---
title: "setShouldSubpixelPositionFonts(_:)"
framework: coregraphics
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: "coregraphics/cgcontext/setshouldsubpixelpositionfonts(_:)"
---

# setShouldSubpixelPositionFonts(_:)

Enables or disables subpixel positioning in a graphics context.

## Declaration

```swift
func setShouldSubpixelPositionFonts(_ shouldSubpixelPositionFonts: Bool)
```

## Parameters

- `shouldSubpixelPositionFonts`: A Boolean value that specifies whether to enable subpixel positioning.

## Discussion

Discussion When enabled, the graphics context may position glyphs on nonintegral pixel boundaries. When disabled, the position of glyphs are always forced to integral pixel boundaries. This parameter is part of the graphics state.

## See Also

### Drawing Text

- [textMatrix](coregraphics/cgcontext/textmatrix.md)
- [textPosition](coregraphics/cgcontext/textposition.md)
- [selectFont(name:size:textEncoding:)](coregraphics/cgcontext/selectfont(name:size:textencoding:).md)
- [setCharacterSpacing(_:)](coregraphics/cgcontext/setcharacterspacing(_:).md)
- [setFont(_:)](coregraphics/cgcontext/setfont(_:).md)
- [setFontSize(_:)](coregraphics/cgcontext/setfontsize(_:).md)
- [setTextDrawingMode(_:)](coregraphics/cgcontext/settextdrawingmode(_:).md)
- [setAllowsFontSmoothing(_:)](coregraphics/cgcontext/setallowsfontsmoothing(_:).md)
- [setAllowsFontSubpixelPositioning(_:)](coregraphics/cgcontext/setallowsfontsubpixelpositioning(_:).md)
- [setAllowsFontSubpixelQuantization(_:)](coregraphics/cgcontext/setallowsfontsubpixelquantization(_:).md)
- [setShouldSmoothFonts(_:)](coregraphics/cgcontext/setshouldsmoothfonts(_:).md)
- [setShouldSubpixelQuantizeFonts(_:)](coregraphics/cgcontext/setshouldsubpixelquantizefonts(_:).md)
- [showGlyphs(g:count:)](coregraphics/cgcontext/showglyphs(g:count:).md)
- [showGlyphs(_:at:)](coregraphics/cgcontext/showglyphs(_:at:).md)
- [showGlyphsAtPoint(x:y:glyphs:count:)](coregraphics/cgcontext/showglyphsatpoint(x:y:glyphs:count:).md)