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Technical Q&As: Text & Fonts
Carbon is a set of C APIs that take advantage of new features and enhancements of Mac OS X, including protected memory, preemptive multitasking and dynamic resource allocation, as well as the Aqua interface. Carbon includes a set of C APIs for text input and display, managing fonts, converting text encodings, searching text, and performing sophisticated typography.
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SetFontInfoForSelection incorrect prototype (HTML)
QA1375: Describes the incorrect prototyping of the SetFontInfoForSelection API and gives a workaround.
 2004-10-04
Improving ATSUI Text Drawing Performance (HTML)
QA1027: Talks about one way of improving ATSUI text drawing performance.
 2001-04-17
dlsDelta field in PRAM's time zone MachineLocation record (HTML) ()
OPS21: Explains how to access and preserve the Daylight Savings state when changing the GMT.
 2001-03-26
QDFlushPortBuffer (HTML) ()
QD65: Describes a possible solution for window update problems under Carbon.
 2000-11-08
grayishTextOr and Mac OS 8.5 (HTML) ()
Deprecated - QD59: Explains why text drawn using TextMode(grayishTextOr) is never drawn; provides a workaround.
 1998-12-07
Locating a Font's Home File (HTML) ()
Deprecated - TB18: Lists the steps necessary to find the home file of a given font.
 1996-02-15