Xcode 4 fonts default to Helvetica

Question

I have Xcode 4 running on a brand-new MacBook Pro. My problem is this: when choosing fonts from the Mac OS font picker, only a handful are displayed properly; the rest appear as Helvetica. I don't have this problem in any other applications, Apple or otherwise. Here are the fonts that are displayed correctly:

Arial, Arial Rounded, Baskerville, Cochin, Courier, Courier New, Futura, Georgia, Helvetica, Helvetica Neue, Marker Felt, Palatino, Times New Roman, Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Zapfino

Thanks in advance.

Are you making an iOS app and selecting font attributes for the app? If so, note that iOS doesn't have all the fonts that OSX has. — DA.
Yes, that is fortunate. Thank you DA, problem (er, non-problem) solved! — Rob

Siem Abera Siem Abera · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-21T16:33:43

Mine is xcode 4.2 and every thing works fine. but if it doesn't work for you the easy way is to call the font from your code.

//am using a font called "Ethiopic WashRa Bold
//Copy it to your resource folder and that is it
cell.textLabel.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"Ethiopic WashRa Bold" size:14];
cell.textLabel.text = [object objectForKey:@"Title"];

cell.detailTextLabel.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"Ethiopic WashRa Bold" size:10];
cell.detailTextLabel.text = [object objectForKey:@"Group"];

If your question is different please let me know so that i can understand better.

Xcode 4 fonts default to Helvetica

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