CTFontCreateForString(_:_:_:)

Declaration

func CTFontCreateForString(_ currentFont: CTFont, _ string: CFString, _ range: CFRange) -> CTFont

Parameters

• currentFont:

  The current font that contains a valid cascade list.

• string:

  A Unicode string containing characters that can’t be encoded by the current font.

• range:

  A Cfrange structure specifying the range of the string to map.

Return Value

The best substitute font from the cascade list of the current font that can encode the specified string range.

Discussion

If the current font can encode the string range, the function retains and returns the font.

See Also

Related Documentation

• CTFontCopyCharacterSet(_:)
• CTFontGetGlyphsForCharacters(_:_:_:_:)
• kCTFontCascadeListAttribute

Creating Fonts

• CTFontCreateWithName(_:_:_:)
• CTFontCreateWithNameAndOptions(_:_:_:_:)
• CTFontCreateWithFontDescriptor(_:_:_:)
• CTFontCreateWithFontDescriptorAndOptions(_:_:_:_:)
• CTFontCreateUIFontForLanguage(_:_:_:)
• CTFontCreateCopyWithAttributes(_:_:_:_:)
• CTFontCreateCopyWithSymbolicTraits(_:_:_:_:_:)
• CTFontCreateCopyWithFamily(_:_:_:_:)
• CTFontCreateForStringWithLanguage(_:_:_:_:)