You can also do: NSString * snowflake = @"\u2744";
Cheers, Dave On Nov 24, 2010, at 10:11 AM, Stephen Blinkhorn wrote: > > On 24 Nov 2010, at 12:02, Nick Zitzmann wrote: > >> >> On Nov 24, 2010, at 10:46 AM, Stephen Blinkhorn wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> This seems like a lame question to be fair. I would like to be able to >>> access the snowflake symbol from the 'Zapf Dingbats' font and simply draw >>> it into a custom control applying attributes like font colour to it. >>> >>> Charecter details are: >>> >>> Name: 'SNOWFLAKE' >>> Unicode: 2744 >>> UTF8: E2 9D 84 >>> >>> What's the best way to achieve this in 10.4/10.5 and 10.6 simultaneously? >> >> Try something like this: (written in Mail, untested, use at your own risk) >> >> unichar snowflake = 0x2744; >> NSString *snowflakeStr = [NSString stringWithCharacters:&snowflake >> length:1UL]; > > Those are the two lines I needed, thanks Nick. This has nothing to do with > Christmas either! > > Stephen > _______________________________________________ > > 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/davedelong%40me.com > > This email sent to davedel...@me.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
