If this functionality exists it would probably be down in the CoreText framework. Take a look there.
—Jens > On Feb 26, 2016, at 2:16 AM, Gerriet M. Denkmann <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a file “Some Font.ttf” and I want to know the displayName of this > font, which might be “Some-Font” or “Nice Font” or anything else. > Or nil if this is not a well-formatted font file. > I do NOT want to install the font nor do anything with it. > > Short of reverse-engeneering the ttf format (which probably would be rather > too much): is there a way to get this? > > Ideally I would line to do: > NSFont *font = [ NSFont fontFromFilePath: @“/path/to/Some Font.ttf” ]; > NSString *displayName = font.displayName; // font.fontName would > probably also do > > but this seems not to exist. > > Gerriet. > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/jens%40mooseyard.com > > This email sent to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
