Hi David, Thanks so much for the bump in the right direction. We're now using NSGraphicsContext + NSString drawAtPoint for a quick and simple solution and it seems to be working great.
-Stevo On Aug 11, 2011, at 11:04 AM, David Duncan wrote: > On Aug 11, 2011, at 10:57 AM, Stevo Brock wrote: > >> We have an existing PDF Report creation module in one of our apps that is >> working great... for English text. This is what we are doing: >> >> NSFont* font = [NSFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size:12.0]; >> CGContextSelectFont(state->mContextRef, [[font fontName] UTF8String], >> [font pointSize], kCGEncodingMacRoman); >> >> NSData* data = [string dataUsingEncoding:NSMacOSRomanStringEncoding]; >> CGContextShowTextAtPoint(state->mContextRef, drawPt.x, drawPt.y, >> (char*) data.bytes, data.length); >> >> We have a user who is entering Chinese text, which is obviously not making >> it to the PDF through this mechanism. > > Chinese text (and most non-Western text) can't be represented in MacRoman. As > a general rule, this method of drawing text is highly discouraged, at minimum > because of its limited text support. > >> What is the recommended approach for taking an NSString* of text and drawing >> it to a CGContextRef where the text may contain characters of any language? > > > For simple needs, the NSString additions (on either Mac OS X or iOS) would be > recommended. There are platform specific methods for making a CGContextRef > current. For more complex needs, NSLayoutManager (Mac OS X only) or Core Text > (both) can be used as well. > -- > 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/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
