Change System Font for iPhone application - entire Application

Question

Is there a way I can change the System Font for an entire Application?

I want to define the font for the entire Application so that I don't have to go to individual labels or individual fonts to change it. I would like a universal definition which will change all the fonts that exist within the application. How do I do this?

Answer 1

You can use Pixate to style your app. When using pixate, you can set the style attributes of your UI elements via CSS. This way you can globally setup your UILabels and UITextField etc. to use your custom font. This is by far the best way to globally style your font.

In my app I had to use "Open Sans" and setup all my UILabels, UITextFields and UITextViews to use that font:

In your "default.css"

label {
    font-family: "Open Sans";
}

text-field {
    font-family: "Open Sans";
}

text-view {
    font-family: "Open Sans";
}

Answer 2

Make a shared class called Constants.h or something. In it do this:

#define kStandardFont [UIFont systemFontOfSize:20] 

Of course adjust the font to be what you need it to be. Then, whenever you need to use it (in a label or whatever) do this:

#import "Constants.h"
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[label setFont:kStandardFont];