>> But as the font name "LastResort" is nowhere documented (or is it?), Apple >> is free to change it to "LionsLastResort" this summer.
http://developer.apple.com/fonts/LastResortFont/ I doubt they'd rename it, seems they just extend it as necessary: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallback_font#Apple.27s_LastResort_font Matt On 1 Mar 2011, at 08:49, Gerriet M. Denkmann wrote: > > On 28 Feb 2011, at 19:36, cocoa-dev-requ...@lists.apple.com wrote: > >> There are quite a few characters, which OS X cannot print. >> E.g. ›« ≈ 0x2b809 (CJK Unified Ideographs Extension D) >> >> I would like to have a function or method like: >> BOOL myComputerCanDisplayThisUnicodeCodePoint( unsigned int codePoint); >> >> How can I get this information? > > To answer my own question: this code seems to work: > > + (BOOL)weCanDisplayTheFirstCharacterIn: (NSString *)aString ; > { > NSRange oneChar = [ aString rangeOfComposedCharacterSequenceAtIndex: 0 > ]; > NSString *firstChar = [ aString substringWithRange: oneChar ]; > NSMutableAttributedString *attributedString = [ [ > NSMutableAttributedString alloc ] initWithString: firstChar ]; > [ attributedString fixFontAttributeInRange: NSMakeRange(0,1) ]; > NSFont *aFont = [ attributedString attribute: NSFontAttributeName > atIndex: 0 effectiveRange: NULL ]; > NSString *fontName = [aFont fontName]; > [ attributedString release ]; > //NSLog(@"%s \"%@\" → %@",__FUNCTION__, firstChar, fontName); > BOOL weCan = ![ fontName isEqualToString: @"LastResort" ]; > return weCan; > } > > But as the font name "LastResort" is nowhere documented (or is it?), Apple is > free to change it to "LionsLastResort" this summer. > Also, this method does not look too efficient. > > So: is there an efficient, non-hackish way to get this information? > > 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: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/mgough%40humyo.com > > This email sent to mgo...@humyo.com _______________________________________________ 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: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
