# GlyphRenderMode

> The rendering modes used by the Font Engine to render glyphs.

## Definition

* **Type:** Enum
* **Namespace:** [UnityEngine.TextCore.LowLevel](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textcore/lowlevel.md)
* **Assembly:** UnityEngine.TextCoreFontEngineModule

```csharp
public enum GlyphRenderMode
```

## Fields

| Value                                                                                                            | Description                                                                                                                                    |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [COLOR](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textcore/lowlevel/glyphrendermode/color.md)                  | Renders a color bitmap image representation of the glyph no hinting.                                                                           |
| [COLOR\_HINTED](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textcore/lowlevel/glyphrendermode/color-hinted.md)   | Renders a color bitmap image representation of the glyph with hinting.                                                                         |
| [DEFAULT](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textcore/lowlevel/glyphrendermode/default.md)              | Automatically choose the best appropriate render mode (SDFAA or COLOR) based on the font provided.                                             |
| [RASTER](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textcore/lowlevel/glyphrendermode/raster.md)                | Renders a bitmap representation of the glyph from a binary (1-bit monochrome) image of the glyph outline with no hinting.                      |
| [RASTER\_HINTED](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textcore/lowlevel/glyphrendermode/raster-hinted.md) | Renders a bitmap representation of the glyph from a binary (1-bit monochrome) image of the glyph outline with hinting.                         |
| [SDF](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textcore/lowlevel/glyphrendermode/sdf.md)                      | Renders a signed distance field (SDF) representation of the glyph from a binary (1-bit monochrome) image of the glyph outline with no hinting. |
| [SDF16](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textcore/lowlevel/glyphrendermode/sdf16.md)                  | Renders a signed distance field (SDF) representation of the glyph from a binary (1-bit monochrome) image of the glyph outline with no hinting. |
| [SDF32](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textcore/lowlevel/glyphrendermode/sdf32.md)                  | Renders a signed distance field (SDF) representation of the glyph from a binary (1-bit monochrome) image of the glyph outline with no hinting. |
| [SDF8](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textcore/lowlevel/glyphrendermode/sdf8.md)                    | Renders a signed distance field (SDF) representation of the glyph from a binary (1-bit monochrome) image of the glyph outline with no hinting. |
| [SDFAA](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textcore/lowlevel/glyphrendermode/sdfaa.md)                  | Renders a signed distance field (SDF) representation of the glyph from an 8-bit or antialiased image of the glyph outline with no hinting.     |
| [SDFAA\_HINTED](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textcore/lowlevel/glyphrendermode/sdfaa-hinted.md)   | Renders a signed distance field (SDF) representation of the glyph from an 8-bit or antialiased image of the glyph outline with hinting.        |
| [SMOOTH](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textcore/lowlevel/glyphrendermode/smooth.md)                | Renders a bitmap representation of the glyph from an 8-bit or antialiased image of the glyph outline with no hinting.                          |
| [SMOOTH\_HINTED](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textcore/lowlevel/glyphrendermode/smooth-hinted.md) | Renders a bitmap representation of the glyph from an 8-bit or antialiased image of the glyph outline with hinting.                             |