Swift 4 set custom font programmatically

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How to set Custom font to UILabel or Any Other UIView programmatically (if it is possible) i know how to do it in storyboard but not programmatically thank you

this what i did

Possible duplicate of [UILabel - set custom fonts](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8151262/uilabel-set-custom-fonts) — Vitalii Gozhenko, Jun 21 '18 at 22:44
Possible duplicate of [Custom Fonts Bug](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46604829/custom-fonts-bug) — Rocky, Jan 20 '19 at 10:39
Please see "[MCVE](https://stackoverflow.com/help/minimal-reproducible-example)", and "[Why not upload images of code on SO when asking a question?](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/285557/128421)". — the Tin Man, Apr 26 '20 at 18:52

Shehata Gamal · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-13T23:58:38.540

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You can try

lbl.font = UIFont(name:"FontAwesome",size:15)

the name should be the font name as it is when you install it . not as the file name in your case was Noto Kufi Arabic instead of NotoKufiArabicRegular

click the font and open it with Font Book , then install it after that specify exactly the name shown in the parameter in the line above

edited Aug 13 '18 at 23:58

answered Jun 21 '18 at 22:38

Shehata Gamal

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you have to make sure you add the font to plist , and target memberShip is checked and copied for the font – Shehata Gamal Jun 21 '18 at 22:42
yes all done , target membership and i declare it on info.plist, but not working yet – Hakim Douib Jun 21 '18 at 22:44
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click the font and open it with **Font Book** , then install it after that specify exactly the name shown in the parameter in the line above – Shehata Gamal Jun 21 '18 at 22:47
that was helpful tha name was Noto Kufi Arabic – Hakim Douib Jun 21 '18 at 23:01
If you need to see the available font styles for your font check this: UIFont.fontNames(forFamilyName: "FontName") – Braden Holt Jul 18 '19 at 00:27
1. **Font.otf** select the file. 2. On the right panel (detailed information) find the checkbox for **Target Membership** and make sure it is selected! – J A S K I E R Oct 07 '20 at 16:11

score 20 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 03 '19 at 08:32

import Foundation
import UIKit

extension UIFont {

    public enum OpenSansType: String {
        case extraboldItalic = "-ExtraboldItalic"
        case semiboldItalic = "-SemiboldItalic"
        case semibold = "-Semibold"
        case regular = ""
        case lightItalic = "Light-Italic"
        case light = "-Light"
        case italic = "-Italic"
        case extraBold = "-Extrabold"
        case boldItalic = "-BoldItalic"
        case bold = "-Bold"
    }

    static func OpenSans(_ type: OpenSansType = .regular, size: CGFloat = UIFont.systemFontSize) -> UIFont {
        return UIFont(name: "OpenSans\(type.rawValue)", size: size)!
    }

    var isBold: Bool {
        return fontDescriptor.symbolicTraits.contains(.traitBold)
    }

    var isItalic: Bool {
        return fontDescriptor.symbolicTraits.contains(.traitItalic)
    }

}

Use:

self.numberLabel.font = UIFont.OpenSans(.bold, size: 20)

this is not exactly the problem here. you just encapsulated inside an extension. the problem here is how to configure and setup the fonts inside the project. — JBarros35, Jul 01 '20 at 13:39

score 8 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 11 '18 at 20:27

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If the previous answer doesn't help, you didn't configure all links correctly at xCode for sure!

Add this by drag and drop to your files on the left side of the project.
Add your CUSTOM fonts to the info.plist file.
Make sure that you've linked all custom fonts you need: "Build Phases" -> "Copy Bundle Resources" -> "+" add your font.

More information you can get here: Medium.com

answered Sep 11 '18 at 20:27

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3rd step helped for me – LembergSun Jan 10 '20 at 09:51
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3rd step helped for me – smoothumut Jun 07 '20 at 16:11
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This was helpful for me. – Ali Qaderi Sep 09 '20 at 11:27

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 17 '22 at 08:16

Its working fine for Me swift 5

extension UIFont {
  public enum fontType: String {
    case regular = ""
    case kFontBlackItalic = "Montserrat-BlackItalic"
    case kFontExtraBoldItalic = "Montserrat-ExtraBoldItalic"
    case kFontBoldItalic = "Montserrat-BoldItalic"
    case kFontSemiBoldItalic = "Montserrat-SemiBoldItalic"
    case kFontMediumItalic = "Montserrat-MediumItalic"
    case kFontItalic = "Montserrat-Italic"
    case kFontLightItalic = "Montserrat-LightItalic"
    case kFontBlack = "Montserrat-Black"
    case kFontExtraLightItalic = "Montserrat-ExtraLightItalic"
    case kFontThinItalic = "Montserrat-ThinItalic"
    case kFontExtraBold = "Montserrat-ExtraBold"
    case kFontBold = "Montserrat-Bold"
    case kFontSemiBold = "Montserrat-SemiBold"
    case kFontMedium = "Montserrat-Medium"
    case kFontRegular = "Montserrat-Regular"
    case kFontLight = "Montserrat-Light"
    case kFontExtraLight = "Montserrat-ExtraLight"
    case kFontThin = "Montserrat-Thin"
}
    
static func setFont(_ type: fontType = .regular, size: CGFloat = UIFont.systemFontSize) -> UIFont {
    return UIFont(name: type.rawValue, size: size)!
    }
 }

Unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping an Optional value . Getting this crash — Rakesh Lahkar, May 04 '22 at 03:30

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