Custom font in a Cocoa application

Question

I know you can customize fonts by using Interface Builder and selecting a font. However, I\'m curious if I can use a custom font that\'s not included by default on systems.

Answer 1

ATSApplicationFontsPath uses [NSBundle mainbundle] path as base path, so it does not work when Resources folder is not located there (e.g. for app plugins).

In my Cocoa plugin I need to load custom fonts using CTFontManagerRegisterFontsForURL

#import 

static void FGDActivateFont(NSString *fontName)
{

    // Can't make ATSApplicationFontsPath in Info.plist work for plugins (non-standard Resources path)

    NSArray *availableFonts = [[NSFontManager sharedFontManager] availableFonts];

    if (![availableFonts containsObject:fontName]) {

        NSURL *fontURL = [[FGDRapidCart bundle] URLForResource:fontName withExtension:@"ttf" subdirectory:@"Fonts"];
        assert(fontURL);
        CFErrorRef error = NULL;
        if (!CTFontManagerRegisterFontsForURL((__bridge CFURLRef)fontURL, kCTFontManagerScopeProcess, &error))
        {
            CFShow(error);
        }

    }

}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    @autoreleasepool
    {
        FGDActivateFont(@“FontAwesome”);
    }
    return NSApplicationMain(argc, (const char **)argv);
}

Credits: https://github.com/OneSadCookie/Extendaword/blob/master/Extendaword/main.m