On 4 Dec 2009, at 14:44, mlist0...@gmail.com wrote:
> Is there some reason you can't use -[NSFontManager convertFont:toHaveTrait:] ?
No reason at all, except my ignorance of this method.
> It "returns a font whose traits are the same as those of the given font,
> except that the traits are changed to include the single specified trait."
>
> So something like:
>
> NSFont* myFont = [your code here];
> NSFont* myItalicFont = [[NSFontManager sharedFontManager] convertFont:myFont
> toHaveTrait:NSItalicFontMask];
>
> _murat
This works perfectly. Thank you very much!
Kind regards,
Gerriet.
>
> On Dec 3, 2009, at 11:15 PM, Gerriet M. Denkmann wrote:
>
>> I want an italic font corresponding to an existing font.
>>
>> I tried:
>>
>> NSFontDescriptor *fd1 = [ NSFontDescriptor fontDescriptorWithName:
>> @"Times" size: textFontSize ];
>> NSLog(@"%s text NSFontDescriptor %@",__FUNCTION__, fd1);
>> // NSFontNameAttribute = Times; NSFontSizeAttribute = 16;
>>
>> fontText = [ NSFont fontWithDescriptor: fd1 size: textFontSize ];
>> NSLog(@"%s text NSFont %@",__FUNCTION__, fontText);
>> // "Times-Roman 16.00 pt. P [] (0x1190e0f90) fobj=0x1190e0590,
>> spc=4.00"
>>
>> So far so good.
>>
>> Now I try to make the italic variant:
>> NSFontSymbolicTraits symbolicTraits = NSFontItalicTrait;
>> NSFontDescriptor *fdi = [ fd1 fontDescriptorWithSymbolicTraits:
>> symbolicTraits ];
>> NSLog(@"%s italic NSFontDescriptor %@",__FUNCTION__, fdi);
>> // NSCTFontTraitsAttribute = { NSCTFontSymbolicTrait = 1; };
>> NSFontSizeAttribute = 16;
>> Note: NSFontNameAttribute has disappeared
>> The documentation says: "Returns a new font descriptor that is the same as
>> the receiver but with the specified symbolic traits taking precedence over
>> the existing ones."
>>
>> italicText = [ NSFont fontWithDescriptor: fdi size: textFontSize ];
>> NSLog(@"%s italic NSFont %@",__FUNCTION__, italicText);
>> // "LucidaGrande 16.00 pt. P [] (0x1190e0f90) fobj=0x10046adb0,
>> spc=5.06"
>>
>> This is comple nonsense: Lucida Grande is not italic and does not have an
>> italic variant (only normal and bold).
>>
>> I would have expected something like Times-Italic.
>>
>> So: how to get an italic variant to a given font without hardcoding font
>> names?
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