Re: -glyphWithName:
Re: -glyphWithName:
- Subject: Re: -glyphWithName:
- From: Kyle Sluder <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 01:01:07 -0500
On Fri, Aug 22, 2014, at 10:57 PM, Raglan T. Tiger wrote:
>
>
> NSFont *font = [NSFont systemFontOfSize:288];
> NSGlyph glyph = [font glyphWithName:glyphName];
>
>
> if glyphName is @“A” for example I get A
>
> if the glyphName is @“&” I get nothing
>
> if the glyphName is @“ampersand” I get &
>
> I cannot find a list that tells me the names of these non-alphabet
> characters.
>
> Where should I look for this list and will the names be the same
> regardless of font?
You should probably ask this question on the coretext-dev to get an
answer from an authoritative source. But I would wager that the valid
glyph names come from this table:
<https://developer.apple.com/fonts/TrueType-Reference-Manual/RM06/Chap6post.html>
Obviously 258 names can't cover modern fonts that can span the dozens of
thousands of Unicode codepoints. The documentation on the 'Zapf` table
implies that font designers can name their glyphs whatever the hell they
want:
<https://developer.apple.com/fonts/TrueType-Reference-Manual/RM06/Chap6Zapf.html>
(see section "The GlyphIdentifier Structure").
So the question I have is: what are you actually trying to do?
--Kyle Sluder
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