---
title: usesFontLeading
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: appkit/nstypesetter/usesfontleading
---

# usesFontLeading

Returns whether the typesetter uses the leading (or line gap) value specified in the font metric information of the current font.

## Declaration

```swift
var usesFontLeading: Bool { get set }
```

## Return Value

Return Value true if it uses the information in the font metrics, false otherwise.

## See Also

### Accessing the layout manager

- [layoutManager](appkit/nstypesetter/layoutmanager.md)
- [typesetterBehavior](appkit/nstypesetter/typesetterbehavior.md)
- [hyphenationFactor](appkit/nstypesetter/hyphenationfactor.md)