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Re: Replacement for CGContextSelectFont ?
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Re: Replacement for CGContextSelectFont ?


  • Subject: Re: Replacement for CGContextSelectFont ?
  • From: Alex Kac <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 08:46:52 -0600

One thing you might consider is just using an attributed string:

NSAttributedString* attrString = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@"Text" attributes:@[NSFontAttributeName:[NSFont fontWithName:@"Times" size:16]]];
[attrString drawAtPoint:somePoint];

Something like that, at least.

> On Sep 15, 2016, at 12:53 AM, Gabriel Zachmann <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> I am trying to "resurrect" some old code.
>
> There are several deprecated functions in it.
>
> One of them is CGContextSelectFont() . I looked at the documentation , where it just says I should use Core Text.
> I also googled, but it is not clear to me , how I can replace it.
>
> The snippet of code is this:
>
> 	CGContextSetShouldAntialias( ctxt, TRUE );
> 	CGContextSetTextDrawingMode (ctxt, kCGTextFill);
> 	CGContextSetRGBFillColor( ctxt, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 );
> 	CGContextSelectFont( ctxt, "Times", saver_.fontSize_, kCGEncodingMacRoman );
> 	CGColorRef blue = CGColorCreateGenericRGB( 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0 );
> 	CGContextSetShadowWithColor( ctxt, CGSizeMake(0,0), 10, blue );
> 	float offset = 7.0f;
> 	if ( theLayer.bounds.size.height > 900 )
> 		offset = 15.0f;
> 	CGContextShowTextAtPoint( ctxt, theLayer.bounds.origin.x + offset, theLayer.bounds.origin.y + offset, str, strlen(str) );
> 	CFRelease( blue );
>
> I would appreciate any hints about how I can replace this function. Any pointers and insights will be highly appreciated.
>
> Best regards,
> Gabriel.
>
>

Alex Kac


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