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 is on the desktop system. I'm sure someone will correct me if this isn't right. ;-)
Devin On Mar 13, 2013, at 4:37 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 of the > base fonts in IOS and use one of them? > > I have no fonts of my own and have no idea where to get them or understand > any of the licensing issues. So I am looking to use an existing font if > possible. > > -= Mike > > > On Mar 13, 2013, at 6:24 PM, Scott Rossi <sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: > >> 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 appears on IOS. Not sure if there's a better/faster way to do this, >> but the name that iOS will come up with is never intuitive. >> >> AFAIK, there is no way to include a custom font other than including it as >> a non-stack file to be included in the build of a standalone. If somebody >> knows otherwise, I'd love to know how to do this. >> >> Regards, >> >> Scott Rossi >> Creative Director >> Tactile Media, UX Design >> >> >> >> >> On 3/13/13 3:17 PM, "Scott Rossi" <sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: >> >>> 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" <miked...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Are there trueType fonts supported on IOS? >>>> >>>> -= Mike >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mar 13, 2013, at 4:14 PM, Peter Bogdanoff <bogdan...@me.com> 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 >>>>> >>>>> On Mar 13, 2013, at 12:39 PM, Michael Doub <miked...@gmail.com> 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 font that has >>>>> a >>>>> wide range of sizes or are there scalable fonts? How do fonts react on >>>>> different screen resolutions? This makes me wonder about how the text >>>>> in >>>>> buttons should be handled. (So far I have only used icons) >>>>> >>>>> I would appreciate if someone could point me in the right direction. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> Mike >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>>>> subscription preferences: >>>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>>>> subscription preferences: >>>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>>> subscription preferences: >>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
