Custom font in a Cocoa application

Question

I know you can customize fonts by using Interface Builder and selecting a font. However, I'm curious if I can use a custom font that's not included by default on systems. Is there a way to include a custom font in my application?

Answer 1

While the manual font activation procedure is one option, you might also consider the ATSApplicationFontsPath Info.plist key:

Information Property List Key Reference:

"ATSApplicationFontsPath (String - Mac OS X) identifies the location of a font file or directory of fonts in the bundle’s Resources directory. If present, Mac OS X activates the fonts at the specified path for use by the bundled application. The fonts are activated only for the bundled application and not for the system as a whole. The path itself should be specified as a relative directory of the bundle’s Resources directory. For example, if a directory of fonts was at the path /Applications/MyApp.app/Contents/Resources/Stuff/MyFonts/, you should specify the string Stuff/MyFonts/ for the value of this key."

I'd be sure to double-check, but I believe this functionality was added in OS X 10.5.x (which the code posted by Jinhyung Park targets).