# `GSFont numberForName:`

*Instance Method*

Returns the first number definition with a name.

## Declaration

```swift
func number(named name: String) -> GSMetric?
```

```objc
- (GSMetric *) numberForName:(NSString *) name;
```

```python
numberForName_(name: str) -> GSMetric
```

## See Also

### Numbers

- [`GSFont.numbers`](/Core/GlyphsCore/GSFont/numbers) — Font-wide number definitions.
- [`GSFont countOfNumbers`](/Core/GlyphsCore/GSFont/countOfNumbers) — Returns the number of number definitions.
- [`GSFont objectInNumbersAtIndex:`](/Core/GlyphsCore/GSFont/objectInNumbersAtIndex:) — Returns the number definition at an index.
- [`GSFont numberForId:`](/Core/GlyphsCore/GSFont/numberForId:) — Returns the first number definition with an identifier.
- [`GSFont addNumber:`](/Core/GlyphsCore/GSFont/addNumber:) — Adds a number definition to the font.
- [`GSFont removeObjectFromNumbers:`](/Core/GlyphsCore/GSFont/removeObjectFromNumbers:) — Removes a number definition from the font.