Top "Core-text" questions

Can I use NSAttributedString in Core Text in iOS?

I'm trying to work out how to take an NSAttributedString and use it in Core Text on the iPad. I …

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Drawing Text with Core Graphics

I need to draw centered text to a CGContext. I started with a Cocoa approach. I created a NSCell with …

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How to get text / String from nth line of UILabel?

Is there an easy way to get (or simply display) the text from a given line in a UILabel? My …

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How does line spacing work in Core Text? (and why is it different from NSLayoutManager?)

I'm trying to draw text using Core Text functions, with a line spacing that's as close as possible to what …

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(NSCFType set) - Unrecognized selector in iOS 6

I'm using the great TTTAttributedLabel (https://github.com/mattt/TTTAttributedLabel) which works fine under iOS 5. Under iOS 6 however, I get …

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How to add label or text in to CAShapeLayer

Here is my class and it'll draw a circle, it looks like this: class OvalLayer: CAShapeLayer { let animationDuration: CFTimeInterval = 0.3 override …

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CGContextSelectFont equivalent

In iOS7 CGContextSelectFont is deprecated. Deprecation message says that I have to use Core Text, but I don't know which …

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iOS 5/6 vs iOS 7 multiline label line spacing

I ran my app under iOS 7 and discovered that multiline labels (non-attributed, plain text) render with a small line spacing. …

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Core Text's CTFramesetterSuggestFrameSizeWithConstraints() returns incorrect size every time

According to the docs, CTFramesetterSuggestFrameSizeWithConstraints () "determines the frame size needed for a string range". Unfortunately the size returned by this …

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CoreText and strikethrough on iPhone

I'm currently struggling with the need to display strikethrough text in many UITableViewCells. Something that written in HTML would looke …

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