How to convert CGFontRef to UIFont?

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ohho picture ohho · Feb 9, 2012 · Viewed 8.6k times · Source

I want to use a custom font for a UILabel. The custom font is loaded by from a file:

NSString *fontPath = ... ; // a TTF file in iPhone Documents folder
CGDataProviderRef fontDataProvider = CGDataProviderCreateWithFilename([fontPath UTF8String]);
CGFontRef customFont = CGFontCreateWithDataProvider(fontDataProvider);
CGDataProviderRelease(fontDataProvider);

How can I convert the CGFontRef to a UIFont to be used in [UILabel setFont:]?

Answer

Josh Brown picture Josh Brown · Jul 12, 2012

Conrad's answer is close but doesn't quite work. You need to provide UIFont with the PostScript name, rather than the full name.

NSString *fontName = (NSString *)CGFontCopyPostScriptName(fontRef);
UIFont *font = [UIFont fontWithName:fontName size:someSize]

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