Why is this label appearing unstyled?

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I have, in starting to programmatically develop a screen, the following:

NSInteger offset = 0;
UIFont *font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"Scurlock" size:80];
UILabel *label = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:(CGRectMake(20, 40 + offset, width, 20))];
[label setFont:font];
[label setText:@"Hello, world!"];
[self.view addSubview:label];

The "Hello, world!" does appear at the intended coordinates, but I have not found a way to change either the font family or font size. Scurlock is a TrueType font included in the app's resources.

How can I say "Display this text in that font at these coordinates" with a UILabel or something comparable like an RTLabel (which I managed to get bold, but not change the font or font size)?

--EDIT--

I have Scurlock.TTF at the top of Supporting Files and the following from the plist:

<key>Fonts provided by application</key>
<array>
    <string>Scurlock.TTF</string>
</array>

This results in one 0 in the list printed out for one answer, and the behavior is AFAICT the same whether I specify Scurlock or Scurlock.TTF.

Are you sure the font's name is really "Scurlock" and not some variant of that? Verify that `font` isn't `nil`. — rmaddy, Oct 03 '13 at 14:05
Font is nil. I added in Scurlock explicitly to the project (I hadn't--oops), and now opening the font's folder in finder, right-clicking, and selecting "Get Info" gave a name of "Scurlock". — Christos Hayward, Oct 03 '13 at 14:19
It isn't working yet. Should I be specifying "Scurlock.TTF Scurlock" somewhere? — Christos Hayward, Oct 03 '13 at 15:10
Run the code in the answer by Peter and look for a font name (not family name) that comes from your Scurlock TTF file. also make sure your file is really named "Scurlock.TTF" and not "Scurlock.ttf". Case matters. — rmaddy, Oct 03 '13 at 15:13
I had run that code earlier, and ran it again. It didn't load any form of Scurlock. The code has identical case to the filename (Scurlock.TTF). The font I have is available from http://JonathansCorner.com/project/Scurlock.TTF — Christos Hayward, Oct 03 '13 at 15:24

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 03 '13 at 14:12

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• Check your target under "Copy Bundle Resources" to make sure that the font is actually included in the bundle.

• Add the font to your plist if you haven't yet.

• Double check the font name using

for (NSString* family in [UIFont familyNames])
{
    NSLog(@"%@", family);
    for (NSString* name in [UIFont fontNamesForFamilyName: family])
        NSLog(@"  %@", name);
}

See this guide.

answered Oct 03 '13 at 14:12

Peter DeWeese

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I've added the following to my plist: – Christos Hayward Oct 03 '13 at 14:32

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:32

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Take a look at this: Use custom fonts in iPhone App Look at the .plist property that you add, and make sure it's the same name as the one you are trying to load.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:32

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answered Oct 03 '13 at 14:16

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Why is this label appearing unstyled?

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