---
title: textMatrix
framework: coregraphics
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: coregraphics/cgcontext/textmatrix
---

# textMatrix

Returns the current text matrix.

## Declaration

```swift
var textMatrix: CGAffineTransform { get set }
```

## See Also

### Drawing Text

- [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)
- [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)