UIButton with a ttf font

Question

Is it possible to use UIButtons with my own true type font? I found the FontLabel open source that can use ttf with UILabels, but unfortunately I can't set my UIButton's titleLabel to a created FontLabel. Can someone offer a simple solution to this? Or should I just not be using UIButtons altogether and instead use something else? I feel like I'm missing something obvious because I can't imagine there wouldn't be some truetype functionality in some default button offering.

Answer 1

As of the 3.2 SDK, you can include your own ttf fonts in your app. Just include the font file in your bundle and add the UIAppFonts key to your info.plist. (http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/General/Reference/InfoPlistKeyReference/Articles/iPhoneOSKeys.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40009252-SW18)

You should then be able to create the font as you would any built-in font and use it as the font for your button's label.

Answer 2

For those of you having this problem and looking for a workaround, this worked for me (link to a question I posed and later answered):

Advice on Debugging a UIAppFonts Issue on iPad