And then eventually some iOS style sheet needs to be created that will give the right defaults for the other controls. I'm hoping to convince Hendrick and Claudette to take on that task :-)
> On Oct 30, 2013, at 6:38 AM, Stephen F Northover > <steve.x.northo...@oracle.com> wrote: > > Let's use UIButton as this seems to match the stack overflow discussion. > > Steve > >> On 2013-10-30 7:51 AM, Oldrich Maticka wrote: >> I have tried simple app with several controls. Fonts in Interface Builder - >> >> UIButton - System 15.0 >> UILabel - System 17.0 >> UITextField - System 14.0 >> UITextView - System 14.0 >> >> Same fontsize - 15.0 has UIButton's label created at runtime. >> >> UIFont class methods for getting system font information return: >> + labelFontSize 17.0 >> + buttonFontSize 18.0 >> + smallSystemFontSize 12.0 >> + systemFontSize 14.0 >> >> >> In fx Java_com_sun_javafx_font_MacFontFinder_getSystemFontSize returns 13.0 >> >> We can use different CTFontUIFontType in this method to return something >> "better" than 13.0 - >> e.g. with kCTFontPushButtonFontType as an argument to >> CTFontCreateUIFontForLanguage() it returns 15.0, but we need to decide, what >> we want to use as default. Should be our system default the size same as for >> UIButton, UILabel or other control? >> >> >> I was using iPad3 (iOS 7.0, Xcode 5.0). >> >> Olda >> >>> On 10/29/13 7:32 PM, Stephen F Northover wrote: >>> I was going to create a dummy control (say a Button) and ask for the font. >>> Just an idea. >>> >>> Steve >>> >>>> On 2013-10-29 2:18 PM, Felipe Heidrich wrote: >>>> The code Richard sent is creating a dummy font and asking for its size. >>>> >>>> The problem is that there are about 3 thousand different fonts on the Mac >>>> ;-) >>>> >>>> Here we are creating a CTFont. For Mac OS X most native apps probably >>>> would be using a NSFont (cause that is what cocoa controls take). Likewise >>>> on iOS I think the "common" font is UIFont (cause I think that is what >>>> UIKIt controls take). >>>> >>>> Could anyone fire up Xcode, create a dummy iOS app, create a UIFont and >>>> see what is the size ? >>>> >>>> Felipe >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Oct 29, 2013, at 8:40 AM, Stephen F Northover >>>>> <steve.x.northo...@oracle.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> If the OS is reporting the wrong value for the default a classic trick is >>>>> to create a dummy control that normally has the font we want and query >>>>> that. >>>>> >>>>> Steve >>>>> >>>>>> On 2013-10-29 11:21 AM, Richard Bair wrote: >>>>>> Hi guys, >>>>>> >>>>>> The default font for iOS is supposed to be System Bold 15 (according to >>>>>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17325152/what-size-font-is-the-title-in-a-default-uibutton >>>>>> anyway), and it does look more correct to me. Our code is getting to >>>>>> this native method in MacFontFinder.c >>>>>> >>>>>> JNIEXPORT jfloat JNICALL >>>>>> Java_com_sun_javafx_font_MacFontFinder_getSystemFontSize >>>>>> (JNIEnv *env, jclass obj) >>>>>> { >>>>>> CTFontRef font = CTFontCreateUIFontForLanguage( >>>>>> kCTFontSystemFontType, >>>>>> 0.0, //get system font with default size >>>>>> NULL); >>>>>> jfloat systemFontDefaultSize = (jfloat) CTFontGetSize (font); >>>>>> CFRelease(font); >>>>>> return systemFontDefaultSize; >>>>>> } >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> However it appears the return value is 13 instead of 15 (and I don't >>>>>> know what the actual default font family / weight is that we're >>>>>> returning). It is possible the answer coming from this native API call >>>>>> is "wrong". Any ideas? >>>>>> >>>>>> Richard >
