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CTTypesetter

A typesetter which performs line layout.

Declaration

class CTTypesetter

Overview

Line layout includes word wrapping, hyphenation, and line breaking in either vertical or horizontal rectangles. A typesetter object takes as input an attributed string and produces a line of typeset glyphs (composed into glyph runs) in a CTLine object. The typesetter performs character-to-glyph encoding, glyph ordering, and positional operations, such as kerning, tracking, and baseline adjustments. If multiline layout is needed, it is performed by a CTFramesetter object, which calls into the typesetter to generate the typeset lines to fill the frame.

A CTFramesetter encapsulates a typesetter and provides a reference to it as a convenience, but a caller may also choose to create a freestanding typesetter.

Topics

Creating a Typesetter

Creating Lines

Breaking Lines

Getting the Type Identifier

Constants

See Also

Opaque Types