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Here's a step by step tutorial for iOS4: blog.beefyapps.com/2010/06/custom-fonts-in-ios-4

pm_labs
– pm_labs

2010-09-20 13:34:20 +00:00
Commented Sep 20, 2010 at 13:34
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This tutorial is very good. shang-liang.com/blog/custom-fonts-in-ios4 Importantly, the NSString argument to [UIFont fontWithName:...] is the OS name for the font rather than the file name.

Willster
– Willster

2011-01-28 18:14:10 +00:00
Commented Jan 28, 2011 at 18:14
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Before anyone else spends 3 hours installing fontforge in order to find the actual postscript name of the font required by iOS. I'll point out that you can simply press Cmd+I on the font in font book to find this information.

Daniel Wood
– Daniel Wood

2012-03-20 16:51:06 +00:00
Commented Mar 20, 2012 at 16:51
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After struggling to get the right font name, I just listed out the installed fonts and found it. Very helpful. Here's the code: for ( NSString *familyName in [UIFont familyNames] ) { NSLog(@"Family %@", familyName); NSLog(@"Names = %@", [UIFont fontNamesForFamilyName:familyName]); }

Steve Potter
– Steve Potter

2012-03-29 20:05:21 +00:00
Commented Mar 29, 2012 at 20:05
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If your code is not working, make sure you found font file appear in "Build Phases" -> "Copy Bundle Resouces"

Mickey
– Mickey

2012-12-20 09:55:07 +00:00
Commented Dec 20, 2012 at 9:55

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