# CTFontCollection A font collection. ``` class CTFontCollection ``` ## Overview A font collection represents a group of font descriptors taken together as a single object. Font collections provide the capabilities of font enumeration, access to global and custom font collections, and access to the font descriptors comprising the collection. ## Topics ### Creating Font Collections [`CTFontCollectionCreateFromAvailableFonts(_:)`](/documentation/CoreText/CTFontCollectionCreateFromAvailableFonts(_:)) Returns a new font collection containing all available fonts. [`CTFontCollectionCreateWithFontDescriptors(_:_:)`](/documentation/CoreText/CTFontCollectionCreateWithFontDescriptors(_:_:)) Returns a new font collection based on the given array of font descriptors. [`CTFontCollectionCreateCopyWithFontDescriptors(_:_:_:)`](/documentation/CoreText/CTFontCollectionCreateCopyWithFontDescriptors(_:_:_:)) Returns a copy of the original collection augmented with the given new font descriptors. [`CTFontCollectionCreateMutableCopy(_:)`](/documentation/CoreText/CTFontCollectionCreateMutableCopy(_:)) Creates a mutable copy of the original collection. ### Excluding and Including Font Descriptors [`CTFontCollectionCopyExclusionDescriptors(_:)`](/documentation/CoreText/CTFontCollectionCopyExclusionDescriptors(_:)) Retrieves the array of descriptors to exclude from the match. [`CTFontCollectionCopyQueryDescriptors(_:)`](/documentation/CoreText/CTFontCollectionCopyQueryDescriptors(_:)) Retrieves the array of descriptors for font matching. [`CTFontCollectionSetExclusionDescriptors(_:_:)`](/documentation/CoreText/CTFontCollectionSetExclusionDescriptors(_:_:)) Replaces the array of descriptors to exclude from the match. [`CTFontCollectionSetQueryDescriptors(_:_:)`](/documentation/CoreText/CTFontCollectionSetQueryDescriptors(_:_:)) Replaces the array of descriptors for font matching. ### Getting Font Descriptors [`CTFontCollectionCreateMatchingFontDescriptors(_:)`](/documentation/CoreText/CTFontCollectionCreateMatchingFontDescriptors(_:)) Returns an array of font descriptors matching the collection. [`CTFontCollectionCreateMatchingFontDescriptorsWithOptions(_:_:)`](/documentation/CoreText/CTFontCollectionCreateMatchingFontDescriptorsWithOptions(_:_:)) Creates an array of font descriptors that match the specified collection. [`CTFontCollectionCreateMatchingFontDescriptorsSortedWithCallback(_:_:_:)`](/documentation/CoreText/CTFontCollectionCreateMatchingFontDescriptorsSortedWithCallback(_:_:_:)) Returns the array of matching font descriptors sorted with the callback function. [`CTFontCollectionCreateMatchingFontDescriptorsForFamily(_:_:_:)`](/documentation/CoreText/CTFontCollectionCreateMatchingFontDescriptorsForFamily(_:_:_:)) Retrieves an array of font descriptors that match the specified family, one descriptor for each style in the collection. [`CTFontCollectionSortDescriptorsCallback`](/documentation/CoreText/CTFontCollectionSortDescriptorsCallback) The collection sorting callback type. ### Get Font Descriptor Attributes [`CTFontCollectionCopyFontAttribute(_:_:_:)`](/documentation/CoreText/CTFontCollectionCopyFontAttribute(_:_:_:)) Retrieves an array of font descriptor attribute values. [`CTFontCollectionCopyFontAttributes(_:_:_:)`](/documentation/CoreText/CTFontCollectionCopyFontAttributes(_:_:_:)) Retrieves an array of dictionaries containing font descriptor attribute values. ### Getting the Type Identifier [`CTFontCollectionGetTypeID()`](/documentation/CoreText/CTFontCollectionGetTypeID()) Returns the type identifier for Core Text font collection references. ### Data Types [`CTMutableFontCollection`](/documentation/CoreText/CTMutableFontCollection) A reference to a mutable font collection. ### Constants [`kCTFontCollectionRemoveDuplicatesOption`](/documentation/CoreText/kCTFontCollectionRemoveDuplicatesOption) [`CTFontCollectionCopyOptions`](/documentation/CoreText/CTFontCollectionCopyOptions) Option bits for use with CTFontCollectionCopyFontAttribute(s). --- Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. | [Terms of Use](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html) | [Privacy Policy](https://www.apple.com/privacy/privacy-policy)