---
title: "hyphenCharacter(forGlyphAt:)"
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: "appkit/nstypesetter/hyphencharacter(forglyphat:)"
---

# hyphenCharacter(forGlyphAt:)

Returns the hyphen character to be inserted after the specified glyph.

## Declaration

```swift
func hyphenCharacter(forGlyphAt glyphIndex: Int) -> UTF32Char
```

## Parameters

- `glyphIndex`: The index of the glyph in question.

## Return Value

Return Value The hyphen character to be inserted after the glyph at glyphIndex.

## Discussion

Discussion The typesetter calls this method before hyphenating. A subclass can override this method to return a different hyphen glyph.

## See Also

### Laying out glyphs

- [layoutGlyphs(in:startingAtGlyphIndex:maxNumberOfLineFragments:nextGlyphIndex:)](appkit/nstypesetter/layoutglyphs(in:startingatglyphindex:maxnumberoflinefragments:nextglyphindex:).md)
- [boundingBox(forControlGlyphAt:for:proposedLineFragment:glyphPosition:characterIndex:)](appkit/nstypesetter/boundingbox(forcontrolglyphat:for:proposedlinefragment:glyphposition:characterindex:).md)
- [getLineFragmentRect(_:usedRect:forParagraphSeparatorGlyphRange:atProposedOrigin:)](appkit/nstypesetter/getlinefragmentrect(_:usedrect:forparagraphseparatorglyphrange:atproposedorigin:).md)
- [getLineFragmentRect(_:usedRect:remaining:forStartingGlyphAt:proposedRect:lineSpacing:paragraphSpacingBefore:paragraphSpacingAfter:)](appkit/nstypesetter/getlinefragmentrect(_:usedrect:remaining:forstartingglyphat:proposedrect:linespacing:paragraphspacingbefore:paragraphspacingafter:).md)
- [hyphenationFactor(forGlyphAt:)](appkit/nstypesetter/hyphenationfactor(forglyphat:).md)
- [shouldBreakLine(byHyphenatingBeforeCharacterAt:)](appkit/nstypesetter/shouldbreakline(byhyphenatingbeforecharacterat:).md)
- [shouldBreakLine(byWordBeforeCharacterAt:)](appkit/nstypesetter/shouldbreakline(bywordbeforecharacterat:).md)
- [willSetLineFragmentRect(_:forGlyphRange:usedRect:baselineOffset:)](appkit/nstypesetter/willsetlinefragmentrect(_:forglyphrange:usedrect:baselineoffset:).md)
- [setHardInvalidation(_:forGlyphRange:)](appkit/nstypesetter/sethardinvalidation(_:forglyphrange:).md)