My app uses the lovely Avenir font which is built in to iOS6 but not iOS5. How can I get it onto iOS5? I know I can fall back to a different font on iOS5 (eg just use System font) but I don't want to do that. Can I build the Avenir font into my app some how?
No and Yes, you could just supply the font with your app.
But you will need to buy a distribution license for the font, this will be very costly.
Your best option is to fall back to an other font on iOS5 or just not support iOS5.
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I'm planning to create a keyboard in iOS for a language script which has unicode block allocated to it but neither android nor iOS has it's font. I'll get the font made by someone but will other apps like WhatsApp use that font instead of showing boxes
I want to know the font of an installed app name in IOS.
I am not talking about the fonts being used in an app.
When app is installed on an iphone, we see a name for it. I want to know what is font of it by default? Is there a way to change the font of it?
Its the default apple font (System font) used by the iOS and it varies from iOS8 to iOS9. If you want to change the display font below the Application Icon on your home screen you actually cannot do it.
In my app I need to support iOS since iOS 7. As you know iOS 9 uses new system font "San-Francisco".
Is it possible some how to use system font (to make native font for operation system) with setting size and attributes like Light, Medium, Bold, Italic, etc?
I found only one solution to hard code font name as for iOS 9 use "San-Francisco" and for less use "HelveticaNueue".
Maybe some one know a better solution.
I am developing an IOS application. I always use system fonts for UILabel. But they appear sometimes bold and sometimes italic on some IOS 7 devices. I added a screenshot. You can see some lines normal and some lines bold. But I've set the default system font on xib. What I'm doing wrong,
Thanks.
Did you check which are the settings for Vision in Accessibility in those devices? Are they the same?
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As you may know, in iOS7 users are allowed to change some aspects in the system's font as size and weight.
To handle the proper notifications when users change this settings and manage your fonts properly, take a look to Text Styles programming guide.
*Image source: http://osxdaily.com/2013/09/20/ios-7-font-hard-to-read-fix/
My app uses papyrus font.
In the iPad simulator it works perfectly. In both of the iPhone simulators (standard and retina) it doesn't seem to have this font. It just uses a stock system font.
I have just tested on both an iPhone and an iPad, and the results identical to the simulator.
What is the deal here? is there any workaround? Can I package this font with the app? If so, how?
As a related issue, this papyrus font refuses to display unusual characters. I require for example ∫ and ŋ. These get displayed in a stock system font. I guess the font doesn't have symbols for extended Unicode characters... what is my best bet?
The iPhone and iPad ship with different sets of fonts, which is a bit strange. If you want to bundle this font with your app, you will need to obtain a licence to do so from one of the foundries that distribute it.
As for other characters, you're correct---the Papyrus font only supports characters used in European languages. If you don't like the system's default fall-back font, you will need to supply another.