System font renders as Times New Roman on iOS 13

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I have some UILabel with the default system font. But when I install my app on iPad or iPhone with iOS 13.1 the fonts change to something like Times New Roman! Why does this happen? I am sure the label's text is Plain and the font is System. How can I fix this issue?

PS: I have downloaded all SF fonts from Apple web site, and still no luck!

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3 Answers

I found the solution, the problem comes with detecting the current label's font. I changed:

descriptions.font = UIFont(name: (descriptions.font?.fontName)!, size: 22)

to

descriptions.font = UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 22)

and problem solved.

user_3190970

Use UIFontDescriptor

I was having the same issue on iOS 13. Fixed it by using fontDescriptor instead of fontName. I have UILabel in my storyboard connected to its view controller via IBOutlet with font as Text Styles - Callout.

@IBOutlet weak var lblText: UILabel!

Below one didn't worked as expected and showing Times New Roman font:

let font = UIFont.init(name: lblText.font.fontName, size: 50.0)!
lblText.font = font
lblText.text = "Times Coding :)"

Solution using UIFontDescriptor:

let font = UIFont.init(descriptor: lblText.font.fontDescriptor, size: 50.0)
lblText.font = font
lblText.text = "Times Coding :)"

This way it will pick the font you set to a label in your storyboard, you don't need to hardcode the font name.

user_34556660

It seems like Apple is pushing to use the initializer with the weightage. Passing it with the name seems to break it ".SFUI-Regular".

The workaround for this is to use the function with weight like this : UIFont(systemFont:UIFont.systemFontSize, weight: .regular).

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