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

# setTextDrawingMode(_:)

Sets the current text drawing mode.

## Declaration

```swift
func setTextDrawingMode(_ mode: CGTextDrawingMode)
```

## Parameters

- `mode`: A text drawing mode (such as doc://com.apple.coregraphics/documentation/CoreGraphics/CGTextDrawingMode/fill or doc://com.apple.coregraphics/documentation/CoreGraphics/CGTextDrawingMode/stroke) that specifies how Core Graphics renders individual glyphs in a graphics context. See doc://com.apple.coregraphics/documentation/CoreGraphics/CGTextDrawingMode for a complete list.

## 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)
- [setAllowsFontSmoothing(_:)](coregraphics/cgcontext/setallowsfontsmoothing(_:).md)
- [setAllowsFontSubpixelPositioning(_:)](coregraphics/cgcontext/setallowsfontsubpixelpositioning(_:).md)
- [setAllowsFontSubpixelQuantization(_:)](coregraphics/cgcontext/setallowsfontsubpixelquantization(_:).md)
- [setShouldSmoothFonts(_:)](coregraphics/cgcontext/setshouldsmoothfonts(_:).md)
- [setShouldSubpixelPositionFonts(_:)](coregraphics/cgcontext/setshouldsubpixelpositionfonts(_:).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)