How to use new San Francisco font in iOS 9?

Before iOS 9 to reference fonts we used fontWithName of UIFont:

[UIFont fontWithName:@"HelveticaNeue" size:18]

Now we're moving to iOS 9. How to reference a new San Francisco font in the same way?

We can use it with systemFontOfSize of UIFont, but how to reference styles other than regular? For example, how to use San Francisco Medium or San Francisco Light fonts?

In iOS 9 it is the system font, so you could do:

let font = UIFont.systemFontOfSize(18)

You can use the font name directly, but I don't think this is safe:

let font = UIFont(name: ".SFUIText-Medium", size: 18)!

You can also create the font with specific weight, like so:

let font = UIFont.systemFontOfSize(18, weight: UIFontWeightMedium)

or

let font = UIFont.systemFontOfSize(18, weight: UIFontWeightLight)

Swift 4

label.font = UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 22, weight: UIFont.Weight.bold)

Details

• Xcode Version 10.2.1 (10E1001), Swift 5

Solution

import UIKit

extension UIFont {

    enum Font: String {
        case SFUIText = "SFUIText"
        case SFUIDisplay = "SFUIDisplay"
    }

    private static func name(of weight: UIFont.Weight) -> String? {
        switch weight {
            case .ultraLight: return "UltraLight"
            case .thin: return "Thin"
            case .light: return "Light"
            case .regular: return nil
            case .medium: return "Medium"
            case .semibold: return "Semibold"
            case .bold: return "Bold"
            case .heavy: return "Heavy"
            case .black: return "Black"
            default: return nil
        }
    }

    convenience init?(font: Font, weight: UIFont.Weight, size: CGFloat) {
        var fontName = ".\(font.rawValue)"
        if let weightName = UIFont.name(of: weight) { fontName += "-\(weightName)" }
        self.init(name: fontName, size: size)
    }
}

Usage

guard let font = UIFont(font: .SFUIText, weight: .light, size: 14) else { return }

// ...
 
let font = UIFont(font: .SFUIDisplay, weight: .bold, size: 17)!