# `GSLayoutDirection.GSLayoutOrientationFromLayoutDirection`

*Instance Property*

Returns the axis along which characters progress.

## Declaration

```swift
var orientation: GSLayoutDirection.Orientation { get }
```

```objc
GSLayoutOrientation GSLayoutOrientationFromLayoutDirection(GSLayoutDirection layoutDirection);
```

```python
GSLayoutOrientationFromLayoutDirection(layoutDirection: GSLayoutDirection) -> GSLayoutOrientation
```

## Parameters

- `layoutDirection` — The resolved layout direction.

## See Also

### Layout Orientation

- [`GSLayoutDirection.GSLayoutOrientation`](/Core/GlyphsCore/GSLayoutDirection/GSLayoutOrientation) — The axis along which characters progress.