GSFont glyphForUnicodeFast: | Glyphs API Documentation

- (GSGlyph *) glyphForUnicodeFast:(NSString *) unicode;

glyphForUnicodeFast_(unicode: str) -> GSGlyph

Parameters

unicode: The code point as a hexadecimal string, like 0634 or 1F6A0.

Discussion

This method uses the character caches without validating existing entries. Use it for repeated lookups when glyph Unicode values have not changed.

See Also

Unicode & Characters

glyphForUnicode:glyphForUnicode_
Returns the local or imported glyph associated with a Unicode code point, or nil when no glyph matches.
glyphForUnicodes:glyphForUnicodes_
Returns the local or imported glyph associated with the first matching Unicode code point, or nil when none match.
localGlyphForUnicodeFast:localGlyphForUnicodeFast_
Returns a glyph from this font’s character cache associated with a Unicode code point, or nil when no glyph matches.
localGlyphForUnicodes:localGlyphForUnicodes_
Returns a glyph from this font’s character cache associated with the first matching Unicode code point, or nil when none match.
glyph(forCharacter:)glyphForCharacter:glyphForCharacter_
Returns the local or imported glyph represented by a Unicode scalar or temporary display character, or nil when no glyph matches.
character(for:)characterForGlyph:characterForGlyph_
Returns the primary Unicode scalar of an encoded glyph or a temporary display character for an unencoded glyph.
charsCache
The lookup cache used to map Unicode strings and temporary display characters to glyphs.
glyphFromCharsCacheForUnicode:glyphFromCharsCacheForUnicode_
Returns the cached local or imported glyph associated with a Unicode code point, or nil when no glyph matches.
cachedGlyph(forCharacter:)glyphFromCharsCacheForChar:glyphFromCharsCacheForChar_
Returns the cached local or imported glyph represented by a Unicode scalar or temporary display character, or nil when no glyph matches.
cachedGlyphFast(forCharacter:)glyphFromCharsCacheForCharFast:glyphFromCharsCacheForCharFast_
Returns the cached local or imported glyph represented by a Unicode scalar or temporary display character, or nil when no glyph matches.
preloadCharacterCache()preloadCharCachepreloadCharCache
Prepares the character cache from the local and imported glyphs.
characterString(fromDisplayString:)charStringFromDisplayString:charStringFromDisplayString_
Converts display text containing slash-prefixed glyph names to a string of display characters.