# `GSAngleFromString`

*Function*

The angle of run/rise. This can be used to write the italic angle so the angle is positive CCV from 12 o’clock

## Declaration

```swift
func GSAngleFromString(_ string: String) -> CGFloat
```

```objc
CGFloat GSAngleFromString(NSString *string);
```

```python
GSAngleFromString(string: str) -> float
```

## See Also

### Numeric Conversion and Rotation

- [`GSFloatToFraction`](/Core/GlyphsCore/GSFloatToFraction)
- [`GSAngleToSlope`](/Core/GlyphsCore/GSAngleToSlope) — convert and angle (CCV from 12 o’clock) to run/rise as stored in the hhea table
- [`GSRotatePointAroundCenter`](/Core/GlyphsCore/GSRotatePointAroundCenter)
- [`GSRotatePoint`](/Core/GlyphsCore/GSRotatePoint)