---
title: kCMTextMarkupAlignmentType_Start
framework: coremedia
role: symbol
role_heading: Global Variable
path: coremedia/kcmtextmarkupalignmenttype_start
---

# kCMTextMarkupAlignmentType_Start

An alignment type that visually aligns the text at its starting side.

## Declaration

```swift
let kCMTextMarkupAlignmentType_Start: CFString
```

## Discussion

Discussion For horizontally written text, the alignment is left for left-to-right text and right for right-to-left text. For vertical text, alignment is always at the top.

## See Also

### Alignment Types

- [kCMTextMarkupAlignmentType_Middle](coremedia/kcmtextmarkupalignmenttype_middle.md)
- [kCMTextMarkupAlignmentType_End](coremedia/kcmtextmarkupalignmenttype_end.md)
- [kCMTextMarkupAlignmentType_Left](coremedia/kcmtextmarkupalignmenttype_left.md)
- [kCMTextMarkupAlignmentType_Right](coremedia/kcmtextmarkupalignmenttype_right.md)