IOS 8, custom font issue

Question

I added a custom Chinese font to my project, (followed the instruction here). I only want to set the font for a few buttons, but when i do this in code or in storyboard, all the other labels, buttons, textFields.. are all set to this font too. And this only happens to ios8, and it works fine on ios9. Why did this happen, can anyone help?

this is my code to set the font:

UIFont *hannotate = [UIFont fontWithName:@"Hannotate SC" size:18];
self.button1.titleLabel.font = hannotate;
self.button2.titleLabel.font = hannotate;

this is what i set in storyboard:

Updation1:

this is screenshot of my Info.plist, I have change the font name everywhere to "FHTHannotateSC".

Updation2

I printed all the fonts in ios 8 system, and found i was using the font family name(Hannotate SC) as the font name, the real font name is "HannotateSC-W5", so i corrected the font name, and run the APP again, but unluckily, the font is still global set.

please check this link here you could find few common mistakes while adding custom font http://codewithchris.com/common-mistakes-with-adding-custom-fonts-to-your-ios-app/ — Gajendra Rawat, May 10 '16 at 10:29
@BalajiRamakrishnan I changed the font name to a very unique one, but the problem still remands. Thanks for your advice anyway. — MudOnTire, May 10 '16 at 10:48
Can you show me your info.plist ? The name you've given in plist for the font should be given in code. — Balaji Ramakrishnan, May 10 '16 at 10:49
@morroko Thanks for your comment, I read though the post, but didn't see any similar question, any other advice? — MudOnTire, May 10 '16 at 10:50
@BalajiRamakrishnan maybe it's not a matter of font name, it's like a matter that something with trigger the ios 8 system to set the font as global. — MudOnTire, May 10 '16 at 11:07
First log all fonts available in you xcode. And check are you using right name. refer to this link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8090916/fonts-on-ios-device — Rahul, May 10 '16 at 11:12
see the target member ship of that font by click font and see right side — Prashant Tukadiya, May 10 '16 at 11:24
@RahulMishra Thanks for your advice, i did find a problem with the font name, but the problem still remands even if i corrected the font name. — MudOnTire, May 10 '16 at 11:27
Please do let me know if my this answer help you finding out the real name of a [font](http://stackoverflow.com/a/35454097/1603234). @MudOnTire — Hemang, May 10 '16 at 11:38
Are you sure you are not using the `appearance` proxy anywhere in your app like this: `[[UILabel appearance] setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:@"HannotateSC-W5" size:17.0]];` ? — atulkhatri, May 10 '16 at 11:39
@Hemang thanks for your answer, I will give it a try tomorrow as I am off work now. — MudOnTire, May 10 '16 at 11:46

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered May 10 '16 at 12:05

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I solved this problem by doing following steps: 1. Go to project target 2. Choose Build Phase option 3. Add the font files in Copy Bundle resources.

May this help you!

answered May 10 '16 at 12:05

Vibha Thakur

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Hi dude, I have already done that, or the font can't not be set to any UI widgets. The problem is the system did much more I want it to do. I only want 2 buttons to use the font, but now other labels, buttons are forced to use the font. – MudOnTire May 10 '16 at 12:16

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