---
title: queryDescriptors
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: appkit/nsfontcollection/querydescriptors
---

# queryDescriptors

An array of font descriptors whose matching results produce the collection’s matching descriptors.

## Declaration

```swift
var queryDescriptors: [NSFontDescriptor]? { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion The font descriptors matching exclusionDescriptors are removed from matchingDescriptors

## See Also

### Getting the Font Descriptors

- [matchingDescriptors](appkit/nsfontcollection/matchingdescriptors.md)
- [matchingDescriptors(forFamily:)](appkit/nsfontcollection/matchingdescriptors(forfamily:).md)
- [matchingDescriptors(forFamily:options:)](appkit/nsfontcollection/matchingdescriptors(forfamily:options:).md)
- [matchingDescriptors(options:)](appkit/nsfontcollection/matchingdescriptors(options:).md)
- [NSFontCollectionMatchingOptionKey](appkit/nsfontcollectionmatchingoptionkey.md)
- [exclusionDescriptors](appkit/nsfontcollection/exclusiondescriptors.md)