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# boundingRectForFont

The font’s bounding rectangle, scaled to the font’s size.

```
var boundingRectForFont: NSRect { get }
```

## Discussion

The bounding rectangle is the union of the bounding rectangles of every glyph in the font.

## See Also

[`boundingRect(forGlyph:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSFont/boundingRect(forGlyph:))

Returns the bounding rectangle for the specified glyph, scaled to the receiver’s size.


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