---
title: "CTFrameGetLineOrigins(_:_:_:)"
framework: coretext
role: symbol
role_heading: Function
path: "coretext/ctframegetlineorigins(_:_:_:)"
---

# CTFrameGetLineOrigins(_:_:_:)

Copies a range of line origins for a frame.

## Declaration

```swift
func CTFrameGetLineOrigins(_ frame: CTFrame, _ range: CFRange, _ origins: UnsafeMutablePointer<CGPoint>)
```

## Parameters

- `frame`: The frame whose line origin array is copied.
- `range`: The range of line origins you wish to copy. If the length of the range is 0, then the copy operation continues from the start index of the range to the last line origin.
- `origins`: The buffer to which the origins are copied. The buffer must have at least as many elements as specified by range’s length. Each doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/CoreFoundation/CGPoint in this array is the origin of the corresponding line in the array of lines returned by doc://com.apple.coretext/documentation/CoreText/CTFrameGetLines(_:) relative to the origin of the path’s bounding box, which can be obtained from CGPathGetPathBoundingBox.

## Discussion

Discussion This function copies a range of CGPoint structures into the origins buffer. The maximum number of line origins this function will copy into the origins buffer is the count of the array of lines (the length of the range parameter). Special Considerations In versions of macOS prior to 10.7 and versions of iOS prior to 4.2, this function may function unpredictably if the frame is not rectangular.

## See Also

### Getting Lines

- [CTFrameGetLines(_:)](coretext/ctframegetlines(_:).md)