---
title: glyphText
framework: mapkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: mapkit/mkmarkerannotationview/glyphtext
---

# glyphText

The text to display in the marker balloon.

## Declaration

```swift
var glyphText: String? { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion Use this property or the glyphText property to specify the marker balloon content. If you specify both an image and text, MapKit displays the text. MapKit limits the amount of space available for displaying your glyph text. Specify no more than two or three characters for any strings you assign to this property.

## See Also

### Setting the Marker Content

- [glyphImage](mapkit/mkmarkerannotationview/glyphimage.md)
- [glyphTintColor](mapkit/mkmarkerannotationview/glyphtintcolor.md)
- [selectedGlyphImage](mapkit/mkmarkerannotationview/selectedglyphimage.md)