OTF fonts in iOS

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teacherguy
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OTF fonts in iOS

Post by teacherguy » Mon Dec 05, 2016 2:32 am

I don't have any issues with adding TTF fonts in the "copy files" section. They should up in the simulator when I ask for the fontnames.

Not so with OTF fonts. I know that iOS accepts them....am I missing a particular step? I could use Font Foundry to convert but I'd rather not if there's a simpler way.

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Re: OTF fonts in iOS

Post by LiveCode_Panos » Tue Dec 06, 2016 12:22 am

There is a bug report about this issue http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12431

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Re: OTF fonts in iOS

Post by teacherguy » Tue Dec 06, 2016 12:37 am

No resolution since 2014, I assume I should just change the extension then?

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Re: OTF fonts in iOS

Post by LiveCode_Panos » Wed Dec 07, 2016 2:59 pm

Well, just changing the extension would be more efficient for now I think :)

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Re: OTF fonts in iOS

Post by teacherguy » Thu Dec 08, 2016 11:29 am

For sure!

However I just tried that and it did not work. :(

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Re: OTF fonts in iOS

Post by teacherguy » Sun Dec 18, 2016 7:12 pm

I found that simply changing the extension only worked for a few fonts. A better solution: This website will convert the font file:

https://everythingfonts.com/otf-to-ttf

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Re: OTF fonts in iOS

Post by LiveCode_Panos » Mon Dec 19, 2016 11:05 am

Thank you for the link, Brian.

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