# `GSLayoutDirection.GSLayoutOrientation`

*Enumeration*

The axis along which characters progress.

## Declaration

```swift
@frozen enum Orientation
```

```objc
enum GSLayoutOrientation : uint8_t;
```

```python
GSLayoutOrientation
```

## Topics

### Enumeration Cases

- [`GSLayoutOrientation.GSLayoutOrientationHorizontal`](/Core/GlyphsCore/GSLayoutDirection/GSLayoutOrientation/GSLayoutOrientationHorizontal) — Characters progress along the horizontal axis.
- [`GSLayoutOrientation.GSLayoutOrientationVertical`](/Core/GlyphsCore/GSLayoutDirection/GSLayoutOrientation/GSLayoutOrientationVertical) — Characters progress along the vertical axis.

## See Also

### Layout Orientation

- [`GSLayoutDirection.GSLayoutOrientationFromLayoutDirection`](/Core/GlyphsCore/GSLayoutDirection/GSLayoutOrientationFromLayoutDirection) — Returns the axis along which characters progress.