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# CTLineTruncationType

Truncation types required by the [`CTLineCreateTruncatedLine(_:_:_:_:)`](/documentation/CoreText/CTLineCreateTruncatedLine(_:_:_:_:)) function to tell the truncation engine which type of truncation is being requested.

```
enum CTLineTruncationType
```

## Topics

### Constants

[`kCTLineTruncationStart`](/documentation/CoreText/CTLineTruncationType/start)

[`kCTLineTruncationEnd`](/documentation/CoreText/CTLineTruncationType/end)

[`kCTLineTruncationMiddle`](/documentation/CoreText/CTLineTruncationType/middle)

## Relationships

### Conforms To

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

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

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

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

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

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

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