# Deprecated symbols Review symbols that are no longer in active development, and their recommended replacements. ## Overview Although these symbols are available for use, Apple is no longer actively developing them, and may remove them in a future release. Apple recommends moving away from these symbols and using their indicated replacements instead. Check the individual symbol pages for the recommended replacements. ## Topics ### Deprecated methods [`func showCGGlyphs(UnsafePointer, positions: UnsafePointer, count: Int, font: UIFont, matrix: CGAffineTransform, attributes: [NSAttributedString.Key : Any], in: CGContext)`](/documentation/UIKit/NSLayoutManager/showCGGlyphs(_:positions:count:font:matrix:attributes:in:)) Renders the glyphs at the specified positions, using the specified attributes. [`func glyph(at: Int) -> CGGlyph`](/documentation/UIKit/NSLayoutManager/glyph(at:)) Returns the glyph at the specified index. [`func glyph(at: Int, isValidIndex: UnsafeMutablePointer?) -> CGGlyph`](/documentation/UIKit/NSLayoutManager/glyph(at:isValidIndex:)) Returns the glyph at a specified index, and optionally returns a flag indicating whether the requested index is valid. ### Deprecated properties [`var hyphenationFactor: CGFloat`](/documentation/UIKit/NSLayoutManager/hyphenationFactor) The threshold controlling when hyphenation is done. [attributedString](/documentation/UIKit/nslayoutmanager-attributedstring) The text storage object from which the `NSGlyphGenerator` object procures characters for glyph generation. [layoutOptions](/documentation/UIKit/nslayoutmanager-layoutoptions) The layout manager’s current layout options. ### Deprecated types --- Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. | [Terms of Use](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html) | [Privacy Policy](https://www.apple.com/privacy/privacy-policy)