Having issue with CTFontRef

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Hi I need using a couple of fonts with CTFontRef for an iPad application , I need use this method because my font is not English . so I found this code from this site

but compiler gives me some error :

CTFontRef font = CTFontCreateWithName(CFSTR("myfont"), 12,NULL);

NSMutableAttributedStringRef attrString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:textView.text];
[attrString addAttribute:(NSString*)kCTFontAttributeName
                   value:(id)font
                   range: NSMakeRange(0, textView.text.length)];

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I would be grateful if you help me to solve the problem

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 19 '12 at 09:03

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Just see this. may be useful for you :

CTFontRef font = CTFontCreateWithName(CFSTR("GujaratiSangamMN-Bold"),12.0f, NULL);
NSDictionary *attrs = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
                       (id)font, kCTFontAttributeName,
                       nil];
NSAttributedString *attrString = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:textView.text
                                                                 attributes:attrs];

answered Mar 19 '12 at 09:03

Hector

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thank you , how can I use attrString ? because its unusable , because the font did not change – iOS.Lover Mar 19 '12 at 09:08
the font of Textview.text should be changed ! that's it – iOS.Lover Mar 19 '12 at 10:22

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 24 '12 at 12:59

The problem with your code is with the NSMutableAttributedStringRef. Use an NSMutableAttributedString instead:

NSString *myString = @"Hello World!!";
CTFontRef futura = CTFontCreateWithName( CFSTR("Futura"), 24.0, NULL);

NSMutableAttributedString *attString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] 
        initWithString:myString];

[attString addAttribute:(NSString *)kCTFontAttributeName
                  value:(id)futura
                  range:NSMakeRange(0, 4)];

Having issue with CTFontRef

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