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Re: Common Font Style Names
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Re: Common Font Style Names


  • Subject: Re: Common Font Style Names
  • From: Matt Neuburg <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 14:53:19 -0800

On Fri, 04 Feb 2011 13:00:56 -0600, Gordon Apple <email@hidden> said:
>This used to work, but not under iOS 4.
>
>- (NSString*)styleNameForIndex:(NSUInteger)index
>inFontFamily:(NSString*)famName {
>    NSString* fontName = [[UIFont fontNamesForFamilyName:famName]
>objectAtIndex:index];
>    CTFontRef fontRef = CTFontCreateWithName((CFStringRef)fontName, 0.0,
>NULL);
>    CFStringRef style = CTFontCopyName(fontRef, kCTFontStyleNameKey);
>    CFRelease(fontRef);
>    return [(NSString*)style autorelease];
>}
>
>Now I get names like "Oblique" instead of "Italic".  Is there a better way
>to get the common style names for display?
>

I doubt anything has actually changed. Some fonts, like Courier and Helvetica, have an oblique variant; some have an italic variant; some have neither. Exactly what font family are you starting with? m.

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