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# font

The font used for the tab view’s label text.

```
var font: NSFont { get set }
```

## Discussion

The default value of this property is the message font of default size (see [`messageFont(ofSize:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSFont/messageFont(ofSize:))), which is equivalent to the system font of default size. Tab height is adjusted automatically to accommodate a new font size. If the view allows truncating, tab labels are truncated as needed.

## See Also

[`allowsTruncatedLabels`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTabView/allowsTruncatedLabels)

A Boolean value that indicates if the tab view allows truncating for labels that don’t fit on a tab.


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