Swift: Custom font not showing up in simulator

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The regular font seems to work, but the all the others (italic, bold, etc.) don't seem to show up on the simulator. Only the storyboard. I added everything to Info.plist and included the files in a custom folder. i don't know what i could have missed! Why is it so hard to add a custom font to swift?

Have you tried this ?? -> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16636196/opensans-font-not-working-in-ios-simulator — dahiya_boy, Mar 04 '19 at 04:42
This example uses objective-C. I'm using swift and haven't put anything in code. I simply added the fonts to info.plist with my folder of custom fonts. For some reason only regular works. I'm perplexed as to why. NOTE: i'm using the inspector only, no code — Bieksa, Mar 04 '19 at 04:44
Check **Targets** > **Build Phases** > **Copy Resources** . There must be your fonts available. I checked this font in dummy , its working fine in simulator. — dahiya_boy, Mar 04 '19 at 04:55
Hmm.. it only works on the storyboard, NOT on the simulator. i have no idea why — Bieksa, Mar 04 '19 at 04:59
@Bieksa make sure your fonts folder added the file by selecting "Create groups" instead of "Create folder references" — Govind Kumawat, Mar 04 '19 at 05:09
@dahiya_boy I put the individual font .ttl files in target and it seemed to work. — Bieksa, Mar 04 '19 at 05:15
@GovindKumawat that didn't seem to work for me! The only way I could get it to work is to add each .ttl individually in targets. I wonder if there's a simpler way to do this! — Bieksa, Mar 04 '19 at 05:15

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 04 '19 at 05:23

Use this function in appDelegate to track font names which you use.

func printFonts() {
        let fontFamilyNames = UIFont.familyNames
        for familyName in fontFamilyNames {
            print("------------------------------")
            print("Font Family Name = [\(familyName)]")
            let names = UIFont.fontNames(forFamilyName: familyName)
            print("Font Names = [\(names)]")
        }
    }

Call From didFinishLaunching in appDelegate

Swift: Custom font not showing up in simulator

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