cocos2d for iPhone

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1. 

   Sendel
   Member

   Hi,
   does some one know how to use italic and bold fonts?

   this seems not to work :

   Label * myLabel = [Label labelWithString:@"Bold and italic text" fontName:@"Helvetica Bold Italic" fontSize:40];

   any suggestions?

   Posted 2 years ago #
2. 

   crmagicxxx
   Member

   There is no font named "Helvetica Bold Italic" on iPhone. Try "Helvetica-BoldOblique".
   Search google for iPhone supported fonts, or use newest cocos2d feature like ttf support..

   Posted 2 years ago #
3. 

   Sendel
   Member

   Solution:

   Use this to view all available Fonts for a family :

   NSLog(@"---------------------------------");
   	NSLog(@"Font Names available for Helvetica:");
   	NSLog(@"---------------------------------");
   	NSArray * fontNames = [UIFont fontNamesForFamilyName:@"Helvetica"];
   	for (NSString * fontName in fontNames)
   	{
   		NSLog(@"Font Name : %@", fontName);
   	}
   	NSLog(@"---------------------------------");
   
   Output:
   ---------------------------------
   Font Names available for Helvetica:
   ---------------------------------
   Font Name : Helvetica-Oblique
   Font Name : Helvetica-BoldOblique
   Font Name : Helvetica
   Font Name : Helvetica-Bold
   ---------------------------------

   Now you will see that "Helvetica Italic" is not supported because its called "Helvetica-Obligue"

   so try this instead:
   Label * myLabel = [Label labelWithString:@"Bold and italic text" fontName:@"Helvetica-BoldOblique" fontSize:40];

   cheers,

   Sendel.

   Posted 2 years ago #

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