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# NSFontTraitMask

Constants for isolating specific traits of a font.

```
struct NSFontTraitMask
```

## Overview

[`NSFontManager`](/documentation/AppKit/NSFontManager) categorizes fonts according to a small set of traits. You can convert fonts by adding and removing individual traits, and you can get a font with a specific combination of traits.

These pairs of traits are mutually exclusive:

- [`condensedFontMask`](/documentation/AppKit/NSFontTraitMask/condensedFontMask) and  [`expandedFontMask`](/documentation/AppKit/NSFontTraitMask/expandedFontMask)
- [`boldFontMask`](/documentation/AppKit/NSFontTraitMask/boldFontMask) and  [`unboldFontMask`](/documentation/AppKit/NSFontTraitMask/unboldFontMask)
- [`italicFontMask`](/documentation/AppKit/NSFontTraitMask/italicFontMask) and  [`unitalicFontMask`](/documentation/AppKit/NSFontTraitMask/unitalicFontMask)

## Topics

### Trait Masks

[`NSBoldFontMask`](/documentation/AppKit/NSFontTraitMask/boldFontMask)

A mask that specifies a bold font.

[`NSCompressedFontMask`](/documentation/AppKit/NSFontTraitMask/compressedFontMask)

A mask that specifies a compressed font.

[`NSCondensedFontMask`](/documentation/AppKit/NSFontTraitMask/condensedFontMask)

A mask that specifies a condensed font.

[`NSExpandedFontMask`](/documentation/AppKit/NSFontTraitMask/expandedFontMask)

A mask that specifies an expanded font.

[`NSFixedPitchFontMask`](/documentation/AppKit/NSFontTraitMask/fixedPitchFontMask)

A mask that specifies a fixed pitch font.

[`NSItalicFontMask`](/documentation/AppKit/NSFontTraitMask/italicFontMask)

A mask that specifies an italic font.

[`NSNarrowFontMask`](/documentation/AppKit/NSFontTraitMask/narrowFontMask)

A mask that specifies a narrow font.

[`NSNonStandardCharacterSetFontMask`](/documentation/AppKit/NSFontTraitMask/nonStandardCharacterSetFontMask)

A mask that specifies a font containing a non-standard character set.

[`NSPosterFontMask`](/documentation/AppKit/NSFontTraitMask/posterFontMask)

A mask that specifies a poster-style font.

[`NSSmallCapsFontMask`](/documentation/AppKit/NSFontTraitMask/smallCapsFontMask)

A mask that specifies a small-caps font.

[`NSUnboldFontMask`](/documentation/AppKit/NSFontTraitMask/unboldFontMask)

A mask that specifies a font that is not bold.

[`NSUnitalicFontMask`](/documentation/AppKit/NSFontTraitMask/unitalicFontMask)

A mask that specifies a font that is not italic.

### Initializers

[`init(rawValue:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSFontTraitMask/init(rawValue:))

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

[`BitwiseCopyable`](/documentation/Swift/BitwiseCopyable)

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

[`SetAlgebra`](/documentation/Swift/SetAlgebra)

[`ExpressibleByArrayLiteral`](/documentation/Swift/ExpressibleByArrayLiteral)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`OptionSet`](/documentation/Swift/OptionSet)

[`RawRepresentable`](/documentation/Swift/RawRepresentable)

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