Hi Alan, Could you file a bug about this? I can't recall off the top of my head whether the fontName property of native controls passes through the fontmap.
Warmest Regards, Mark Sent from my iPhone > On 12 Oct 2015, at 19:44, Alan Stenhouse <alanstenho...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks John + Scott. > > So, that doesn’t seem to be any clearer - 2 conflicting reports. I’ve also > tried setting it to the display fontname and that works - but only when the > postscript name is the same, AFAICS. > > I was testing on the simulator with iOS 8.2 and on device with iOS 7. > > The fontmap was (I think) introduced with 6.7 but at least here it’s not > used. I guess I should get on and test this with LC7 + LC8… > > John, what version of LC did you test with? > > Thanks again > > Alan > >> On 12 Oct 2015, at 7:16 pm, use-livecode-requ...@lists.runrev.com wrote: >> >> From: Scott Rossi <sc...@tactilemedia.com> >> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> >> Subject: Re: mobileControlSet "fontname" parameter >> Message-ID: <afe2f72a-b4d3-4ab5-9803-638ae3565...@tactilemedia.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 >> >> AFAIK, you do need to use the Postscript name, and the names are case >> sensitive. Also, the FontMap addition to the standalone builder allows you >> to define how a custom installed font name used in your stack maps to the >> font name on a device. And I may be mistaken but I believe the LiveCode >> folks have taken care of the default font mappings already (I believe Mark W >> commented on this some time back). >> >> Not sure if this was introduced after 6.7.6 however. >> >> Regards, >> >> Scott Rossi >> Creative Director >> Tactile Media UX/UI Design >> >>> On Oct 12, 2015, at 5:50 AM, John Dixon <dixo...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>> mmm... >>> >>> just tried in with >>> >>> iphoneControlSet inputID, "fontName", "helvetica" >>> iphoneControlSet inputID, "fontName", "american typewriter" >>> >>> and it works, in the simulator, anyway... > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
