Seems like a lot of work for a simple effect. I may play again with this later on this project. I have save this thread in Mail which is telling me that there's "20 messages selected" using its fancy font effect :-)
Thanks for all infos guys, Andre Masse On 08/08/2011, at 13:29 , David Duncan wrote: > On Aug 8, 2011, at 10:21 AM, Jean-Daniel Dupas wrote: > >> Le 8 août 2011 à 18:50, David Duncan a écrit : >> >>> On Aug 8, 2011, at 8:16 AM, Jean-Daniel Dupas wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> I think you can create a CGPath from some text using CTFrameGetPath(). >>>> Once you get the path, you can do whatever you want (clipping, shadow, >>>> gradient, …). >>> >>> >>> CTFrameGetPath() returns the path used to create the frame, typically a >>> rectangle, not a path that describes the text therein. >> >> My bad. >> So I guess the only way to get the path is to use CTFontCreatePathForGlyph() >> on each glyph and using other CT methods to get there positions. >> Not as convenient, but possible, especially if this is for a single line of >> text as requested by the OP. > > > If you just need the text outlines for clipping, then you should be able to > use the Text Drawing mode of the context. By setting it to kCGText*Clip, the > clipping region is set to that of the text after it is "drawn". > > Unfortunately there is no simple way to get the path this way if it is what > you need (at least not that I can tell). CTFontCreatePathForGlyph() is one > way to go about it, and I think a combination of NSLayoutManager and > NSBezierPath can also do it, although I believe you have to subclass > NSLayoutManager to do so (I haven't done this, but I recall Aki Inoue > outlining it to me a long time ago). If you are already using NSLayoutManager > this would probably be the way to go since your metrics won't change as much > going this route. > -- > David Duncan > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/andre.masse%40videotron.ca > > This email sent to andre.ma...@videotron.ca _______________________________________________ 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
