how to use custom font in MAUI ios?

Question

I am using .net MAUI and i want to use CGContext in platform ios

I want to showText but it is not showing right with unicode text.

but I can not load font using bytes but only can use context.SelectFont('Arial',15,CGTextEncoding.MacRoman)

but how to use OpenSansRegular here or other ttf fonts?

the context is getting by var context=UIGraphics.GetCurrentContext();

Answer 1

Hello,

but how to use OpenSansRegular here or other ttf fonts?

Please follow the steps below:

1. Drag and copy the ttf file into the Resources folder in your .NET iOS project, make sure the Build Action is BundleResource.
2. Add the following key in Info.plist

      <key>UIAppFonts</key>
      <arra
       <string>OpenSans-Regular.ttf</string>
      </array>
   

3. Consume the font like the following

  context.SelectFont('OpenSans-Regular',15,CGTextEncoding.MacRoman)

For more details, you could refer to Using custom Fonts in Xamarin.iOS - Xamarin Blog

(This doc is old and is about Xamarin.iOS, however, it applies to MAUI. I understand you are using .net-ios, you could have a look.)

but CGContext.ShowTextAtPoint to show unicode will be not displayed right which means it can not show unicode right?

Yes, you are right. I tested with the unicode character \uf30c, it can not be shown with the ionicons.ttf.

Best Regards,

Wenyan Zhang

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