Can not load custom font in iOs

Audio and Graphics
#1

   Hi everyone.

   In my game, I use two custom fonts: “King Of The Hill.ttf” and “King Of The Hill 2_0.ttf” ( the font names are : ‘King Of The Hill’ and ‘King Of The Hill 2_0’, same as the file names ). I built my game and they displayed perfect on Android devices. But when I tested on an Ipad4 or Iphone4, those fonts didn’t show   :frowning:

 Here’s my build.setting file:

settings = { orientation = { default = "landscapeRight", supported = { "landscapeLeft", "landscapeRight" } }, android = { usesExpansionFile = true, usesPermissions = { "android.permission.INTERNET", "com.android.vending.CHECK\_LICENSE", "android.permission.WRITE\_EXTERNAL\_STORAGE" }, }, iphone = { plist = { UIStatusBarHidden = true, CFBundleIconFiles = { "Icon.png", "Icon@2x.png", "Icon-60.png", "Icon-60@2x.png", "Icon-60@3x.png", "Icon-72.png", "Icon-72@2x.png", "Icon-76.png", "Icon-76@2x.png", "Icon-Small.png", "Icon-Small@2x.png", "Icon-Small@3x.png", "Icon-Small-40.png", "Icon-Small-40@2x.png", "Icon-Small-50.png", "Icon-Small-50@2x.png", }, UIAppFonts = { "King Of The Hill 2\_0.ttf", "King Of The Hill.ttf", } }, }, }

    Here’s my code to create text:

local text = display.newText("message",0,0,"King Of The Hill",20)

     And more, Corona Simulator shows them on Windows, but not on Mac Os :frowning:

#2

Hi @khanh.dq,

I assume you’ve followed every detail within the guide on using custom fonts?

https://docs.coronalabs.com/guide/system/customFont/index.html

If you have, it’s possible that the fonts are corrupted somehow. Can you test another custom font and see if it works?

Best regards,

Brent

#3

  Hi Brent. Sorry for my late answer, last week was too busy.

 I used this following code to check:

local systemFonts = native.getFontNames() -- Set the string to query for (part of the font name to locate) local searchString = "king" -- Display each font in the Terminal/console for i, fontName in ipairs( systemFonts ) do local j, k = string.find( string.lower(fontName), string.lower(searchString) ) if ( j ~= nil ) then print( "Font Name = " .. tostring( fontName ) ) end end

 and found out that Mac Os did something with fonts’ name. This code brought out two names: “KingOfTheHill” and “KingOfTheHill2”

( I look at Mac Os Font Manager, it still named them as “King Of The Hill” and “King Of The Hill 2_0” )

    Guess the next time using custom fonts, I must get their true names in Mac Os by above code.

#4

Hi @khanh.dq,

Yes, as the guide specifies, you need to use that “internal” font name for iOS or OS X.

Best regards,

Brent

#5

Hi @khanh.dq,

I assume you’ve followed every detail within the guide on using custom fonts?

https://docs.coronalabs.com/guide/system/customFont/index.html

If you have, it’s possible that the fonts are corrupted somehow. Can you test another custom font and see if it works?

Best regards,

Brent

#6

  Hi Brent. Sorry for my late answer, last week was too busy.

 I used this following code to check:

local systemFonts = native.getFontNames() -- Set the string to query for (part of the font name to locate) local searchString = "king" -- Display each font in the Terminal/console for i, fontName in ipairs( systemFonts ) do local j, k = string.find( string.lower(fontName), string.lower(searchString) ) if ( j ~= nil ) then print( "Font Name = " .. tostring( fontName ) ) end end

 and found out that Mac Os did something with fonts’ name. This code brought out two names: “KingOfTheHill” and “KingOfTheHill2”

( I look at Mac Os Font Manager, it still named them as “King Of The Hill” and “King Of The Hill 2_0” )

    Guess the next time using custom fonts, I must get their true names in Mac Os by above code.

#7

Hi @khanh.dq,

Yes, as the guide specifies, you need to use that “internal” font name for iOS or OS X.

Best regards,

Brent