1. A method comprising: receiving, using a presence-sensitive display coupled to a computing device, a first user input comprising a first drawing gesture associated with a first area for user input defined at the presence-sensitive display, wherein the first user input specifies one or more characters to be displayed at the presence-sensitive display, and wherein the first drawing gesture includes a drawn representation of the one or more characters; receiving, using the presence-sensitive display, a second user input comprising a second drawing gesture, wherein the second drawing gesture spans only the first area and a second area for user input defined at the presence-sensitive display, and wherein the second user input specifies a first editing operation associated with the one or more characters; applying, by the computing device, the first editing operation to the one or more characters in response to receiving the second user input; receiving, using the presence-sensitive display, a third user input comprising a third drawing gesture, wherein the third drawing gesture spans the first area, the second area, and a third area for user input defined at the presence-sensitive display, and wherein the third user input specifies a second editing operation associated with the one or more characters; and applying, by the computing device, the second editing operation to the one or more characters in response to receiving the third user input.