# `GSLayer countOfHints`

*Instance Method*

The number of stored hints.

## Declaration

```swift
func countOfHints() -> UInt
```

```objc
- (NSUInteger) countOfHints;
```

```python
countOfHints() -> int
```

## See Also

### Hints

- [`GSLayer.hints`](/Core/GlyphsCore/GSLayer/hints) — Layer hints.
- [`GSLayer.hintsFast`](/Core/GlyphsCore/GSLayer/hintsFast) — Low-level hint storage access.
- [`GSLayer countOfPostScriptHints`](/Core/GlyphsCore/GSLayer/countOfPostScriptHints) — The number of PostScript hints.
- [`GSLayer indexOfObjectInHints:`](/Core/GlyphsCore/GSLayer/indexOfObjectInHints:) — The index of a hint in the layer.
- [`GSLayer hintWithKey:`](/Core/GlyphsCore/GSLayer/hintWithKey:) — The hint for a stable hint key.
- [`GSLayer objectInHintsAtIndex:`](/Core/GlyphsCore/GSLayer/objectInHintsAtIndex:) — The hint at an index.