Getting displayName out of font file
I have a file “Some Font.ttf” and I want to know the displayName of this font, which might be “Some-Font” or “Nice Font” or anything else. Or nil if this is not a well-formatted font file. I do NOT want to install the font nor do anything with it. Short of reverse-engeneering the ttf format (which probably would be rather too much): is there a way to get this? Ideally I would line to do: NSFont *font = [ NSFont fontFromFilePath: @“/path/to/Some Font.ttf” ]; NSString *displayName = font.displayName; // font.fontName would probably also do but this seems not to exist. Gerriet. ___ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: Getting displayName out of font file
On Feb 26, 2016, at 4:16 AM, Gerriet M. Denkmann wrote: > > I have a file “Some Font.ttf” and I want to know the displayName of this > font, which might be “Some-Font” or “Nice Font” or anything else. > Or nil if this is not a well-formatted font file. > I do NOT want to install the font nor do anything with it. > > Short of reverse-engeneering the ttf format (which probably would be rather > too much): is there a way to get this? > > Ideally I would line to do: > NSFont *font = [ NSFont fontFromFilePath: @“/path/to/Some Font.ttf” ]; > NSString *displayName = font.displayName; // font.fontName would > probably also do > > but this seems not to exist. You can use CTFontManagerCreateFontDescriptorsFromURL() and then, for each descriptor, CTFontDescriptorCopyAttribute() with kCTFontDisplayNameAttribute. Keep in mind that you may get multiple descriptors because a font file may include multiple fonts. Consequently, there may be multiple display names. Regards, Ken ___ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: Getting displayName out of font file
> On 26 Feb 2016, at 17:33, Ken Thomases wrote: > > On Feb 26, 2016, at 4:16 AM, Gerriet M. Denkmann wrote: >> >> I have a file “Some Font.ttf” and I want to know the displayName of this >> font, which might be “Some-Font” or “Nice Font” or anything else. >> Or nil if this is not a well-formatted font file. >> I do NOT want to install the font nor do anything with it. >> >> Short of reverse-engeneering the ttf format (which probably would be rather >> too much): is there a way to get this? >> >> Ideally I would line to do: >> NSFont *font = [ NSFont fontFromFilePath: @“/path/to/Some Font.ttf” ]; >> NSString *displayName = font.displayName;// font.fontName would >> probably also do >> >> but this seems not to exist. > > You can use CTFontManagerCreateFontDescriptorsFromURL() and then, for each > descriptor, CTFontDescriptorCopyAttribute() with kCTFontDisplayNameAttribute. > > Keep in mind that you may get multiple descriptors because a font file may > include multiple fonts. Consequently, there may be multiple display names. Thanks a lot. Works perfectly. But did not find any font file which contains more than one descriptor. Any examples (for testing)? Kind regards, Gerriet. ___ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: Getting displayName out of font file
If this functionality exists it would probably be down in the CoreText framework. Take a look there. —Jens > On Feb 26, 2016, at 2:16 AM, Gerriet M. Denkmann wrote: > > I have a file “Some Font.ttf” and I want to know the displayName of this > font, which might be “Some-Font” or “Nice Font” or anything else. > Or nil if this is not a well-formatted font file. > I do NOT want to install the font nor do anything with it. > > Short of reverse-engeneering the ttf format (which probably would be rather > too much): is there a way to get this? > > Ideally I would line to do: > NSFont *font = [ NSFont fontFromFilePath: @“/path/to/Some Font.ttf” ]; > NSString *displayName = font.displayName;//font.fontName would > probably also do > > but this seems not to exist. > > Gerriet. > > > ___ > > 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: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/jens%40mooseyard.com > > This email sent to j...@mooseyard.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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: Getting displayName out of font file
> On 27 Feb 2016, at 00:31, Jens Alfke wrote: > > If this functionality exists it would probably be down in the CoreText > framework. Take a look there. > > —Jens As Ken Thomases kindly told me it does exist exactly there: CTFontManagerCreateFontDescriptorsFromURL. Kind regards, Gerriet. > >> On Feb 26, 2016, at 2:16 AM, Gerriet M. Denkmann >> wrote: >> >> I have a file “Some Font.ttf” and I want to know the displayName of this >> font, which might be “Some-Font” or “Nice Font” or anything else. >> Or nil if this is not a well-formatted font file. >> I do NOT want to install the font nor do anything with it. >> >> Short of reverse-engeneering the ttf format (which probably would be rather >> too much): is there a way to get this? >> >> Ideally I would line to do: >> NSFont *font = [ NSFont fontFromFilePath: @“/path/to/Some Font.ttf” ]; >> NSString *displayName = font.displayName;//font.fontName would >> probably also do >> >> but this seems not to exist. >> >> Gerriet. ___ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: Getting displayName out of font file
Are you wanting this for any arbitrary font? I believe you can “install” a font just for your application - and then use the NSFont methods to get it. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5283572/custom-font-in-a-cocoa-application > On Feb 26, 2016, at 10:31 AM, Jens Alfke wrote: > > If this functionality exists it would probably be down in the CoreText > framework. Take a look there. > > —Jens > >> On Feb 26, 2016, at 2:16 AM, Gerriet M. Denkmann >> wrote: >> >> I have a file “Some Font.ttf” and I want to know the displayName of this >> font, which might be “Some-Font” or “Nice Font” or anything else. >> Or nil if this is not a well-formatted font file. >> I do NOT want to install the font nor do anything with it. >> >> Short of reverse-engeneering the ttf format (which probably would be rather >> too much): is there a way to get this? >> >> Ideally I would line to do: >> NSFont *font = [ NSFont fontFromFilePath: @“/path/to/Some Font.ttf” ]; >> NSString *displayName = font.displayName;//font.fontName would >> probably also do >> >> but this seems not to exist. Alex Kac - El capitán ___ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: Getting displayName out of font file
> On 27 Feb 2016, at 00:37, Alex Kac wrote: > > Are you wanting this for any arbitrary font? I believe you can “install” a > font just for your application - and then use the NSFont methods to get it. > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5283572/custom-font-in-a-cocoa-application I do not want a fixed set of fonts to be included into my app. Rather I want my app to do things (to be precise: install them on my iOS devices) for any arbitrary font. The solution suggested by Ken Thomases (CTFontManagerCreateFontDescriptorsFromURL ) works perfectly for me. But thanks for the link - this might come in handy some other time. Kind regards Gerriet. > >> On Feb 26, 2016, at 10:31 AM, Jens Alfke wrote: >> >> If this functionality exists it would probably be down in the CoreText >> framework. Take a look there. >> >> —Jens >> >>> On Feb 26, 2016, at 2:16 AM, Gerriet M. Denkmann >>> wrote: >>> >>> I have a file “Some Font.ttf” and I want to know the displayName of this >>> font, which might be “Some-Font” or “Nice Font” or anything else. >>> Or nil if this is not a well-formatted font file. >>> I do NOT want to install the font nor do anything with it. >>> >>> Short of reverse-engeneering the ttf format (which probably would be rather >>> too much): is there a way to get this? >>> >>> Ideally I would line to do: >>> NSFont *font = [ NSFont fontFromFilePath: @“/path/to/Some Font.ttf” ]; >>> NSString *displayName = font.displayName;//font.fontName would >>> probably also do >>> >>> but this seems not to exist. > > Alex Kac - El capitán > ___ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
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Re: Getting displayName out of font file
I've got this somewhere for iOS, I think. Give me a sec and I'll dig it up. On Feb 26, 2016, at 5:16 AM, Gerriet M. Denkmann wrote: > I have a file “Some Font.ttf” and I want to know the displayName of this > font, which might be “Some-Font” or “Nice Font” or anything else. > Or nil if this is not a well-formatted font file. > I do NOT want to install the font nor do anything with it. > > Short of reverse-engeneering the ttf format (which probably would be rather > too much): is there a way to get this? > > Ideally I would line to do: > NSFont *font = [ NSFont fontFromFilePath: @“/path/to/Some Font.ttf” ]; > NSString *displayName = font.displayName; // font.fontName would > probably also do > > but this seems not to exist. > > Gerriet. > > > ___ > > 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: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/zav%40mac.com > > This email sent to z...@mac.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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: Getting displayName out of font file
Hopefully, one of these will help.
#pragma mark - Font Util
//
- (void)dumpFonts {
for (NSString* family in [UIFont familyNames]) {
NSLog(@"Font Family = %@", family);
for (NSString* name in [UIFont fontNamesForFamilyName: family]) {
NSLog(@"Font Name = %@", name);
}
}
}
// Ye olde schoole codee
- (void)dumpFontsx {
// List all fonts on iPhone
NSArray *familyNames = [[NSArray alloc] initWithArray:[UIFont familyNames]];
NSArray *fontNames;
NSInteger indFamily, indFont;
for (indFamily=0; indFamily<[familyNames count]; ++indFamily)
{
NSLog(@"Family name: %@", [familyNames objectAtIndex:indFamily]);
fontNames = [[NSArray alloc] initWithArray:
[UIFont fontNamesForFamilyName:
[familyNames objectAtIndex:indFamily]]];
for (indFont=0; indFont<[fontNames count]; ++indFont)
{
NSLog(@"Font name: %@", [fontNames objectAtIndex:indFont]);
}
}
}
On Feb 26, 2016, at 2:17 PM, Alex Zavatone wrote:
> I've got this somewhere for iOS, I think. Give me a sec and I'll dig it up.
>
> On Feb 26, 2016, at 5:16 AM, Gerriet M. Denkmann wrote:
>
>> I have a file “Some Font.ttf” and I want to know the displayName of this
>> font, which might be “Some-Font” or “Nice Font” or anything else.
>> Or nil if this is not a well-formatted font file.
>> I do NOT want to install the font nor do anything with it.
>>
>> Short of reverse-engeneering the ttf format (which probably would be rather
>> too much): is there a way to get this?
>>
>> Ideally I would line to do:
>> NSFont *font = [ NSFont fontFromFilePath: @“/path/to/Some Font.ttf” ];
>> NSString *displayName = font.displayName;// font.fontName would
>> probably also do
>>
>> but this seems not to exist.
>>
>> Gerriet.
>>
>>
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SCNView : setting "overlaySKScene" doesn't render anything
I have struggled long and hard with this .. I think I’ve looked at 'everything'
related on Google, but I’m still flummoxed.
This is on Mac OS 10.11.3, build with Xcode 7.2, and this is what I think is
the salient code.
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let scene = SCNScene()
let sceneView = self.view as! SCNView
sceneView.scene = scene
sceneView.overlaySKScene = OverlayScene(size: sceneView.bounds.size)
sceneView.backgroundColor = NSColor.blackColor()
sceneView.autoenablesDefaultLighting = true
sceneView.showsStatistics = true
}
('OverlayScene' generates a simple SKScene with some centered text)
On the Mac it works correctly if the window layout is described by a XIB.
On the Mac it doesn’t show the overlay if the window layout is described by a
Storyboard.
The XIB and Storyboard are quite different (as is normal), but what in there
could have this effect?
Any help to resolve this would be appreciated .. I suspect, as is often the
case, I’m overlooking something obvious .. Thanks
FWIW: This same code works correctly on iOS using a Storyboard.
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Re: Getting displayName out of font file
I've used that dump fonts method before there was iosfonts.com to help. I
haven't tried that in agrees but seems like it should do the trick.
Sent from Outlook on my phone.
On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 11:23 AM -0800, "Alex Zavatone" wrote:
Hopefully, one of these will help.
#pragma mark - Font Util
//
- (void)dumpFonts {
for (NSString* family in [UIFont familyNames]) {
NSLog(@"Font Family = %@", family);
for (NSString* name in [UIFont fontNamesForFamilyName: family]) {
NSLog(@"Font Name = %@", name);
}
}
}
// Ye olde schoole codee
- (void)dumpFontsx {
// List all fonts on iPhone
NSArray *familyNames = [[NSArray alloc] initWithArray:[UIFont familyNames]];
NSArray *fontNames;
NSInteger indFamily, indFont;
for (indFamily=0; indFamily<[familyNames count]; ++indFamily)
{
NSLog(@"Family name: %@", [familyNames objectAtIndex:indFamily]);
fontNames = [[NSArray alloc] initWithArray:
[UIFont fontNamesForFamilyName:
[familyNames objectAtIndex:indFamily]]];
for (indFont=0; indFont<[fontNames count]; ++indFont)
{
NSLog(@"Font name: %@", [fontNames objectAtIndex:indFont]);
}
}
}
On Feb 26, 2016, at 2:17 PM, Alex Zavatone wrote:
> I've got this somewhere for iOS, I think. Give me a sec and I'll dig it up.
>
> On Feb 26, 2016, at 5:16 AM, Gerriet M. Denkmann wrote:
>
>> I have a file “Some Font.ttf” and I want to know the displayName of this
>> font, which might be “Some-Font” or “Nice Font” or anything else.
>> Or nil if this is not a well-formatted font file.
>> I do NOT want to install the font nor do anything with it.
>>
>> Short of reverse-engeneering the ttf format (which probably would be rather
>> too much): is there a way to get this?
>>
>> Ideally I would line to do:
>> NSFont *font = [ NSFont fontFromFilePath: @“/path/to/Some Font.ttf” ];
>> NSString *displayName = font.displayName;// font.fontName would
>> probably also do
>>
>> but this seems not to exist.
>>
>> Gerriet.
>>
>>
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Re: SCNView : setting "overlaySKScene" doesn't render anything
The intelligence boosting power of posting a question strikes again.
The problem was that in the Mac OS X Storyboard, the "Rendering API" of the
SCNView was initialized to "unknown" when it needed to be "Metal"
(curiously, "OpenGL" and "Default" don't render the overlay either). This
is the "renderingAPI" required property of the SCNRenderer protocol that
SCNView obeys; it's most easily set in IB.
On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 5:19 PM, Gavin Eadie wrote:
> I have struggled long and hard with this .. I think I’ve looked at
> 'everything' related on Google, but I’m still flummoxed.
>
> This is on Mac OS 10.11.3, build with Xcode 7.2, and this is what I think
> is the salient code.
>
> override func viewDidLoad() {
> super.viewDidLoad()
>
> let scene = SCNScene()
> let sceneView = self.view as! SCNView
>
> sceneView.scene = scene
> sceneView.overlaySKScene = OverlayScene(size: sceneView.bounds.
> size)
> sceneView.backgroundColor = NSColor.blackColor()
> sceneView.autoenablesDefaultLighting = true
> sceneView.showsStatistics = true
> }
>
> ('OverlayScene' generates a simple SKScene with some centered text)
>
> On the Mac it works correctly if the window layout is described by a XIB.
> On the Mac it doesn’t show the overlay if the window layout is described
> by a Storyboard.
>
> The XIB and Storyboard are quite different (as is normal), but what in
> there could have this effect?
>
> Any help to resolve this would be appreciated .. I suspect, as is often
> the case, I’m overlooking something obvious .. Thanks
>
> FWIW: This same code works correctly on iOS using a Storyboard.
>
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NSURLErrorKey vs. NSURLErrorFailingURLErrorKey
So, NSError.h declares NSURLErrorKey, as a userInfo key for the URL associated with the error. And NSURLError.h declares NSURLErrorFailingURLErrorKey, which appears to have the same purpose. Neither of these is deprecated, although there’s yet another constant (NSErrorFailingURLStringKey) that is. What’s the difference between these? If I’m creating an NSError and adding a URL to it, which one is preferred? —Jens ___ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: NSURLErrorKey vs. NSURLErrorFailingURLErrorKey
On Feb 26, 2016, at 16:33 , Jens Alfke wrote: > > What’s the difference between these? If I’m creating an NSError and adding a > URL to it, which one is preferred? According to NSError documentation: > • NSURLErrorKey > The corresponding value is an NSURL object. > > • NSURLErrorFailingURLErrorKey > The corresponding value is an NSURL containing the URL which caused a load to > fail. This key is only present in the NSURLErrorDomain. > > • NSURLErrorFailingURLStringErrorKey > The corresponding value is an NSString object for the URL which caused a load > to fail. This key is only present in the NSURLErrorDomain. > > This constant supersedes NSErrorFailingURLStringKey, which was deprecated in > OS X v10.6. Both constants refer to the same value for > backward-compatibility, but this symbol name has a better prefix. It sounds like NSURLErrorKey is what you want. ___ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: NSURLErrorKey vs. NSURLErrorFailingURLErrorKey
It seems like the shorter one would be for a "click here to see more information or open this file URL" and the longer one is for "this URL failed to load". But it definitely deserves a docs bug. It might be one of those obscure things noted in some programming guide doc, but even if it is that's too hard to find when the header and the class reference could be more explicit. That said, the structure of the NSError userInfo dictionary is pretty loosely defined to use as you please it seems. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 27, 2016, at 9:33 AM, Jens Alfke wrote: > > So, NSError.h declares NSURLErrorKey, as a userInfo key for the URL > associated with the error. > And NSURLError.h declares NSURLErrorFailingURLErrorKey, which appears to have > the same purpose. > Neither of these is deprecated, although there’s yet another constant > (NSErrorFailingURLStringKey) that is. > > What’s the difference between these? If I’m creating an NSError and adding a > URL to it, which one is preferred? ___ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: NSURLErrorKey vs. NSURLErrorFailingURLErrorKey
> On Feb 26, 2016, at 4:48 PM, Quincey Morris > wrote: > > According to NSError documentation: Thanks, but I did read the documentation before asking. > On Feb 26, 2016, at 4:53 PM, dangerwillrobinsondan...@gmail.com wrote: > > It seems like the shorter one would be for a "click here to see more > information or open this file URL” Oh god, that possibility hadn’t even occurred to me — some kind of link to put into the alert? These are errors related to a REST API, and I’m recording the URL that the error occurred at, which is absolutely not something the user needs to see. > That said, the structure of the NSError userInfo dictionary is pretty loosely > defined to use as you please it seems. I work on a framework, not an app. So the NSErrors that I create and return need to be interpreted properly by the app developer; either so they can take action based on the error, or so that they can display the error in a meaningful way. In this case, if I use the wrong key it sounds like the resulting error alert might contain the long and cryptic URL of some REST API endpoint, which is useless to the user. —Jens ___ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: NSURLErrorKey vs. NSURLErrorFailingURLErrorKey
On Feb 26, 2016, at 18:12 , Jens Alfke wrote: > > Thanks, but I did read the documentation before asking. Then your question makes no sense. One of the URL keys is specific to NSURLErrorDomain, and that isn’t your error domain to use. That means your only standard choice is the other URL key. ___ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: Getting displayName out of font file
On Feb 26, 2016, at 7:17 AM, Gerriet M. Denkmann wrote: > > On 26 Feb 2016, at 17:33, Ken Thomases wrote: >> >> On Feb 26, 2016, at 4:16 AM, Gerriet M. Denkmann >> wrote: >>> >>> I have a file “Some Font.ttf” and I want to know the displayName of this >>> font, which might be “Some-Font” or “Nice Font” or anything else. >>> Or nil if this is not a well-formatted font file. >>> I do NOT want to install the font nor do anything with it. >>> >>> Short of reverse-engeneering the ttf format (which probably would be rather >>> too much): is there a way to get this? >>> >>> Ideally I would line to do: >>> NSFont *font = [ NSFont fontFromFilePath: @“/path/to/Some Font.ttf” ]; >>> NSString *displayName = font.displayName; // font.fontName would >>> probably also do >>> >>> but this seems not to exist. >> >> You can use CTFontManagerCreateFontDescriptorsFromURL() and then, for each >> descriptor, CTFontDescriptorCopyAttribute() with kCTFontDisplayNameAttribute. >> >> Keep in mind that you may get multiple descriptors because a font file may >> include multiple fonts. Consequently, there may be multiple display names. > > Thanks a lot. Works perfectly. > But did not find any font file which contains more than one descriptor. Any > examples (for testing)? Well, the very first thing I found in Font Book was the American Typewriter font family, which is in /Library/Fonts/AmericanTypewriter.ttc. That's a TrueType font collection file, which contains various weights of the font. There are also font suitcase files such as /System/Library/Fonts/Times.dfont. Regards, Ken ___ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: Getting displayName out of font file
> On 27 Feb 2016, at 09:54, Ken Thomases wrote: > > On Feb 26, 2016, at 7:17 AM, Gerriet M. Denkmann wrote: >> >> On 26 Feb 2016, at 17:33, Ken Thomases wrote: >>> >>> On Feb 26, 2016, at 4:16 AM, Gerriet M. Denkmann >>> wrote: I have a file “Some Font.ttf” and I want to know the displayName of this font, which might be “Some-Font” or “Nice Font” or anything else. Or nil if this is not a well-formatted font file. I do NOT want to install the font nor do anything with it. Short of reverse-engeneering the ttf format (which probably would be rather too much): is there a way to get this? Ideally I would line to do: NSFont *font = [ NSFont fontFromFilePath: @“/path/to/Some Font.ttf” ]; NSString *displayName = font.displayName; // font.fontName would probably also do but this seems not to exist. >>> >>> You can use CTFontManagerCreateFontDescriptorsFromURL() and then, for each >>> descriptor, CTFontDescriptorCopyAttribute() with >>> kCTFontDisplayNameAttribute. >>> >>> Keep in mind that you may get multiple descriptors because a font file may >>> include multiple fonts. Consequently, there may be multiple display names. >> >> Thanks a lot. Works perfectly. >> But did not find any font file which contains more than one descriptor. Any >> examples (for testing)? > > Well, the very first thing I found in Font Book was the American Typewriter > font family, which is in /Library/Fonts/AmericanTypewriter.ttc. That's a > TrueType font collection file, which contains various weights of the font. > > There are also font suitcase files such as /System/Library/Fonts/Times.dfont. Of the about 380 font files on my computer, slightly more than 100 contain multiple fonts; all .ttc or .dfont. And there is just one .ttf font file (/Library/Fonts/Skia.ttf) which contains 10 fonts (regular, bold, …). Thanks very much for your help! Kind regards, Gerriet. ___ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
