How to use custom fonts in a mac application?

Question

I try to use custom fonts in my swift app, but they don\'t load.

I copy the fonts.ttf in my resources folder, and I added the names in Info.plist under \"Fonts pro

Answer 1

As "Application fonts resource path" is now a string type in XCode 7.3.1 and I couldn't seem to find a way to use an Array for multiple fonts, I used "." in the Info.plist:

     Application fonts resource path     String    .

and this seemed to work to pick up all my custom fonts in a Resources folder dynamically e.g. using Swift

 labelText.font = NSFont(name: "DS-Digital", size: 48)

However, to see it in XCode design mode (to choose a font from drop-down menu), I needed to first add the font to Font Book.

However, Font Book was not required for the dynamic method to work :)