Xcode & Swift. Two great tools that work exceptionally well, except when it comes to fonts. If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably already learned how to use custom fonts in your iOS Apps, and you’ve also probably forgotten how to do it. So here is your guide to custom fonts. Save this article and reference it everytime you forget! Lets code.👩‍💻👨‍💻

3 steps and you’re bougie.

step 1 — put some labels on the screen my doods & gals. ✅

some labels.

Ok so real quick. notice they have unique font names. Futura-Medium is included in iOS/Xcode so it’ll work. The first two labels, however, will appear as default system font text.

Let’s change that.

Step 2 — add custom fonts to your application. ✅

The first label is using ModiaNonCommercialRegular

The second label is using MavenPro-Black. The Maven Pro font family includes four font names.

Drag the fonts into your Project.

Download those fonts and drag the folders to your to your Xcode project. You’ll see a screen like this. Make sure add to targets is selected or it won’t work homie.