iOS and Custom Fonts
Recently, I was working on a game with Cocos2d and keep getting this weird iOS version problem. On iOS 5, all my labels were shown as expected but on iOS 4 labels somehow kept disappearing. First I thought this is because of the retina display and point/pixels stuff. However, it was because of the fonts I was using. HelveticaNeue-CondensedBold and HelveticaNeue-CondensedBlack are available on iOS 5, but not on iOS 4 (http://iosfonts.com/).
I googled to see how easy to add custom fonts and it turned out, it is super easy.
These are the links I found helpful:
Steps to Add Custom Font:
1. Add font files to project
2. Open your Info.plist file
3. Create the key “UIAppFonts” as Array (it will be shown as “Fonts provided by application” if you are not on Ras Key/Value state, right click and you will see what I mean)
4. Add the fonts to the array
5. In your code, you can use these fonts as if you are using the regular ones (without the file extension).
Drawing Problems:
Don’t forget to install Apple Font Tool Suite from
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