Re: NSGlyph is still a puzzle
Re: NSGlyph is still a puzzle
- Subject: Re: NSGlyph is still a puzzle
- From: Douglas Davidson <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 16:19:15 -0800
On Monday, January 21, 2002, at 04:04 PM, Anabelle Masour wrote:
Yes. I guessed what GlyphInscribeBase and GlyphInscribeOverstrike
means. But I can not guess what GlyphAttributeElastic or
GlyphAttributeInscribe or GlyphAttributeSoft mean as "Description is
forthcoming". I would like to know if I can use this attribute
information for something ?
Glyph attributes are named by integer tags; NSGlyphAttributeInscribe is
the tag for the attribute whose values can be NSGlyphInscribeBase et
al. NSGlyphAttributeElastic is the tag for the "elastic" attribute,
which is boolean-valued; an "elastic" glyph is one whose spacing is,
well, elastic--usually a space. These two attributes are set during
glyph generation and used primarily by NSTypesetter during layout. The
"soft" attribute is not currently used.
Douglas Davidson