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# renderingMode

The rendering mode of the font.

```
var renderingMode: NSFontRenderingMode { get }
```

## Discussion

For a list of valid rendering modes, see [`NSFontRenderingMode`](/documentation/AppKit/NSFontRenderingMode).

## See Also

[`screenFont(with:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSFont/screenFont(with:))

Returns a bitmapped screen font, when sent to a font object representing a scalable PostScript font, with the specified rendering mode, matching the receiver in typeface and matrix (or size), or `nil` if such a font can’t be found.


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