Question

I have the following code:

UIButton *button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[button setTitle:@"My Title" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
button.frame = myCustomRect;
UIColor *fontColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:0.43 green:0.84 blue:0.86 alpha:0.9];
[button setTitleColor:fontColor forState:UIControlStateNormal];
button.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
button.titleLabel.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentCenter;
button.titleLabel.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"Cooperplate" size:9];
[button addTarget:self
                action:@selector(moreDetails:)
 forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];    
[self.view addSubview:button];

I am trying to add a button programmatically to the view.
MyCustomRect’s parameters are (0,0,75,50).

Two things:
a) No matter what font I enter, it always shows the System font.
b) The size also doesn’t change at all. I tried increasing the font size and it doesn’t change and I tried reducing the font size and it doesn’t change either.

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

You can use your own custom fonts in your project as mentioned here

Once you add a custom font to your project, you can use it as,

[button.titleLabel setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:@"Cooperplate" size:24.0]];

First, in XCode locate the application .plist file. Usually called,
[YOUR_APP_NAME]-Info.plist. Once you locate the file, add a new row of
key: “Fonts provided by application”. XCode will create the first
key/value pair for you. Here is a screenshot of my .plist file entry.

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Add the name of the font file in the “value” column. Be sure to spell
the name of the font file EXACTLY as it is in seen in the list of
files in your project. This is NOT the name you will be referencing
from within your UIFont statement. This is just so your app knows
where to find the font you will be referencing.

Next, you need the
name of the fontface you are going to use. Now you reference it in
your app.