> On 29 Nov 2016, at 00:40, Quincey Morris > <quinceymor...@rivergatesoftware.com> wrote: > > On Nov 28, 2016, at 07:01 , Gerriet M. Denkmann <gerri...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >> But in my case I have “21:37:44” where ““21:37” is bold and “:44” is thin. > > a. Are you using an attributed string whose text is “21:37:44”, or two > unattributed strings?
One attributed string, where the first 5 chars have NSFontAttributeName = boldFont and the last 3 have NSFontAttributeName = thinFont. > b. You have a — I don’t know exactly what to call it — “logical” or > “consistency” problem inherent in this situation, because it’s not obvious > which font the second “:” should be in. I’m not suggesting you’re incapable > of making a decision, but that your actual problem is a consequence of this > underlying ambiguity. What would you do if the “:” glyphs were radically > different in the two fonts? UIFont *boldFont = [ UIFont systemFontOfSize: pointSize weight: UIFontWeightLight ]; UIFont *thinFont = [ UIFont systemFontOfSize: pointSize weight: UIFontWeightUltraLight ]; I just assume that the glyphs, coming form the same family, are somewhat consistent. > c. Where does the colon character come from in the first place? Specifically, > you’re using a formatted time string, which could be expected to come from > (say) a DateFormatter. How do you know there are going to be any colons at > all, let alone two of them? They indeed come from an NSDateFormatter: timeFormatter = [ [ NSDateFormatter alloc ] init]; timeFormatter.dateFormat = @"HH:mm:ss"; > Given that you work so much with non-Latin scripts, I find it surprising that > you would make assumptions about how a time is represented. (Again, of > course, you may have decided this is the correct approach for your scenario, > but it strikes me as worth commenting on.) > > What I’m suggesting is that perhaps you should treat this as something like a > code smell, and re-evaluate whether changing fonts in the middle of the time > string is a good idea. The effect I am after is: hours and minutes should be emphasized, the seconds should not. Maybe I could use the same font with different colours: black versus light gray or something like this. But right now I am still trying to implement Alistairs suggestion. Kind regards, Gerriet. _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
