Core Text

E284601
font-handling framework macOS framework software framework text layout framework

Core Text is a macOS text layout and font-handling framework that provides low-level, high-performance text rendering and typographic capabilities for Cocoa applications.

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Label Occurrences
Core Text canonical 2
Apple Advanced Typography 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf font-handling framework ⓘ
macOS framework ⓘ
software framework ⓘ
text layout framework ⓘ
APIStyle C-based Core Foundation-style API ⓘ
designedFor Cocoa applications ⓘ
high-performance text rendering ⓘ
developer Apple Inc. ⓘ
documentationURL https://developer.apple.com/documentation/coretext ⓘ
layer low-level text technology ⓘ
operatingSystem iOS ⓘ
macOS ⓘ
tvOS ⓘ
watchOS ⓘ
partOf Apple Core frameworks ⓘ
Core Services ⓘ
programmingLanguage C ⓘ
provides fine-grained typographic control ⓘ
font loading APIs ⓘ
font query APIs ⓘ
glyph-level access ⓘ
high-performance text layout ⓘ
line and paragraph layout APIs ⓘ
low-level text rendering ⓘ
relatedTo NSText ⓘ
surface form: AppKit text system

Core Foundation ⓘ
Quartz 2D ⓘ
surface form: Core Graphics

UIKit text system ⓘ
replaces ATSUI ⓘ
supports OpenType features ⓘ
Unicode text ⓘ
attributed strings ⓘ
bidirectional text ⓘ
complex text layout ⓘ
font collections ⓘ
font descriptors ⓘ
font fallback ⓘ
font management ⓘ
glyph substitution ⓘ
kerning ⓘ
ligatures ⓘ
text shaping ⓘ
typesetting with line breaking ⓘ
vertical text layout ⓘ
usedWith macOS Cocoa ⓘ
surface form: AppKit

Cocoa ⓘ
UIKit ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

macOS Cocoa → includesFramework → Core Text ⓘ
Arabic-script typography → implementedIn → Core Text ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apple Advanced Typography
Arabic-script typography → requiresSupportFrom → Core Text ⓘ