Hello all. So it will be good idea then to create a Mac app that will record the imput from the mouse/pen in a character basis, then record each character and then pass a string to a method, divided the string in characters and draw each character from the "map" I already did before...
maybe yes, maybe no? what do you think? G. On Jun 24, 2011, at 2:03 PM, Ken Tozier wrote: > > On Jun 24, 2011, at 4:05 AM, Uli Kusterer wrote: > >> Come to think of it, you could probably manually click at even intervals on >> the stroke of every letter in characters written in the font you're using, >> record the click coordinates, and then draw bezier paths repeatedly, each >> time to one more point than before. Then draw the corresponding animation >> instead of each letter in the font. >> >> You would have to layout the text manually, but for button titles and other >> one-line (or hard-wrapped) text that usually works just fine. > > If he wants to use an actual typeface, it might be better to use the "click > recordings" of the character skeletons as the path of an eraser moving over a > layer that obscures the type underneath. Basically, he'd need a type layer > and a second "overlay" layer painted right on top of it. He'd have to > experiment with the various compositing constants, but if he animated a > circular dot, about the same size as the typeface strokes, erasing as it > goes, then the real "handwriting" typeface would be revealed as it went > along_______________________________________________ > > 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/gustavxcodepicora%40gmail.com > > This email sent to gustavxcodepic...@gmail.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
