Custom Fonts and Corona

Getting Started Newbie Questions
#1

I’m trying to use a custom font in my app so it has a consistent look.  Since I wanted to use a free one, I choose Open Sans and downloaded it from Google - OpenSans-Regular.ttf and OpenSans-Bold.ttf

I’ve put the font files in my project directory - both the normal and bold versions of the ttf.  In my globals.lau, I’m defining the font…

globals.regularFont = "Open Sans Regular" globals.regularFontBold = "Open Sans Bold"

I’ve tried mulitple ways of referring to the font, but I keep getting the:

Warning: could not load font Open Sans Regular. Using default font.

I’ve tried listing out native fonts using a code fragment in the API documents but all I find is

Font Name = Open Sans

So it seems there’s an Open Sans… but no bold or normal specified.

Any ideas?

#2

Have you read the Font’s guide:
 

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

Rob

#3

I did, thank you.  It got me started, but that’s when I started having problems.  I’ve actually gone into the fonts and renamed them to match and now it works in the app… but not in the viewer… even though I have the font installed on my computer and the names all match.

Let me correct that… the REGULAR version of the font works… but not the BOLD version…

#4

Hi John,

What system are you using (Mac or Windows), and what devices are you deploying to (iOS or Android)?

Brent

#5

Do you also have the fonts in the Viewer app?  If it’s iOS does the Viewer’s build.settings have the write code in it to reference the fonts?

Rob

#6

Have you read the Font’s guide:
 

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

Rob

#7

I did, thank you.  It got me started, but that’s when I started having problems.  I’ve actually gone into the fonts and renamed them to match and now it works in the app… but not in the viewer… even though I have the font installed on my computer and the names all match.

Let me correct that… the REGULAR version of the font works… but not the BOLD version…

#8

Hi John,

What system are you using (Mac or Windows), and what devices are you deploying to (iOS or Android)?

Brent

#9

Do you also have the fonts in the Viewer app?  If it’s iOS does the Viewer’s build.settings have the write code in it to reference the fonts?

Rob