Custom font is not set properly in iPhone

Question

I am using custom font in my application. I have set this to label, button and textfield. But when I used the custom font then text alignment of all object is changed. Its display from top side.

Here is the label with default font :

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Here is the label with Custom font :

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Here is the code :

    lbl.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentCenter;
    lbl.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
    [lbl setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:@"HelveticaNeueLTStd-ThCn" size:[lbl.font pointSize]]];

Any pointers?

Each font has its kerning & pattern. You should fine tune the text appearance by re-positioning the label — Raptor, Sep 25 '13 at 10:05
@ShivanRaptor is there any way in which we can set proper alignment from coding ? This is because it will create a problem when we set different different font from coding. — Nirmalsinh Rathod, Sep 25 '13 at 10:10
possible duplicate of [Custom installed font not displayed correctly in UILabel](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5414730/custom-installed-font-not-displayed-correctly-in-uilabel) — The dude, Sep 26 '13 at 11:02
Also check this out: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7535498/uibutton-custom-font-vertical-alignment — The dude, Sep 26 '13 at 11:16

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 25 '13 at 10:18

The correct values of NSTextAlignment are :

typedef enum _NSTextAlignment {
   NSLeftTextAlignment      = 0,
   NSRightTextAlignment     = 1,
   NSCenterTextAlignment    = 2,
   NSJustifiedTextAlignment = 3,
   NSNaturalTextAlignment   = 4
} NSTextAlignment;

NSTextAlignmentCenter is not a valid value.

Reference: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/cocoa/reference/ApplicationKit/Classes/NSText_Class/Reference/Reference.html#//apple_ref/c/tdef/NSTextAlignment

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 26 '13 at 10:25

There may be two options for this: 1) One you can override drawText Method

- (void) drawTextInRect:(CGRect)rect
{   
    UIEdgeInsets insets = {0,5,0,5};

    [super drawTextInRect:UIEdgeInsetsInsetRect(rect, insets)];
}

2)You can use sizeToFit method to get exact height and width of UILabel.

Custom font is not set properly in iPhone

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