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# UITextAttributeFont

The key to the font in a text attributes dictionary.

```
extern NSString * const UITextAttributeFont;
```

## Discussion

The corresponding value is an instance of [`UIFont`](/documentation/UIKit/UIFont).

Use a font with size `0.0` to get the default font size for the current context.

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