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# condensedTrait

The font typestyle is condensed.

```
static var condensedTrait: CTFontSymbolicTraits { get }
```

## Discussion

> Important:
> ``doc://com.apple.coretext/documentation/CoreText/CTFontSymbolicTraits/expandedTrait`` and ``doc://com.apple.coretext/documentation/CoreText/CTFontSymbolicTraits/condensedTrait`` are mutually exclusive.

Additional detail is available via [`kCTFontWidthTrait`](/documentation/CoreText/kCTFontWidthTrait).

## See Also

[`kCTFontWidthTrait`](/documentation/CoreText/kCTFontWidthTrait)

The normalized proportion (width condense or expand) trait from the font traits dictionary.


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