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# CTLineBoundsOptions

Options for getting the bounds of a line of text.

```
struct CTLineBoundsOptions
```

## Overview

Passing `0` (no options) returns the typographic bounds, including typographic leading and shifts.

## Topics

### Line Bounds Options

[`excludeTypographicLeading`](/documentation/CoreText/CTLineBoundsOptions/excludeTypographicLeading)

An option to exclude typographic leading.

[`excludeTypographicShifts`](/documentation/CoreText/CTLineBoundsOptions/excludeTypographicShifts)

An option to ignore cross-stream shifts due to positioning, such as kerning or baseline alignment.

[`includeLanguageExtents`](/documentation/CoreText/CTLineBoundsOptions/includeLanguageExtents)

An option to include additional space based on common glyph sequences for various languages.

[`useGlyphPathBounds`](/documentation/CoreText/CTLineBoundsOptions/useGlyphPathBounds)

An option to use glyph path bounds rather than the default typographic bounds.

[`useHangingPunctuation`](/documentation/CoreText/CTLineBoundsOptions/useHangingPunctuation)

An option to enable hanging punctuation.

[`useOpticalBounds`](/documentation/CoreText/CTLineBoundsOptions/useOpticalBounds)

An option to use optical bounds.

### Initializers

[`init(rawValue:)`](/documentation/CoreText/CTLineBoundsOptions/init(rawValue:))

Creates a line bound options enumeration with the specified raw value.


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