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# kCTFontTraitsAttribute

The dictionary of font traits for stylistic information.

```
let kCTFontTraitsAttribute: CFString
```

## Discussion

See Accessing Font Traits for the list of font traits. The value associated with this key is a <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/CoreFoundation/CFDictionary> object.

## See Also

[`CTFontDescriptor`](/documentation/CoreText/CTFontDescriptor)

A font descriptor.


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