scaledValueForValue: called on a font that doesn't have a text style set

Question

I am currently using the Xcode 6 pre release (not beta) and the simulator on OS X 10.10 Yosemite beta 7. I am trying to build a project developed in xcode 6, but the app cra

Answer 1

Finally found workaround. It is simple, you just need to construct font in other direction :)

// 1. Grab your custom font
CGFloat size = 17.0f;
UIFont *font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"Brandon Grotesque" size:size];

// 2. Get descriptor for your font and create new descriptor with
UIFontDescriptorTextStyleAttribute and UIFontDescriptorSizeAttribute attributes from it.

UIFontDescriptor *des = [[font fontDescriptor] fontDescriptorByAddingAttributes:@{
   UIFontDescriptorTextStyleAttribute: UIFontTextStyleBody, // You can tune this style based on usage
   UIFontDescriptorSizeAttribute: @(size)
}];

// 3. Get your font
UIFont *finalFont = [UIFont fontWithDescriptor:des size:0.0]