Quartz (CGFont) Fonts

Quartz (CGFont) Fonts — Font support via Core Text on Apple operating systems.

Functions

Types and Values

Description

Provide support for font faces via Core Text.

Functions

cairo_quartz_font_face_create_for_cgfont ()

cairo_font_face_t *
cairo_quartz_font_face_create_for_cgfont
                               (CGFontRef font);

Creates a new font for the Quartz font backend based on a CGFontRef. This font can then be used with cairo_set_font_face() or cairo_scaled_font_create().

Parameters

font

a CGFontRef obtained through a method external to cairo.

 

Returns

a newly created cairo_font_face_t. Free with cairo_font_face_destroy() when you are done using it.

Since: 1.6


cairo_quartz_font_face_create_for_atsu_font_id ()

cairo_font_face_t *
cairo_quartz_font_face_create_for_atsu_font_id
                               (ATSUFontID font_id);

Creates a new font for the Quartz font backend based on an ATSUFontID. This font can then be used with cairo_set_font_face() or cairo_scaled_font_create().

Parameters

font_id

an ATSUFontID for the font.

 

Returns

a newly created cairo_font_face_t. Free with cairo_font_face_destroy() when you are done using it.

Since: 1.6

Types and Values

CAIRO_HAS_QUARTZ_FONT

#define CAIRO_HAS_QUARTZ_FONT

Defined if the Quartz font backend is available. This macro can be used to conditionally compile backend-specific code.

Since: 1.6

See Also

cairo_font_face_t