Using custom font for entire iOS app swift
As a more detailed answer and with these benefits I recommend using extensions:
- No size override (whatever you set in designer will be used)
- No style override (Bold, Light, Medium, UltraLight is implemented in my code but you can customize it as you need)
import UIKit
extension UILabel {
@objc var substituteFontName : String {
get {
return self.font.fontName;
}
set {
let fontNameToTest = self.font.fontName.lowercased();
var fontName = newValue;
if fontNameToTest.range(of: "bold") != nil {
fontName += "-Bold";
} else if fontNameToTest.range(of: "medium") != nil {
fontName += "-Medium";
} else if fontNameToTest.range(of: "light") != nil {
fontName += "-Light";
} else if fontNameToTest.range(of: "ultralight") != nil {
fontName += "-UltraLight";
}
self.font = UIFont(name: fontName, size: self.font.pointSize)
}
}
}
extension UITextView {
@objc var substituteFontName : String {
get {
return self.font?.fontName ?? "";
}
set {
let fontNameToTest = self.font?.fontName.lowercased() ?? "";
var fontName = newValue;
if fontNameToTest.range(of: "bold") != nil {
fontName += "-Bold";
} else if fontNameToTest.range(of: "medium") != nil {
fontName += "-Medium";
} else if fontNameToTest.range(of: "light") != nil {
fontName += "-Light";
} else if fontNameToTest.range(of: "ultralight") != nil {
fontName += "-UltraLight";
}
self.font = UIFont(name: fontName, size: self.font?.pointSize ?? 17)
}
}
}
extension UITextField {
@objc var substituteFontName : String {
get {
return self.font?.fontName ?? "";
}
set {
let fontNameToTest = self.font?.fontName.lowercased() ?? "";
var fontName = newValue;
if fontNameToTest.range(of: "bold") != nil {
fontName += "-Bold";
} else if fontNameToTest.range(of: "medium") != nil {
fontName += "-Medium";
} else if fontNameToTest.range(of: "light") != nil {
fontName += "-Light";
} else if fontNameToTest.range(of: "ultralight") != nil {
fontName += "-UltraLight";
}
self.font = UIFont(name: fontName, size: self.font?.pointSize ?? 17)
}
}
}
Samples for using Extensions:
e.g. put these lines in your starting controller viewDidLoad
UILabel.appearance().substituteFontName = "IRANSans"; // USE YOUR FONT NAME INSTEAD
UITextView.appearance().substituteFontName = "IRANSans"; // USE YOUR FONT NAME INSTEAD
UITextField.appearance().substituteFontName = "IRANSans"; // USE YOUR FONT NAME INSTEAD
P.S. as @Christian mentioned, you can write your own extensions for almost AnyUIView
You can set the appearance of the UILabel and other UIViews:
UILabel.appearance().font = UIFont(name: "yourFont", size: yourSize)
More General:
AnyUIView.appearance().font = UIFont(name: "yourFont", size: yourSize)