How to check if a font is available in version of iOS?

Question

I\'m currently working on an app that uses the \"ChalkboardSE-Regular\" font and my deployment target is 4.0+. This font was not available in 4.1 but it is supported in 4.3

Answer 1

print("Font families: %@", UIFont.familyNames)

Answer 2

For iOS9 / Swift 2.0, none of above won't work as the syntax changed a little. I also personally prefer to use extension (I choose to create one for UIFont, as it fits the best and modified @API answer as this was the best one):

extension UIFont {

    static func availableFonts() {

        // Get all fonts families
        for family in UIFont.familyNames() {
            NSLog("\(family)")

            // Show all fonts for any given family
            for name in UIFont.fontNamesForFamilyName(family) {
                NSLog("   \(name)")
            }
        }
    }
} 

Now you can just call:

UIFont.availableFonts()

And it will tell you all the fonts in the form of

: Bangla Sangam MN
:    BanglaSangamMN-Bold
:    BanglaSangamMN
: Zapfino
:    Zapfino

Hope it helps!

Answer 3

For objective-c

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

Answer 4

Swift 4.x

UIFont.familyNames().sort( { $0 < $1 } ).forEach({ print("\($0)"); UIFont.fontNamesForFamilyName("\($0)").sort( { $0 < $1 } ).forEach({ print("     \($0)") }) })

Answer 5

If you use Swift you can print all fonts (see below). You can also check if the font exists.

for family in UIFont.familyNames {
    print("\(family)")

    for name in UIFont.fontNames(forFamilyName: family) {
        print("\(name)")
    }
}

Answer 6

Swift version:

UIFont.familyNames().sort( { $0 < $1 } ).forEach({ print("\($0)"); UIFont.fontNamesForFamilyName("\($0)").sort( { $0 < $1 } ).forEach({ print("     \($0)") }) })