mobileControlSet "fontname" parameter

[Scott Rossi]

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 <dixonja at 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...
> 
>> From: alanstenhouse at hotmail.com
>> Subject: mobileControlSet "fontname" parameter
>> Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 13:54:08 +0200
>> To: use-livecode at lists.runrev.com
>> 
>> Can someone confirm (or not) that when setting the fontname for a text input control on mobile, that we have to use the Postscript name of the font?
>> 
>> e.g.
>> mobileControlSet controlID, “fontname”, FontPostscriptName
>> 
>> I had somehow thought this was being handled automatically for us, but if it’s not, anyone come up with a good way of handling it (other than just keeping our own mapping table for font names in our app)?
>> 
>> LC 6.7.6
>> 
>> cheers
>> 
>> Alan
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