Helvetica Neue Light,iOS

Question

Surprisingly I can't seem to find another question on this... sorry if I'm missing something obvious.

I'm trying to use Helvetica Neue Light programatically in my iPhone app. It seems that the system doesn't have this built in, which seems strange.

Is this the case? Does this particular font need to be added manually?

Ideally I'd like to edit this line of code to accomplish this:

myLabel.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"HelveticaNeue" size: 32];

Answer 1

The font name you used is incorrect, try:

Objective-C

myLabel.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"HelveticaNeue-Light" size:32.0f]; 

Swift

myLabel.font = UIFont(name: "HelveticaNeue-Light", size: 32.0) 

On iOS Fonts you will find the full list of fonts and their names.

Answer 2

Here is a link where all the supported fonts are available for iOS.

HelveticaNeue is supported in iOS and its Keyword is "HelveticaNeue"