---
title: hyphenationFactor
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: appkit/nsatstypesetter/hyphenationfactor
---

# hyphenationFactor

The threshold controlling when hyphenation is attempted.

## Declaration

```swift
var hyphenationFactor: Float { get set }
```

## See Also

### Accessing the layout manager

- [layoutManager](appkit/nsatstypesetter/layoutmanager.md)
- [usesFontLeading](appkit/nsatstypesetter/usesfontleading.md)
- [typesetterBehavior](appkit/nsatstypesetter/typesetterbehavior.md)
- [bidiProcessingEnabled](appkit/nsatstypesetter/bidiprocessingenabled.md)