Re: Using a font without installing it
Re: Using a font without installing it
- Subject: Re: Using a font without installing it
- From: daniel <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 10:34:59 -0800
I don't think you can get NSFont to recognize a font that isn't
installed in a standard location. Perhaps you could install it at
launch time and remove it at quit time?
I wonder what your reasons are for not wanting to install it. If it's
a licensing issue, then I suggest there might be an issue in your
including the font within your app package, as well.
On the other hand, I could see a reason for a developer wanting to keep
their privately developed fonts out of the standard font directory for
user convenience. For example, Finale installs a bunch of music
notation fonts that I'd just as soon it kept inside its own
application, if it were possible.
It looks like if you step outside of Cocoa-proper, you may be able to
achieve what you want by using ATS:
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Carbon/Reference/ATS/
atsfontsref_Reference/function_group_1.html#//apple_ref/doc/c_ref/
ATSFontActivateFromFileSpecification
Might be able to make a nice category method on NSFont using ATS to
work its magic...
Daniel
On Jan 15, 2005, at 9:38 AM, Peter Karlsson wrote:
Dear list!
I want to use a font in my app without installing it. Can I make the
font a
part of my app, so I can use it in the same way as for example a
picture?
Best regards Peter
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