How do I use custom TTF fonts in my Cocos2d iPhone apps?
I searched for this for a while and decided to post as question and answer for people wanting to implement.
The solution is quite easy.
Find the fonts you want and download them. This website has a huge collection of free fonts.
Add the font files to your project.
Add the font names to your info.plist file using the array below as an example.
Find the font's name; Double click the font file and use the font name shown in the title of the window. In this example it is "Action Man"
To use the font name the way you would normally:
CCLabel* myLabel = [CCLabel labelWithString:#"Some Text" fontName:#"Action Man" fontSize:18];
Add this to your info.plist file:
<key>UIAppFonts</key>
<array>
<string>Action Man Bold.ttf</string>
<string>AdineKirnberg-S.ttf</string>
</array>
In Cocos2D, you can include the font file with your resources and then in fontName: simply supply the filename. For example:
CCLabelTTF *label = [CCLabelTTF labelWithString:#"whatever" fontName:#"FONTNAME.ttf" fontSize:18];
This is often easier than the method Hanaan has posted.
You should use the exact same file name capitalisation as the filename.
You do not need to add fonts to your info.plist if you are only using it in Cocos2D bits.
If, like Confused, you find that the font works on the simulator but not the device, it is probably a file name capitalisation mistake. The iPhone is case-sensitive, the simulator is not.
As these answers are outdated, I'm sure my question/ answer will help all those out there.
Importing fonts for cocos2dx iOS
this is for iOS and Android platform font importing, with just a single line of code!
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Well, I want to import a new Font to my application but without success. I have the Fonts provided by application key in my .plist , I have my font in the Item 0 as a String and the value AdelleBasic_Bold.otf, I have added that Font to my project, and I am trying to use it with:
_myTextField.font = [UIFont fontWithName:#"Adelle Basic" size:15];
Adelle Basic is the header of the Font when I open it. I have also tried without any success:
_myTextField.font = [UIFont fontWithName:#"AdelleBasic_Bold" size:15];
Any suggestion?
This may well not true for all fonts, but in my experience, Xcode can be fussy, & I've never been able to get it to use otf fonts (anyone who has please post!), so I've always converted my fonts using this really excellent website - Online Font Converter
I convert them to ttf fonts, and they always seem to work fine - make sure you use the exact name (changing the filename of the font seems to stop it working too).
Hope this helps.
Below is the proper way to add fonts to your XCODE app (.otf fonts work fine):
Include your fonts in your XCode project
Make sure that they’re included in the target
Double check that your fonts are included as Resources in your bundle
Include your iOS custom fonts in your application plist
Find the name of the font
Credits and better explaination with images here
you can use only the third party fonts which have extension as ttf and the fonts which have otf extension will not work effectively and mostly doesn't work
Apart from assuring the 5 points, you could also try out the following snippet of code that prints out the installed fonts:
for (NSString* family in [UIFont familyNames])
{
NSLog(#"%#", family)
for (NSString* name in [UIFont fontNamesForFamilyName: family])
{
NSLog(#" %#", name);
}
}
If the font that you want to use is not listed, then you missed in some of the 5 steps.
I just add font into project, check if font will copy inside bundle. Set up it on my Mac and directly use font inside Interface Builder. If you will have any problems solve they here.
I've seen some comments about tff and otf and I wouldn't agree, it could be that you are not using the correct font name, this doesn't mean the file name
to find the fonts you have installed in xcode run the
for family: String in UIFont.familyNames{
print(family)
for names: String in UIFont.fontNames(forFamilyName: family){
print("== \(names)")
}
}
I installed a custom font called "modern no. 20" (already installed in my mac) into my iphone project .
I copied the modernno20.ttf into my resources.
Now in my app-info.plist i added this font name in "Fonts provided by application".
Then i added
cell.textLabel.font=[UIFont fontWithName:#"modernno20.ttf" size:14.0];
in my tableviewcode .
i dont know why but this font is not properly displayed.is there any thing i missed?
In order to call the font in your fontWithName call, the string should be the name of the font as it is displayed in the Mac's 'Font Book' app, and not the actual filename of the referenced font file.
There hasn’t been an easy way to add custom fonts to your iPhone applications. As of iOS 4 it has become very easy to do. there could be possibility you would have missed some of the step to get custom font work.
Here is what you need to do in order to add custom fonts,
Check How to include ttf fonts to iOS app
I've downloaded a font that's called "aldo the apache (.tff) " from dafont.com.
I used it with different programms like adobe illustrator and it seemed to work just fine.
Recently i tried to use it in a game that i'm making to experement. It didn't work -_-.
IB was displaying the font as a slightly bigger version of arial.
How can i solve this problem and get the font to display correctly?
If you have any suggestions, please post them down below.
-DD
You have to edit your <appname>-Info.plist file and create a new UIAppFonts key with type array, where each element is a String with the name of your font file, in this case AldotheApache.ttf. Then use the name in IB or with UIFont as it shows in the application Font Book app of your Mac, in your case Aldo the Apache. Obviously the font should also be added as a resource of your project.
I added a font file (.ttf) to my Xcode project, to resources. Also, I added it to the UIAppFonts in my info.plist.
When I want to use this font though, I don't even see it as a choice in IB.
After installing the font on my system, I started seeing it in IB, but still - changing to it doesn't change anything - some default system font is displayed in the Interface Builder as well as in iPhone emulator.
Are there any steps more I should do to be able to use my own font?
To use custom fonts with iOS you have to set them programmatically.
For example, suppose you have a font file called swellfont.ttf that you add to your project.
You then would go into your App-Info.plist file and add the full name of the file to the next index of the array keyed by UIAppFonts, as you mention.
<key>UIAppFonts</key>
<array>
<string>swellfont.ttf</string>
</array>
Then, to use the font:
label.font = [UIFont fontWithName:#"swellfont" size:12];
Assuming that label is a UILabel and that swellfont.ttf is not protected. It's important to note that UIFont's fontWithName is not referring to the filename, instead its wanting the actual name of the font. If you open the font with FontForge you can see this information by selecting Element > Font Info from the menu bar. There are probably cleverer ways to find this information out.
I use 2 fonts in an APP. The first one was automatically added to the "Copy Bundle Resources", the other was not. I had to add that one myself.
Call in code:
[labelName setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:#"OneGreatBigFont" size:40]];
Just wondering what is the best way to display a barcode given a string on the iPhone. I have looked over stackoverflow and google and a few people have different ways each requiring a decent amount of work (I think) and also slightly old so I wanted to get it right first time.
One way I've read is using a custom font that you can now use in iOS4, using this font Someone else has written a class to import custom fonts, though this apparently isn't needed for iPads.
I have also found a Library but not much further details on it.
If using the font is the best way is the font linked above good or are there better ones?
Cheers for any help.
Well I went ahead and checked it out anyway. Fonts work extremely well and are very easy to implement. Basically copy this barcode font into your project. Then in your App info.plist type this in:
<key>UIAppFonts</key>
<array>
<string>3OF9_NEW.TTF</string>
</array>
For the above linked font.
Then in where you want to place the barcode just use a UILabel and then for the font use :
label.font = [UIFont fontWithName:#"3 of 9 Barcode" size:40];
Note that the font name is not 30F9_NEW.TTF. If you are using another barcode font or other font in general just open the ttf file in font book and it will say the name up the top of the window. Also you need to have a * at the beginning and end of the string you are using. If you navigated here looking at how to implement a custom font you can do it the same way, just not the font name isn't the file name.