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Is it possible to load a font from disk and use it during run-time?

If so, how/where do you store the fonts on the iphone/ipod/ipad for your app to use?

(To be clear, I'm not talking about adding the font as a resource at design-time. I'm asking about a way to allow a user to select a font file during run-time, loading it, and making it available for use.)

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You should put them (.ttf, .otf) into your info-plist under UIAppFonts then you can "use" them with setFont: withSize:

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  • Perhaps I should rephrase my initial question, but I'm trying to load a font from disk at run time - how would I add it to my info-plist? – wayneh Feb 08 '12 at 15:24
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You add your font as a resource, add it to your info.plist under Fonts provided by application (UIAppFonts) array, then use it as any embedded one.

Ok, in that case take a look at FontLabel project.

One thing though, looking through it's code - you can only get CGFontRef and with kind of voodoo work with it, no conversion between CGFontRef and UIFont really exists. See this question

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  • Perhaps I should rephrase my initial question, but I'm trying to load a font from disk at run time - how would I add it to my info-plist? – wayneh Feb 08 '12 at 15:24