How to use custom fonts in a Mac application?

Question

I am trying to use custom fonts in my quick application, but they are not loading.

I will copy the fonts.ttf file in my resources folder, and I have added the names to Info.plist in the "Fonts provided by the application" section.

I tried the key "resource path" from .plist, but no results. Here is the code I used to apply my font. I tried: "MyFont.ttf" and "MyFont"

@IBOutlet weak var label:NSTextField! override func awakeFromNib() { label.font = NSFont(name: "MyFont.ttf", size: 15) } 

Answer 1

First add the desired font that you want to embed in your OSX application in your project:

Then click Project> Information, then click the plus sign and add a new key to the Application Resource Path and enter the name of your fonts, creating an array of strings:

Now you can choose your own font, and the font name will be displayed there, you still need to use the Font Book to make it available inside Xcode.

Answer 2

Since the "path to application font resources" is now a string type in Xcode 7.3.1, and I could not find a way to use the array for multiple fonts, I used ".". in Info.plist:

  Application fonts resource path String . 

and it seemed to work to raise all my custom fonts in the Resources folder dynamically, for example. using swift

  labelText.font = NSFont(name: "DS-Digital", size: 48) 

However, to see it in Xcode design mode (to select a font from the drop-down menu), I had to first add the font to the Font Book.

However, the dynamic method does not require a font book :)

Answer 3

Try to do this from the interface constructor in the attribute inspector.

Answer 4

Directly setting the Application fonts resource path as the font file name, I solved this problem by pure chance.