iPhone system font

Question

What is the name of the default system font on the iPhone?

I would like to retrieve this for customizing a UIView.

Answer 1

You can always use

UIFont *systemFont = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:12];
NSLog(@"what is it? %@ %@", systemFont.familyName, systemFont.fontName);

The answer is:

Up to iOS 6

 Helvetica Helvetica

iOS 7

.Helvetica Neue Interface .HelveticaNeueInterface-M3

but you can just use Helvetica Neue