global variable. For example, do a expect it of Smalltalk. You may think Smalltalk is a class, but it doesn't. It is global variable. Indeed it is an object of SystemDirectory.

Cheers,

Mariano
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