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# CTFontManagerScope

Constants that define the scope for font registration.

```
enum CTFontManagerScope
```

## Overview

On macOS, a user session refers to a login session. On iOS, a user session refers to the current booted session.

## Topics

### Constants

[`CTFontManagerScope.none`](/documentation/CoreText/CTFontManagerScope/none)

No scope is defined.

[`CTFontManagerScope.process`](/documentation/CoreText/CTFontManagerScope/process)

The font is available to the current process for the duration of the process unless directly unregistered.

[`CTFontManagerScope.persistent`](/documentation/CoreText/CTFontManagerScope/persistent)

The font is available to all processes for the current user session and will be available in subsequent sessions unless unregistered.

[`CTFontManagerScope.session`](/documentation/CoreText/CTFontManagerScope/session)

The font is available to the current user session but won’t be available in subsequent sessions.

[`user`](/documentation/CoreText/CTFontManagerScope/user)

The font is available to all processes for the current user session and will be available in subsequent sessions unless unregistered.


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