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# show(_:withName:visibility:)

Make the given font collection visible by giving it a name.

```
class func show(_ collection: NSFontCollection, withName name: NSFontCollection.Name, visibility: NSFontCollection.Visibility) throws
```

## Parameters

`collection`

The font collection to make visible.

`name`

The name to associate with the collection.

`visibility`

The visibility of the collection to show.

## Discussion

Named collections are shown by user interfaces such as the Font panel. When you change the collection, you must show it again to see the changes reflected on disk or in the Font panel.

> Handling Errors in Swift:
> In Swift, this method returns a nonoptional result and is marked with the `throws` keyword to indicate that it throws an error in cases of failure.
> 
> You call this method in a `try` expression and handle any errors in the `catch` clauses of a `do` statement, as described in [Error Handling](https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/LanguageGuide/ErrorHandling.html) in [The Swift Programming Language](https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/) and `About Imported Cocoa Error Parameters`.

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