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# traitBold

The font typestyle is boldface.

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

## Discussion

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

## See Also

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

The normalized weight trait from the font traits dictionary.


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