Apparently the "font system" was not initialized before this call. Putting a "[UIFont familyNames]" somewhere previous causes things to roll just fine.
I should mention that this is an OpenGL based app with minimal other system UI. -Stevo Brock Head of Development Monkey Tools, LLC www.monkey-tools.com On Sep 15, 2010, at 1:49 PM, Stevo Brock wrote: > I'm trying to add some custom font support to an iPad app and I keep running > into a spinlock from CGContextSelectFont. > > Happens on SDK 4.0 Simulator and Device running 3.2.2. I've narrowed down > the code to: > > CGContextRef context = CGBitmapContextCreate(&data, 1, 1, 8, > 4, CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB(), > > kCGImageAlphaPremultipliedLast); > CGContextSelectFont(context, [@"Comic Sans MS Bold" > UTF8String], 24.0, kCGEncodingMacRoman); > CGContextRelease(context); > > Depending on where I put this code, sometimes it runs through just fine and > sometimes it spinlocks. The stack trace is just: > > 0: __spin_lock > 1: ?? > > Where is it legal to call this function and why would it spin lock elsewhere? > Help! > > -Stevo Brock > Head of Development > Monkey Tools, LLC > www.monkey-tools.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/stevo%40monkey-tools.com > > This email sent to st...@monkey-tools.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
