Xcode 8 Custom Font Doesn't Show Up in Interface Builder

Xcode 8 custom font doesn't show up in interface builder

Try Below Steps: Code tested in Swift 3.

Step 1: Add Your custom font into your project( Make sure Add to Target
ticked).I am using "PermanentMarker.ttf","Pecita.otf" and "AROLY.ttf" font as a test font.

Note: Supporting font Type ttf and otf (Both font types should work)

Step 2: Modify the application-info.plist file.
Add the key "Fonts provided by application" in a new row and add "PermanentMarker.ttf" as new item in the Array "Fonts provided by application".

Your plist should looks like this

Now the font will be available in Interface Builder. To use the custom font in code we need to refer to it by name, but the name often isn’t the same as the font’s filename

Now, You can access the Custom Font from your viewController. I am testing the font by placing a UIlabel to the Storyboard like below.

Update 2: Working Solution

After, imported your custom font and updated your plist.selectlabel from your storyBoard,goto Attributes Inspectorunder Label>Text type> select to Attributed and choose your custom font from the list.

Output:

Update 1

If your custom font still not listed in Xcode font list.check the related link to your issue

• http://codewithchris.com/common-mistakes-with-adding-custom-fonts-to-your-ios-app/

• custom font not displaying on some simulator

Note: Still,You can assign BebasNeue or custom font programatically to your label or button etc. even its not showing in your interface Builder.If you having trouble setting font to your object programatically.try below method.

Assign font to UILabel:

    label?.font = UIFont(name: "BebasNeue", size: 35) // Set to any size

Assign font to UIButton:

    button.titleLabel?.font = UIFont(name: "BebasNeue", size: 35)

Assign font to UITextField:

    textField.font = UIFont(name: "BebasNeue", size: 25) 

Assign font to UINavigationBar:

    navigationController?.navigationBar.titleTextAttributes = [NSFontAttributeName: UIFont(name: "BebasNeue", size: 25)!, NSForegroundColorAttributeName: UIColor.red]

Assign font to UIToolBar:

    UIBarButtonItem.appearance().setTitleTextAttributes([NSFontAttributeName: UIFont(name: "BebasNeue", size: 25.0)!], for: UIControlState.normal)

Output:

Custom font seen in Interface builder but not in code in iOS project

You're going to kick yourself...

In your plist info file, you have:

`Quicksand-Dash.otf`

but the file you added is named:

`Quicksand_Dash.otf`

underscore not hyphen

Either rename your file, or edit the plist entry, and you'll see your font.

Debug console output:

family: Quicksand
name: Quicksand-BoldItalic
name: QuicksandDash-Regular
name: Quicksand-Bold

Here is a plain single-view project that works fine for me - on both Simulator and Device. (I have not added the fonts to OS X, only to my project):

https://github.com/DonMag/Quicksand

Just for setup reference:

Custom fonts in Interface Builder

Yes, Marrius is right. In Xcode 6, you neither need to use extra software nor to set Font in Code files. Just add your font files in your project along with other files. And Interface builder will display the added fonts in the Custom Font List.

And the most amazing thing is, xcode 6 shows the applied font instantly in IB. This is the great addition by Apple.

Also make sure to add this key "Fonts provided by application" in your project's info.plist and provide your font file names to see the effect in devices.

Using custom fonts in interface builder

I have also this problem in Xcode 4. In my program, there are lots of UILabel which have no IBOutlets so I do in that way;

First, subclass the UILabel to CustomFontLabel

Then, override the "awakeFromNib" method

@implementation CustomFontLabel

- (void)awakeFromNib {
    [super awakeFromNib];
    self.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"CustomFontName" size:self.font.pointSize];
}

@end

Finally, in Interface Builder > Identity Inspector change class to CustomFontLabel.

Custom Fonts only available when set in Interface Builder

When I try to use it programmatically it doesn't work, and it doesn't show up when I print out a list of available fonts

This proves that you have not in fact included it properly in the target and the Info.plist.

The reason it seems to work in IB is that this font is also present on your computer. But in fact if you were to run this app on your device, you would see that even setting the font in IB is not working.

Your font is Special Elite. As you can see, I have it visible here in my running app:

Here's the code that I used:

    let lab = UILabel()
    lab.text = "This is a test"
    lab.font = UIFont(name:"SpecialElite-Regular", size:18)
    lab.sizeToFit()
    lab.frame.origin = CGPointMake(100,100)
    self.view.addSubview(lab)

So you see, it is possible to refer to this font in code — if it is loaded properly. You are evidently not loading it properly. It's not in your app bundle, or it's not in the copy build phase, or it's not correctly listed in your Info.plist.

(Of course there's always a possibility that you're calling [UIFont fontWithName:size:] with a bad value for the name or for the size.)

iOS setting custom font in interface builder does not work on device

Steps which are done for Font is correct, but as per my understanding 2 things are there first is Xcode displays fonts which are found in the Mac OS or in your system, not on the actual iOS device. Before selecting a font, you should make sure it is available on iOS devices. and second is when we edit text in xib,custom Fonts appear, but at runtime it will not get applied.
So it is better that you apply font pragmatically.

http://iosfonts.com/ , http://support.apple.com/en-in/HT202771 or even trial and error can help.

Custom Fonts not showing on Xcode 11 (macOS Catalina)

Unfortunately, the only solution for me was a fresh install of mac os catalina. Now everything works correctly in xCode interface builder.

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