Changing Font in UITextView does not work in iOS7

Question

I have a UITextView with text in it, the View is in a UITableViewCell. I noticed that the font was not quite the same on iOS7 as with iOS6, noting it was set to "system" I decided to specify the exact font/size.

It appeared nothing happened so I thought I would do a better test (big font not used anywhere), like this in my "CellForRowAt....";

cell.newsItemDescription.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"didot" size:20];
cell.newsItemDescription.text = newsDescriptions[indexPath.row];

In iOS6 it comes out like this;

In iOS7 it comes out like this;

It happens in just a few places in the app but it is very annoying, can't figure out why? I am fast getting to the point where I may use the iOS7 Font/ Size throughout the app.

Some extra info;
The UITextView is resized per cell along with the cell (using springs/struts, i.e. no Auto Layout) and HeightForRow...

The font was setup in Storyboard originally (as system)

This is the same on devices and Simulator

Answer 1

I have a strange behavior in iOS 7. Font is smaller than I expect, if I was set it in to the xib.

If I set font after setting the text it's works for me. Otherwise font is smaller.

Try this:

  cell.newsItemDescription.text = newsDescriptions[indexPath.row];
  cell.newsItemDescription.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"didot" size:20];

Answer 2

I had the same issue today with UITextView, and while reading AlKozin's answer, I remembered something: somewhere, sometime I read that since iOS 7, the best practice to set font styles is to set them after the View has loaded. In other words, if I set everything in viewDidLoad: , nothing happens. You have to set up the font of your UITextView in viewWillAppear:, like this:

-(void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
     self.myTextView.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"Baskerville-Italic" size:18.0];
}