---
name: "Paragraph"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "objc-poc"
version: "3.1.3-2"
release: "Debian 2.2 (Potato)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Paragraph"
---

# Paragraph(3)

## Paragraph

**Inherits from:**

Object

**Maturity Index:**

Experimental

## Class Description

A  **Paragraph** associates a  *text* instance with a  *text style* .

## Method types

**Creation**

\* new\
 \* withText:\
 \* withText:style:\
 \* copy\
 \* free

**Accessing**

\* text\
 \* textStyle\
 \* text:\
 \* textStyle:

**Format Conversions**

\* asString\
 \* asText

**Printing**

\* printOn:

## Methods

new

\+ **new**

withText:

\+ **withText** : *aText*

withText:style:

\+ **withText** : *aText* **style** : *aStyle*

copy

\- **copy**

free

\- **free**

text

\- **text**

textStyle

\- **textStyle**

text:

\- **text** : *v*

textStyle:

\- **textStyle** : *v*

asString

\- **asString**

asText

\- **asText**

printOn:

\- **printOn** :(IOD) *aFile*

Prints the Text for this instance.  Returns the receiver.