UILabel - set custom fonts

Question

I want to add GillSans-Bold font to a UILabel. I have set it in the xib file , and I'm also setting it up in my class as follows :

[label setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:@"GillSans-Bold" size:18]];

But , it doesn't seem to work for me. Any suggestions ?

Countercheck

This is helpful: iosfonts.com - shows what iOS version has which stock fonts. – Disbud

Answer 1

For this to be working I had to add this font in my project directory , and added this font in the Info.Plist file

Countercheck

Answer 2

iPhone 4.3 doesn't have Gill Sans, but iPad has it since 3.2.1.

See this list comparing fonts for iPad 4.3 and iPhone 4.3. To be sure, this is how you get the list of fonts available on your device:

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

If it says

GillSans
GillSans-Bold
GillSans-BoldItalic
GillSans-Italic

then [UIFont fontWithName:@"GillSans-Bold" size:18] should return a valid font.

Decorous

Answer 3

Does the font GillSans-Bold exist? Check if [UIFont fontWithName:@"GillSans-Bold" size:18] returns an UIFont, not null.

Plugugly

I tried this, and it's returning 'null' . The only font available in Gill Sans family is GillSans. Thanks. But is there any way I can render the UILabel text in GillSans-Bold font ? – Countercheck

Answer 4

Swift

let label = UILabel()
    label.font = UIFont(name: "Roboto-Regular", size: 16)
    label.text = "Your text here"

P.S. Before that you must:

1. Add custom font in project

2. Add font names in Info.plist file

3. Add font files in Copy Bundle Resources

After that you can also use this fonts in storyboards

Primus