One Quickie

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Turning a string into a path (Graphics->NSString)

- (NSBezierPath *) makePathFromString: (NSString *) string
                              forFont: (NSFont *) font
{
    NSTextView *textview;
    textview = [[NSTextView alloc] init];

    [textview setString: string];
    [textview setFont: font];

    NSLayoutManager *layoutManager;
    layoutManager = [textview layoutManager];

    NSRange range;
    range = [layoutManager glyphRangeForCharacterRange:
                               NSMakeRange (0, [string length])
                           actualCharacterRange: NULL];
    NSGlyph *glyphs;
    glyphs = (NSGlyph *) malloc (sizeof(NSGlyph)
                                 * (range.length * 2));
    [layoutManager getGlyphs: glyphs  range: range];

    NSBezierPath *path;
    path = [NSBezierPath bezierPath];

    [path moveToPoint: NSMakePoint (20.0, 20.0)];
    [path appendBezierPathWithGlyphs: glyphs
          count: range.length  inFont: font];

    free (glyphs);
    [textview release];

    return (path);

} // makePathFromString