Scaling Fonts

[Michael Doub]

Humm, I may have just found a bug on 6.0 rc 1.

   get the fontSizes of "Helvetica"
   if it is empty then 
      answer "empty"
   else
      answer it
   end if


This returns the list of sizes on my Mac, but empty on IOS on an iPad4.

I am building the field output in an array using the new styledText array form.   It seems to work fine if I am setting the size to the normal 14, 18, 24.   But not at other sizes.    

Another bug maybe?   

-= Mike
 

On Mar 13, 2013, at 6:51 PM, Devin Asay <devin_asay at byu.edu> wrote:

> Mike,
> 
> The easiest way I know is to create a simple iOS app with a field. In the openCard script just 'put the fontnames into fld 1'. Then run the app in the simulator. If I understand correctly the simulator contains the same default fonts as the devices themselves; it doesn't just report what is on the desktop system. I'm sure someone will correct me if this isn't right. ;-)
> 
> Devin
> 
> 
> On Mar 13, 2013, at 4:37 PM, Michael Doub wrote:
> 
>> Scott, 
>> 
>> It sounds like you are implying that none of the existing livecode fonts are TrueType.   I thought that Helvetica was a trueType font, but in my testing it does not seem to scale.
>> 
>> Humm re-re-reading your message.... so I need to find out the name of the base fonts in IOS and use one of them?   
>> 
>> I have no fonts of my own and have no idea where to get them or understand any of the licensing issues. So I am looking to use an existing font if possible.
>> 
>> -= Mike
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 13, 2013, at 6:24 PM, Scott Rossi <scott at tactilemedia.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> BTW, one thing you'll need to figure out is how iOS "sees" the name of
>>> your font.  What I do is create a dummy development app for iOS, include
>>> the font in the build, install it, and then use the fontNames function in
>>> the dummy app to get a list of fonts and determine the name of the font as
>>> it appears on IOS.  Not sure if there's a better/faster way to do this,
>>> but the name that iOS will come up with is never intuitive.
>>> 
>>> AFAIK, there is no way to include a custom font other than including it as
>>> a non-stack file to be included in the build of a standalone.  If somebody
>>> knows otherwise, I'd love to know how to do this.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Scott Rossi
>>> Creative Director
>>> Tactile Media, UX Design
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 3/13/13 3:17 PM, "Scott Rossi" <scott at tactilemedia.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I'm pretty sure you need to convert to TTF format (unless something has
>>>> changed in iOS6).
>>>> I use this site for online conversion: http://www.freefontconverter.com/
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> 
>>>> Scott Rossi
>>>> Creative Director
>>>> Tactile Media, UX Design
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 3/13/13 3:04 PM, "Michael Doub" <mikedoub at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Are there trueType fonts supported on IOS?
>>>>> 
>>>>> -= Mike
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Mar 13, 2013, at 4:14 PM, Peter Bogdanoff <bogdanoff at me.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> LiveCode scales fonts pretty well--
>>>>>>  set the textSize of field "theField" to 12 -- or whatever
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> TrueType fonts can scale any size and still look good.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Peter Bogdanoff
>>>>>> UCLA
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Mar 13, 2013, at 12:39 PM, Michael Doub <mikedoub at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I would like to create a mobile application where the user can
>>>>>> increase 
>>>>>> and decrease the text in a field. The field contains text on different
>>>>>> font sizes for Title, Heading and basic text.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I am unsure how to work with fonts. Do I need to find a font that has
>>>>>> a 
>>>>>> wide range of sizes or are there scalable fonts? How do fonts react on
>>>>>> different screen resolutions? This makes me wonder about how the text
>>>>>> in 
>>>>>> buttons should be handled. (So far I have only used icons)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I would appreciate if someone could point me in the right direction.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> Mike
>>>>>> 
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> Devin Asay
> Office of Digital Humanities
> Brigham Young University
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