Setting UIFont Weight

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In iOS 8 in order to get Helvetica Neue in the thin variation the following code would work

UIFont.systemFontOfSize(50, weight: UIFontWeightThin)

In iOS 9 the system font changed to San Francisco, so I can no longer do this. I absolutely must use Helvetia in this app and can't figure out how to set the font weight. This is the code I am currently using.

    timeSelectedLabel.font = UIFont(name: "Helvetica Neue", size: CGFloat(50))

I know there is a constructor which accepts a UIFontDescriptor. Not sure how to use that though. Any thoughts are appreciated!

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"I absolutely must use Helvetia in this app" why not download Helvetica Neue font from a font website and define and use it in your app? – Sam B
You need to purchase it from the company where as it is already built into the system. – Big_Mac

2 Answers

5
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All I had to do was specify the weight after a dash like so. 

UIFont(name: "HelveticaNeue-Thin", size: CGFloat(50))
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In Swift 3, you could simply set this as:

textLabel?.font = UIFont(name: "Avenir-Medium", size: 10)!

There's no need to set the size using the CGFloat parameter.