Re: Drawing text like Lion's Mail
Re: Drawing text like Lion's Mail
- Subject: Re: Drawing text like Lion's Mail
- From: Jean-Daniel Dupas <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:21:47 +0200
Le 8 août 2011 à 18:50, David Duncan a écrit :
> On Aug 8, 2011, at 8:16 AM, Jean-Daniel Dupas wrote:
>
>>
>> I think you can create a CGPath from some text using CTFrameGetPath().
>> Once you get the path, you can do whatever you want (clipping, shadow, gradient, …).
>
>
> CTFrameGetPath() returns the path used to create the frame, typically a rectangle, not a path that describes the text therein.
My bad.
So I guess the only way to get the path is to use CTFontCreatePathForGlyph() on each glyph and using other CT methods to get there positions.
Not as convenient, but possible, especially if this is for a single line of text as requested by the OP.
-- Jean-Daniel
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