Custom Fonts not showing on Xcode 11 (macOS Catalina)

Question

I have a problem loading custom fonts in the drop down menu to select fonts in storyboard, I have poppins font and MarvinVisionsBig. I have already added them as target membership, bundle resources and added them to the plist and they are already installed in the system. I tried everything but nothing seems to be working.

The fonts are printed when using this to show them :

for family: String in UIFont.familyNames {
    print(family)
    for names: String in UIFont.fontNames(forFamilyName: family) {
        print("== \(names)")
    }
}

Console:

DropDown:

Fonts:

Bundle resources:

Plist:

Answer 1

This is a known issue in upgrading to Xcode 11.4, which is seemingly only affecting users who upgraded to Catalina instead of clean install.

In theory, having the fonts in your Info.plist and setting the Font entitlement should work but I could not get it to cooperate. My solution is not recommended as it could corrupt your Xcode but just as quick fix for anyone spending hours on this and don't want to roll back.

This is a no-code solution. What you need to do is compile for 13.4 from Xcode 11.3.1.

1. Explore the Package Contents of Xcode 11.4 beta and copy the folder labeled '13.4' from Contents > Developer > Platforms > iPhoneOS > DeviceSupport.
2. Paste it in the same directory location inside Xcode 11.3.1.
3. Open your project/workspace in 11.3.1.
4. CMD+Shift+K to clean and run it again. Fonts should now behave as expected.
5. If the issue still persists delete the app from your device/simulator and try steps 3 and 4 again.