{"categories":[{"label":"Python Modules","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development-libraries-python-modules/7"},{"label":"User Interfaces","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development-user-interfaces"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Provides Python bindings to macOS's CoreText framework for low-level text layout, font handling, and typographic operations on macOS 10.5 or later.","skillfed_tags":["macos-only","pyobjc-framework","typography"],"use_cases":["Build macOS GUI applications that need precise font selection and text measurement using native CoreText APIs.","Integrate Python scripts with Cocoa-based text rendering pipelines that require low-level typography control.","Develop macOS tools that manipulate fonts, glyphs, or text layout programmatically via native frameworks.","Create cross-framework Python bindings where CoreText integration is necessary for text handling.","Access advanced macOS typography features (ligatures, kerning, complex scripts) from Python code."],"what_it_does":"This package is a PyObjC wrapper around Apple's CoreText framework, exposing macOS's native text layout and font management capabilities to Python. CoreText is a low-level, high-performance API designed for sophisticated typographic control\u2014font selection, text measurement, glyph layout, and rendering\u2014making it the foundation for text handling in macOS applications.\n\nYou use it when you need direct access to macOS font and text rendering from Python, typically in GUI applications built with PyObjC or when integrating with Cocoa-based tools. The package depends on three other PyObjC framework bindings (pyobjc-core, pyobjc-framework-Cocoa, and pyobjc-framework-Quartz) and is actively maintained. It includes no standalone documentation\u2014you rely on Apple's CoreText documentation and PyObjC's general translation guides to understand the API.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you are developing on macOS and need direct access to CoreText for text layout, font handling, or GUI applications using PyObjC. The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and carries a permissive MIT license. Install friction is moderate due to platform and Python version constraints, but that is inherent to macOS-only bindings. Not applicable on non-macOS systems."},"id":"pyobjc-framework-coretext","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/pyobjc-framework-coretext","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/pyobjc-framework-coretext.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/pyobjc-framework-coretext/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-08-11","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"pyobjc-framework-CoreText","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Wrappers for the framework CoreText on macOS"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":1004759,"position":4531,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"12.2.2"}