Custom font showing up in IB but not on device

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I'm trying to use fonts from the Open Sans family. I added the fonts to my Xcode project, I checked that they were added to my application's resources bundle and I added the fonts to my Info.plist file.

When I edit a XIB in Interface Builder, I can use Open Sans font on UILabels when selecting Custom in the font dropdown menu. The font are correctly rendered on the preview in Interface Builder, but then when I launch the application on the device, the font is not applied to the labels.

I tried setting the font programmatically, but that didn't work either. And I'm not getting any warning nor error.

What did I forgot to be able to use a custom font?

The behavior has been the same on an iPad Air running iOS7 and on an iPhone 6 running iOS8.

Maybe this is the localization issue? Does your custom font support all languages you are running? — Azat, Mar 30 '15 at 15:36
I was facing same situation when tried to use some custom font. It was OK in English but in my native language it was like default one — Azat, Mar 30 '15 at 21:21
Having same issue :/ Also did all the usual steps everyone suggests.... — Ruben Martinez Jr., May 03 '15 at 17:10
Have you made sure that the font is included in your target? — Axel Lundbäck, Jun 24 '15 at 11:29
This is a similar question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31018857/custom-font-displays-in-ib-but-not-in-simulator The difference is that setting it in code worked there. — Suragch, Jun 27 '15 at 11:22
@AbbasAngouti Sadly not, that was a while ago and I've dropped that font since. — JBL, Apr 14 '16 at 14:47

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 06 '17 at 12:16

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Go to Target -> Build Phases -> Copy Bundle Resources , in there you check if the font file is there, if not press the plus button and add it manually. Sometimes the font files are not added automatically to the bundle resources.

Hope this helps.

answered Jun 06 '17 at 12:16

Stan

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 30 '15 at 16:16

Just make sure all the fonts really are available in the bundle, try printing all fonts and check if you are using the correct name. You can very easily do this with following code in app delegate's didFinishLaunchingWithOptions method:

for (NSString *familyName in [UIFont familyNames]) {
    NSLog(@"Family Name : %@", familyName);
    for (NSString *fontName in [UIFont fontNamesForFamilyName:familyName]) {
        NSLog(@"\tFont Name : %@", fontName);
    }
}

or in Swift:

if let familyNames = UIFont.familyNames() as? [String] {
    for familyName in familyNames {
        println("Family : " + familyName)
        if let fontNames = UIFont.fontNamesForFamilyName(familyName) as? [String] {
            for fontName in fontNames {
                println("\tFont : " + fontName)
            }
        }
    }
}

The swift code is not the most efficient, but should work for checking if the fonts exist in the bundle.

score 3 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 20 '16 at 14:24

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What worked for me was when I added the font to check the "Add to targets" thick in front of my app name.

See image example here :

edited Sep 20 '16 at 14:24

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answered Sep 19 '16 at 14:42

Iancu Tudor

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can you provide more details ? – Sampath Sep 20 '16 at 05:13
hey, I edited my answer, that is the dialog you are prompted with when you add the font to your app – Iancu Tudor Sep 20 '16 at 13:36

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 30 '15 at 15:44

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Ensure you have added the fonts in your Info.plist. There is an entry called "Fonts provided by application" which must contain all font files you want to use.

answered Mar 30 '15 at 15:44

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Sorry I forgot to mention it, but that was done. So that's not that apparently. – JBL Mar 30 '15 at 15:47
If the fonts are showing up in Interface Builder, they are clearly valid fonts. Are you sure the font isn't being overridden somewhere in your code to something you aren't expecting? Can we see the code you're using? – Matthew Hallatt Apr 16 '15 at 08:10

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 28 '18 at 22:16

I just had the same problem... still kind of having... I wanted to mix fonts in the same label, which did not work... The workaround was that I tried to change in the IB attributes inspector of the label try to change Text dropdown from Attributed to Plain... The font did change in the device... so I think this is a bug in Xcode.

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 30 '15 at 16:06

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Are you adding the font to your info.plist exactly how the font is spelt with the inclusion of its file extension? For example, OpenSans.ttf is different than opensans.ttf or just opensans. To be 100% sure of the file name right click on your font file, click on Get Info, and then check the Full Name description. To add the font programmatically leave the file extension off. For example,

myLabel.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"OpenSans" size:32];

answered Mar 30 '15 at 16:06

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Did all that, nothing changed. – JBL Mar 30 '15 at 16:11
Have you tried deleting the application from your device/simulator, cleaning the project, then reinstalling? – Daniel Storm Mar 30 '15 at 16:12

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 29 '18 at 05:18

If you are using webfont then download.ttf file and drop it into your project . Check mark on copy items if needed

Next add this on info plist

 <key>UIAppFonts</key>
    <array>
        <string>Your fontname.ttf</string>
        <string>Bakersfield Bold.ttf</string>
   </array>

Now take a look the font family name. Which you will find on font file also. From where you have downloaded you will get there also. Like i added font which ttf file name is : Bakersfield Bold.ttf for this fontname is : Bakersfield-Bold Thats it Happy coding.

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