Humm, I may have just found a bug on 6.0 rc 1.
get the fontSizes of "Helvetica"
if it is empty then
answer "empty"
else
answer it
end if
This returns the list of sizes on my Mac, but empty on IOS on an iPad4.
I am building the field output in an array using the new styl
Mike,
The easiest way I know is to create a simple iOS app with a field. In the
openCard script just 'put the fontnames into fld 1'. Then run the app in the
simulator. If I understand correctly the simulator contains the same default
fonts as the devices themselves; it doesn't just report what
On 3/13/13 5:37 PM, Michael Doub wrote:
Scott,
It sounds like you are implying that none of the existing livecode
fonts are TrueType. I thought that Helvetica was a trueType font,
but in my testing it does not seem to scale.
Humm re-re-reading your message so I need to find out the name o
I got the impression you wanted to use/install custom fonts. Default
fonts are no problem.
iOS 5 default fonts:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4980
iOS 6 default fonts:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5484
Regards,
Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, UX Design
On 3/13/13 3:37 PM, "
Scott,
It sounds like you are implying that none of the existing livecode fonts are
TrueType. I thought that Helvetica was a trueType font, but in my testing it
does not seem to scale.
Humm re-re-reading your message so I need to find out the name of the base
fonts in IOS and use one of
BTW, one thing you'll need to figure out is how iOS "sees" the name of
your font. What I do is create a dummy development app for iOS, include
the font in the build, install it, and then use the fontNames function in
the dummy app to get a list of fonts and determine the name of the font as
it app
I'm pretty sure you need to convert to TTF format (unless something has
changed in iOS6).
I use this site for online conversion: http://www.freefontconverter.com/
Regards,
Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, UX Design
On 3/13/13 3:04 PM, "Michael Doub" wrote:
>Are there trueType fo
Are there trueType fonts supported on IOS?
-= Mike
On Mar 13, 2013, at 4:14 PM, Peter Bogdanoff wrote:
> LiveCode scales fonts pretty well--
> set the textSize of field "theField" to 12 -- or whatever
>
> TrueType fonts can scale any size and still look good.
>
> Peter Bogdanoff
> UCLA
LiveCode scales fonts pretty well--
set the textSize of field "theField" to 12 -- or whatever
TrueType fonts can scale any size and still look good.
Peter Bogdanoff
UCLA
On Mar 13, 2013, at 12:39 PM, Michael Doub wrote:
I would like to create a mobile application where the user can increa
On 03/13/2013 09:39 PM, Michael Doub wrote:
I would like to create a mobile application where the user can increase and
decrease the text in a field. The field contains text on different font sizes
for Title, Heading and basic text.
I am unsure how to work with fonts. Do I need to find a fo
I would like to create a mobile application where the user can increase and
decrease the text in a field. The field contains text on different font sizes
for Title, Heading and basic text.
I am unsure how to work with fonts. Do I need to find a font that has a wide
range of sizes or are ther
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