Setting a custom font on an attributed string (UILabel) using Interface Builder doesn't work

Originator:martin
Number:rdar://18716979 Date Originated:20-Oct-2014 07:21 PM
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:Xcode Product Version:6
Classification:No Value Reproducible:Always
 
Summary:
When you set an attributed string with a custom font on a UILabel using Interface Builder doesn't work. It only happens with attributed strings. Plain texts with custom font works ok.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Add a Custom Font to your project and include it as a member of the target.
2. Add the font to the UIAppFonts array into your plist.
3. Add a UILabel to your view controller using Interface Buidler
4. Set Text dropdown to "Attributed"
5. Choose the custom font.
6. Compile & run.

Expected Results:
The label should be shown using the selected font 

Actual Results:
The label is shown using .HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular

Version:
iOS 8.1

Notes:


Configuration:
iPhone Simulator

Comments

Still seeing this with Xcode 13. The worst part is that this can be "fixed" by installing the custom font on your system via FontBook. But I am now using Xcode Cloud and I can't do that there, so all of the sudden my project is not rendering correctly with builds made in the cloud...

By zeusent at Sept. 8, 2022, 11:15 a.m. (reply...)

Still present in Xcode 11.4.

By bawenang at May 11, 2020, 9:25 a.m. (reply...)

Problem still present, Xcode 10.0 (10A255)

By sromero at Nov. 1, 2018, 12:21 a.m. (reply...)

Still here, makes attributed string totally useless for using from IB. :/

By marcus.kuquert at Sept. 1, 2017, 7:04 p.m. (reply...)

Still seeing this in XCode 7.3.1. How is this open for so long?

By zach at July 15, 2016, 4:55 p.m. (reply...)

How is this still a bug?

By jake at June 9, 2016, 12:26 p.m. (reply...)

Still exists :(

By chrisozenne at April 7, 2016, 11:09 p.m. (reply...)

Bug still exists. Any update on this?

By jan at April 6, 2016, 10:38 a.m. (reply...)

Issue still exists. Pretty disappointing this has stuck around for so long.

By TheGamingArt at Dec. 29, 2015, 8:35 p.m. (reply...)

Confirmed we're experiencing the same issue.

By akozlik at Dec. 29, 2015, 8:29 p.m. (reply...)

Agreed. I came across this stoo.

By mikelikespie at July 13, 2015, 11:51 p.m. (reply...)

This bug is really annoying, setting attributed text from code is a big time waste.

By yogesh.m90 at March 1, 2015, 11:32 p.m. (reply...)

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