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# shared

Returns a shared instance of `NSGlyphGenerator`.

```
class var shared: NSGlyphGenerator { get }
```

## See Also

[`NSGlyphStorage`](/documentation/AppKit/NSGlyphStorage)

A set of methods that a glyph storage object must implement to interact properly with [`NSGlyphGenerator`](/documentation/AppKit/NSGlyphGenerator).


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