Xcode custom fonts not showing up in Storyboard

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I added my two fonts to my project folder:

I added them to info.plist:

I can not see them in my custom font list in the storyboard:

What have i done wrong?

After restarting XCode upteen times and banging my head against the wall, I finally found this comment to change the font color which caused the font list to reload. Thank you @shahulhameed — jdavidbakr, Jul 02 '20 at 20:00

score 88 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 09 '16 at 04:24

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I know this is a pretty old question, but I ran into the same issue. And the above tips didn't work for me. Apart from the standard checks (present in bundle, restarting XCode, the thing that fixed my issue was that my label text type was marked as "Plain" and hence some fonts were not showing in the dropdown in the Storyboard. As soon as I changed the text type to "Attributed", all the fonts appeared in the dropdown.

Hope this'll help someone stuck with the same issue.

answered Sep 09 '16 at 04:24

DS.

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But the custom font used to appear even if the cell was plain. I don't understand when or why suddenly I need to convert to attributed text (which is more cpu costly I imagine?) – lucius degeer Mar 29 '19 at 20:57
In my case, my custom font was selectable in other files before but for other files it wasn't. If you were able to initially select your custom font, I would recommend closing your Xcode and re-opening it – btrballin Mar 25 '20 at 01:50
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Your answer combined with DarkDust's answer solved the issue, thank you! – Patrick Ridd May 11 '20 at 17:29

score 27 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 24 '15 at 07:13

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This drop-down box shows the system-wide installed fonts. So you need to install your custom font on your system first so it's appearing in that drop-down box. You can do that by double-clicking it, the FontBook.app opens and asks you whether you want to install the font.

answered Sep 24 '15 at 07:13

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I did but they are still not displaying? – Lord Vermillion Sep 24 '15 at 07:14
Have you restarted Xcode after installing the font? Are you able to use it in other apps, e.g. TextEdit? – DarkDust Sep 24 '15 at 07:15
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Check if you added them to the application bundle. They should be visible in the resources tab. – David Sep 24 '15 at 07:25
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Solved it, had to add them to the supporting files folder in xcode. – Lord Vermillion Sep 24 '15 at 07:34
@LordVermillion's tip did it for me. Thanks! – TotoroTotoro Jan 31 '16 at 04:08
@LordVermillion Can you tell me where are these 'supporting files folder' in xcode ? – Ravi Sisodia Nov 01 '19 at 09:07
This answer combined with DS.'s answer above solved my issue. Thank you! – Patrick Ridd May 11 '20 at 17:31

R. Mohan · Answer 3 · 2020-02-28T10:28:10.210

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I Installed the font in the system as per DarkDust solution and i am able to see the font in attributed type.

Then i changed the type to plain and i able to see the Custom font in the font types drop down.

edited Feb 28 '20 at 10:28

answered Jun 05 '18 at 06:17

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Where everything else failed, THIS helped me. – DrMickeyLauer Nov 10 '20 at 08:51

score 6 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 13 '20 at 07:21

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This was a huge headache for me but I simply fixed it by: I fixed the issue by restarting my Mac. Then restarting Xcode.

answered Jan 13 '20 at 07:21

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In a sense, this is the correct answer. Current Xcode "ALWAYS" needs a restart for this to work. The other answers - also very helpful - are "sometimes" also needed. Another complete shambles from Apple. – Fattie Apr 19 '20 at 14:59

score 4 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 17 '19 at 16:05

Had the same problem but this SO answer by user Saranjith solved it while the other solutions in this thread didn't: Xcode 8 custom font doesn't show up in interface builder

Basically in Font Book select "Computer Fonts" and then hit the + button and re add the Fonts.

This is happened to me after moving to Xcode 11 in Catalina from Xcode 10 in Mojave.

score 4 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 02 '21 at 06:29

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In my case I just turn the text from plain to attributed then turn it back again to plain then it showed up., hope this help anyone.

answered Mar 02 '21 at 06:29

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This works every time. – edhnb Oct 01 '22 at 21:01
That worked. Seems like an Xcode bug. – Naval Hasan Oct 08 '22 at 01:10

score 3 · Answer 7 · answered Jan 19 '20 at 17:50

Well, silly mistake on my part, but I didn't realize my font was named something way different from the file name.

Double-clicking the actual font file opened it in the font book, and that showed the actual font name. It was in the dropdown all along.

score 2 · Answer 8 · answered May 04 '19 at 06:06

I solved my problem when i used font name. Do not use file name. I was used like this [UIFont fontWithName:@"appFont" size:17] but it is wrong.

Upload your font file to https://fontdrop.info/ and use the name
My font file name is appFont.ttf but when i uploaded i saw Roboto Regular.
[UIFont fontWithName:@"Roboto Regular" size:17]

score 2 · Answer 9 · answered Apr 17 '20 at 09:01

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Sometime I go to another file and come back, then my custom fonts are arrived. I think this is an issue of Xcode and will be solved in following version.

answered Apr 17 '20 at 09:01

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I honestly don't think this will be fixed in any version. – Jeroen Apr 17 '20 at 10:03
Even I am getting the same issue so many times. Sometimes It comes, sometimes not. – An Kit Nov 28 '20 at 03:14

score 1 · Answer 10 · answered Feb 09 '21 at 09:44

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I ran into the same issue and fixed with below steps

Closed storyboard
Cleared derived data
Cleaned the project and open the story board

If this is not working then restart the Xcode.

Thanks

answered Feb 09 '21 at 09:44

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score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Jan 25 '22 at 22:57

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For me it was case sensitive issue with the font file name. Not sure if it's always for this reason...

answered Jan 25 '22 at 22:57

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score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Jun 01 '22 at 14:48

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In my case my fonts were in woff2 formats. Although woff2 is supported in iOS, the fonts don't appear or get rendered in Storyboards.

answered Jun 01 '22 at 14:48

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score -1 · Answer 13 · answered May 22 '19 at 11:04

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If Xcode showed your custom font before but stopped to do it at some moment, try to readd font files to your project. It solved the problem for me. Other answers weren't helpful.

answered May 22 '19 at 11:04

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