---
title: CTFontManagerCopyAvailableFontFamilyNames()
framework: coretext
role: symbol
role_heading: Function
path: coretext/ctfontmanagercopyavailablefontfamilynames()
---

# CTFontManagerCopyAvailableFontFamilyNames()

Returns an array of visible font family names sorted for user interface display.

## Declaration

```swift
func CTFontManagerCopyAvailableFontFamilyNames() -> CFArray
```

## Return Value

Return Value This function returns a retained reference to a CFArray of CFStringRef objects representing the visible font family names of the available fonts, or NULL on error. The caller is responsible for releasing the array.

## See Also

### Functions

- [CTFontDescriptorMatchFontDescriptorsWithProgressHandler(_:_:_:)](coretext/ctfontdescriptormatchfontdescriptorswithprogresshandler(_:_:_:).md)
- [CTFontManagerCompareFontFamilyNames(_:_:_:)](coretext/ctfontmanagercomparefontfamilynames(_:_:_:).md)
- [CTFontManagerCopyAvailableFontURLs()](coretext/ctfontmanagercopyavailablefonturls().md)
- [CTFontManagerCopyAvailablePostScriptNames()](coretext/ctfontmanagercopyavailablepostscriptnames().md)
- [CTFontManagerCreateFontDescriptorFromData(_:)](coretext/ctfontmanagercreatefontdescriptorfromdata(_:).md)
- [CTFontManagerCreateFontDescriptorsFromURL(_:)](coretext/ctfontmanagercreatefontdescriptorsfromurl(_:).md)
- [CTFontManagerCreateFontRequestRunLoopSource(_:_:)](coretext/ctfontmanagercreatefontrequestrunloopsource(_:_:).md)
- [CTFontManagerEnableFontDescriptors(_:_:)](coretext/ctfontmanagerenablefontdescriptors(_:_:).md)
- [CTFontManagerGetAutoActivationSetting(_:)](coretext/ctfontmanagergetautoactivationsetting(_:).md)
- [CTFontManagerGetScopeForURL(_:)](coretext/ctfontmanagergetscopeforurl(_:).md)
- [CTFontManagerIsSupportedFont(_:)](coretext/ctfontmanagerissupportedfont(_:).md)
- [CTFontManagerRegisterFontsForURL(_:_:_:)](coretext/ctfontmanagerregisterfontsforurl(_:_:_:).md)
- [CTFontManagerRegisterFontsForURLs(_:_:_:)](coretext/ctfontmanagerregisterfontsforurls(_:_:_:).md)
- [CTFontManagerRegisterGraphicsFont(_:_:)](coretext/ctfontmanagerregistergraphicsfont(_:_:).md)
- [CTFontManagerSetAutoActivationSetting(_:_:)](coretext/ctfontmanagersetautoactivationsetting(_:_:).md)