Font

class Font

An object representing a text font.

  • The name of the font.

    Declaration

    var name: String { get }

  • The family name of the font.

    Declaration

    var familyName: String { get }

  • The leading value of the font.

    Declaration

    var leading: Double { get }

  • The top y-coordinate, offset from the baseline, of the font’s longest ascender.

    Declaration

    var ascender: Double { get }

  • The bottom y-coordinate, offset from the baseline, of the font’s longest descender.

    Declaration

    var descender: Double { get }

  • The x-height of the font.

    Declaration

    var xHeight: Double { get }

  • The cap height of the font.

    Declaration

    var capHeight: Double { get }

  • The lineHeight height of the font.

    Declaration

    var lineHeight: Double { get }

  • The style of the font, e.g. bold, italic etc.

    Declaration

    var style: String { get }

  • The font size.

    Declaration

    var size: Double { get }

  • The path to the font’s file.

    Declaration

    var path: String? { get }

  • The file name of the font’s file.

    Declaration

    var fileName: String? { get }

  • The object’s description

    Declaration

    var description: String { get }

  • Compares two values for equality.

    The equals function is invoked using infix notation as in the following code snippet: lhs == rhs.

    Declaration

    func equals(_ lhs: Font) -> Bool

    Parameters

    lhs

    A value.

    rhs

    Another value.

    Return Value

    true if the lhs and rhs are equal, false otherwise.

  • Constructs a CompositePath which represents the outline of the characer’s glyph in this font.

    Declaration

    func pathFor(character char: String) -> CompositePath

    Parameters

    char

    The character for which to return the path.

    Return Value

    A path representing the outline of the character’s glyph.

  • Determines the width of the string when displayed with this font.

    Declaration

    func widthFor(string: String) -> Double

    Parameters

    string

    A string.

    Return Value

    The width of the string when displayed with this font.