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How to honor Dynamic Type Accessibility Sizes with a custom font in an iOS storyboard

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How do you change the font size on a storyboard?

Change Font And Size Of UILabel In Storyboard To change the font or the size of a UILabel in a Storyboard or . XIB file, open it in the interface builder. Select the label and then open up the Attribute Inspector (CMD + Option + 5). Select the button on the font box and then you can change your text size or font.

What is dynamic font in iOS?

The Dynamic Type feature allows users to choose the size of textual content displayed on the screen. It helps users who need larger text for better readability. It also accomodates those who can read smaller text, allowing more information to appear on the screen.

How do I add custom fonts to storyboard Xcode?

Add the Font File to Your Xcode Project To add a font file to your Xcode project, select File > Add Files to “Your Project Name” from the menu bar, or drag the file from Finder and drop it into your Xcode project. You can add True Type Font (. ttf) and Open Type Font (. otf) files.

What is a dynamic font?

ABSTRACT: Dynamic fonts are fonts whose character shape is defined every time the correspond- ing character is printed rather than when the font is defined as a whole. Such fonts allow, for example.


How can I use the dynamic type text style "Title 1" and set the font face to the built-in font Chalkboard SE for a UILabel in a storyboard?

I need to honor the Dynamic Type size in iOS (Apple has been encouraging this since iOS 7?) I also need to use the built-in font Chalkboard SE, which is not used by default for the "text styles" fonts. I am currently using a custom font as shown in the image, but need the font to change size in accordance with the user's Dynamic Type/Accessibility Sizes preference just as all the Text Styles fonts do. The best Text Styles option is Title 1, but the font/typeface is unacceptable.

Font menu in Xcode. Custom checked and Title 1 highlighted