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# vertical

A vertical version of the font.

```
@NSCopying var vertical: NSFont { get }
```

## Discussion

The value in this property is a vertical version of the font, if such a configuration is supported. If a vertical configuration is not supported, the value in the property is `self`.

A vertical font applies appropriate rotation to the text matrix in [`set(in:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSFont/set(in:)), returns vertical metrics, and enables the vertical glyph substitution feature by default.

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