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# kCMTextMarkupAlignmentType_Start

An alignment type that visually aligns the text at its starting side.

```
let kCMTextMarkupAlignmentType_Start: CFString
```

## Discussion

For horizontally written text, the alignment is left for left-to-right text and right for right-to-left text. For vertical text, alignment is always at the top.

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