Inherits from NSObject
Conforms to GSContainerProtocol
NSCoding
NSCopying

Overview

The class defining the fontmaster object

Tasks

Properties

Initializing an Font Master

Guides

Alignment Zones

Other Methods

Properties

alignmentZones

list of alignment zones

@property (strong, nonatomic) NSArray *alignmentZones

ascender

The ascender.

@property (nonatomic) CGFloat ascender

capHeight

The capHeight.

@property (nonatomic) CGFloat capHeight

custom

A custom tag

@property (copy, nonatomic) NSString *custom

customValue

The custom value

@property (assign, nonatomic) CGFloat customValue

Discussion

The custom value defines the place of the Fontmaster in the “design space”

descender

The descender.

@property (nonatomic) CGFloat descender

guideLines

list of guidelines

@property (strong, nonatomic) NSArray *guideLines

horizontalStems

list of horizontal stems

@property (strong, nonatomic) NSArray<NSNumber*> *horizontalStems

id

The id

@property (copy, nonatomic) NSString *id

italicAngle

The Italic angle

@property (nonatomic) CGFloat italicAngle

name

the name of the FontMaster e.g; “Regular”, “Condensed”, …

@property (nonatomic, strong) NSString *name

userData

Place for plugins to store data .

@property (strong, nonatomic) NSMutableDictionary *userData

Discussion

Here it is possible to store something. Please use a unique key. The objects should be able to serialize to a plist. if they are not they should return all infos to store to save as string in description.

verticalStems

list of vertical stems

@property (strong, nonatomic) NSArray<NSNumber*> *verticalStems

weight

The weight tag

@property (copy, nonatomic) NSString *weight

Discussion

Something like Light or Regular

weightValue

The weight value

@property (assign, nonatomic) CGFloat weightValue

Discussion

The weight value defines the place of the Fontmaster in the “design space”

width

The width tag

@property (copy, nonatomic) NSString *width

Discussion

Something like Condensed or Extended

widthValue

The width value

@property (assign, nonatomic) CGFloat widthValue

Discussion

The width value defines the place of the Fontmaster in the “design space”

xHeight

The xHeight.

@property (nonatomic) CGFloat xHeight

Instance Methods

addAlignmentZone:

adds an alignment zone

- (void)addAlignmentZone:(GSAlignmentZone *)AlignmentZone

Parameters

AlignmentZone

a GSAlignmentZone object

alignmentZoneAtIndex:

Returns the alignment zone located at Index.

- (GSAlignmentZone *)alignmentZoneAtIndex:(NSUInteger)Index

Parameters

Index

An index within the bounds of the array.

Return Value

The object located at index.

countOfAlignmentZones

Number of alignment zones

- (NSUInteger)countOfAlignmentZones

Return Value

Number of alignment zones

customParameters

//// customParameters ///////

- (NSArray *)customParameters

fontMasterDict

Returns the Font Master to save it in plist

- (NSDictionary *)fontMasterDict

guideLineAtIndex:

Returns the Guide Line located at Index.

- (id)guideLineAtIndex:(NSUInteger)theIndex

Parameters

theIndex

An index within the bounds of the array.

Return Value

The Guide Line located at index.

guideLineCount

Number of Guide Lines

- (NSUInteger)guideLineCount

Return Value

Number of Guide Lines

initWithFontMasterDict:

Inits with a Dict loaded from pList.

- (instancetype)initWithFontMasterDict:(NSDictionary *)FontMasterDict

scaleBy:

Scales the Font Master Scales the vertical metrics, alignment zones and guide lines

- (void)scaleBy:(CGFloat)Scale

Parameters

Scale

the scale factor (1 means no scaling.)