# UIGraphicsRendererFormat A set of drawing attributes that represents the configuration of a graphics renderer context. ``` class UIGraphicsRendererFormat ``` ## Overview Create a [`UIGraphicsRendererFormat`](/documentation/UIKit/UIGraphicsRendererFormat) object, or one of its subclasses ([`UIGraphicsImageRendererFormat`](/documentation/UIKit/UIGraphicsImageRendererFormat) and [`UIGraphicsPDFRendererFormat`](/documentation/UIKit/UIGraphicsPDFRendererFormat)), and use it to construct a graphics renderer by providing the format object as a parameter in a [`UIGraphicsRenderer`](/documentation/UIKit/UIGraphicsRenderer) subclass intializer. The graphics renderer uses the format object you provided to configure any context objects ([`UIGraphicsRendererContext`](/documentation/UIKit/UIGraphicsRendererContext)) it creates as part of the rendering process. If you use a graphics renderer initializer that doesn’t require a format argument, the renderer creates a format object using the [`default()`](/documentation/UIKit/UIGraphicsRendererFormat/default()) class method. The renderer format object contains properties that represent the immutable aspects of the renderer’s configuration. This means that repeated uses of a single graphics renderer object will always use the same format object. ## Topics ### Creating a format [`default()`](/documentation/UIKit/UIGraphicsRendererFormat/default()) Returns a format that represents the highest fidelity that the current device supports. [`preferred()`](/documentation/UIKit/UIGraphicsRendererFormat/preferred()) Returns the most suitable format for the main screen’s current configuration. ### Getting the bounds [`bounds`](/documentation/UIKit/UIGraphicsRendererFormat/bounds) The bounds of the graphics context. --- 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)