Attributed strings stored in RTF files cannot use the San Francisco font

Originator:craig.hockenberry
Number:rdar://22189886 Date Originated:07-Aug-2015 10:21 AM
Status:Duplicate/21552808 Resolved:
Product:Developer Tools Product Version:Mac OS X 10.11 (15A244d)
Classification:Serious Bug Reproducible:Always
 
Summary:

TextEdit and any other application that uses the standard font panel can’t specify the new San Francisco system font. This means you can’t use an RTF file as source for attributed strings if you want to match the text to the user interface.

An example is Credits.rtf that is used in the standard about box.

Steps to Reproduce:

Use an RTF file as a source of text in a project. A test project is included that uses RTF for credits in the standard about box.

Expected Results:

There should be a way to specify the equivalent of -systemFontOfSize: with the standard font panel.

Actual Results:

There is no way to specify the system font.

Regression:

In earlier releases of OS X, the system font was exposed as “Helvetica Neue” or “Lucida Grande” and could be selected like any other font.

Notes:

Hacking at RTF source code to use a dotted name breaks the abstraction of the system font.

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