UIFont fontWithName returns nil

Question

In my info.plist, I added a key \"Fonts provided by application\" and added EdwardianScriptITCStd.otf

Answer 1

The problem I ran into is that some of the fonts from the font family returned correctly while others returned nil.

For example:

• MuseoSansRounded-500 valid
• MuseoSansRounded-900 nil

It turned out that Xcode was automatically including custom fonts that had been used in Interface Builder. I had used the 500 weight font in IB but not the 900 weight one.

These two steps fixed it for me:

1. In Build Settings, find and disable Auto-Activate Custom Fonts. There were two instances of this in my project.

2. On app launch, manually register the custom fonts with the system. I used the snippet from this SO answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/32600784/131378

In the name of completeness, I could have left Auto-Activate Custom Fonts turned on and then skipped registering those fonts in code. However, I didn't want to update the code during development if I ended up using a new font in IB that was previously being registered manually. Xcode complains if you register a font that was already auto-activated.