Unrecognized font family on iOS simulator with React Native

Question

I've added Linux Biolinum fonts (http://www.dafont.com/linux-biolinum.font, LinBiolinum_R.ttf, LinBiolinum_RB.ttf) to my React Native project. Android version is OK. But on iOS I always see error "Unrecognized font family LinBiolinum_R".

My style is:

customFontRegular: {
    fontFamily: 'LinBiolinum_R',
},

I've tryied to rename font file and font family to "MyFont", but the error appears again on iOS.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

On Android it takes the name of the file and you are done. On iOS however it is a bit more complex.

There are a few steps you should take:

• Double check the font files are included in the Target in XCode
• Make sure they are included in the step "Copy Bundle Resources" (add files, not folders)
• Include them in the Info.plist of the app
• Find the name of the Font through FontBook or with some log statements in your AppDelegate

Explained in more detail here: http://codewithchris.com/common-mistakes-with-adding-custom-fonts-to-your-ios-app/

Good luck!

Answer 2

Implement the following code in your appdelegate file

for (NSString* family in [UIFont familyNames])
{
    NSLog(@"%@", family);

    for (NSString* name in [UIFont fontNamesForFamilyName: family])
    {
        NSLog(@"Family name:  %@", name);
    }
}

You should use FONT FAMILY NAME instead of your font file name like the following

fontFamily: "FuturaBT-Book"