Drawing outlined glyphs with CoreText
https://gist.github.com/randomsequence/5755157
#import "OutlineTextView.h"
#import <CoreText/CoreText.h>
@implementation OutlineTextView
- (void) commonInit {
self.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];
self.opaque = YES;
self.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:44.0];
}
- (id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aDecoder {
self = [super initWithCoder:aDecoder];
if (self) {
[self commonInit];
}
return self;
}
- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame {
self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
if (self) {
[self commonInit];
}
return self;
}
- (void)setFont:(UIFont *)font {
if (font == _font) return;
_font = font;
[self setNeedsDisplay];
}
- (void)setText:(NSString *)text {
if (text == _text) return;
_text = [text copy];
[self setNeedsDisplay];
}
- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect {
CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
CGContextSaveGState(context);
CGRect bounds = self.bounds;
NSUInteger length = self.text.length;
unichar chars[length];
CGGlyph glyphs[length];
CGPoint positions[length];
CGSize advances[length];
CGSize size = [self.text sizeWithFont:self.font constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(bounds.size.width, MAXFLOAT) lineBreakMode:NSLineBreakByWordWrapping];
CGRect textRect = CGRectMake(floor((bounds.size.width - size.width)/2.0),
44.0,
size.width,
size.height);
[self.text getCharacters:chars range:NSMakeRange(0, length)];
CTFontRef font = CTFontCreateWithName((__bridge CFStringRef)self.font.fontName, self.font.pointSize, NULL);
CTFontGetGlyphsForCharacters(font, chars, glyphs, length);
CTFontGetAdvancesForGlyphs(font, kCTFontDefaultOrientation, glyphs, advances, length);
CGPoint position = textRect.origin;
for (NSUInteger i=0; i<length; i++) {
positions[i] = CGPointMake(position.x, position.y);
CGSize advance = advances[i];
position.x += advance.width;
position.y += advance.height;
}
CGContextSaveGState(context);
CGRect boundingBox = CTFontGetBoundingRectsForGlyphs(font, kCTFontDefaultOrientation, glyphs, NULL, length);
CGContextTranslateCTM(context, 0.0, textRect.origin.y);
CGContextTranslateCTM(context, 0.0, boundingBox.size.height);
CGContextScaleCTM(context, 1.0, -1.0);
CGContextTranslateCTM(context, 0.0, -textRect.origin.y);
CGContextSetStrokeColorWithColor(context, [UIColor whiteColor].CGColor);
CGContextSetLineWidth(context, 10.0);
for (NSUInteger i=0; i<length; i++) {
CGPoint position = positions[i];
CGAffineTransform tt = CGAffineTransformMakeTranslation(position.x, position.y);
CGPathRef path = CTFontCreatePathForGlyph(font, glyphs[i], &tt);
CGContextAddPath(context, path);
CGPathRelease(path);
}
CGContextStrokePath(context);
CGContextSetFillColorWithColor(context, [UIColor redColor].CGColor);
CTFontDrawGlyphs(font, glyphs, positions, length, context);
CGContextRestoreGState(context);
CFRelease(font);
CGContextRestoreGState(context);
}
@end