Querying Aqua Font Variations

Using the methods of NSFont, you can query all of the Aqua font variations. To request the default font size for the standard fonts , you can either explicitly pass in default sizes (obtained from class methods such as systemFontSize and labelFontSize), or pass in 0 or a negative value.

For Objective-C, use the following method invocations:

Font	Objective-C methods
System font	`[NSFont systemFontOfSize:[NSFont systemFontSize]]`
Emphasized system font	`[NSFont boldSystemFontOfSize:[NSFont systemFontSize]]`
Small system font	`[NSFont systemFontOfSize:[NSFont smallSystemFontSize]]`
Emphasized small system font	`[NSFont boldSystemFontOfSize:[NSFont smallSystemFontSize]]`
Mini system font	`[NSFont systemFontSizeForControlSize: NSMiniControlSize]`
Emphasized mini system font	`[NSFont boldSystemFontOfSize:[NSFont systemFontSizeForControlSize: NSMiniControlSize]]`
Application font	`[NSFont userFontOfSize:-1.0]`
Application fixed-pitch font	`[NSFont userFixedPitchFontOfSize:-1.0]`
Label Font	`[NSFont labelFontOfSize:[NSFont labelFontSize]]`

The equivalent Java invocations are as follows:

Font	Java methods
System font	`NSFont.systemFontOfSize(-1.0)`
Emphasized system font	`NSFont.boldSystemFontOfSize(-1.0)`
Small system font	`NSFont.systemFontOfSize(NSFont.smallSystemFontSize())`
Emphasized small system font	`NSFont.boldSystemFontOfSize(NSFont.smallSystemFontSize())`
Mini system font	`NSFont.systemFontSizeForControlSize(-1.0)`
Emphasized mini system font	`NSFont.boldSystemFontOfSize(NSFont.systemFontSizeForControlSize(-1.0))`
Application font	`NSFont.userFontOfSize(-1.0)`
Application fixed-pitch font	`NSFont.userFixedPitchFontOfSize(-1.0)`
Label font	`NSFont.labelFontOfSize(-1.0)`

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