Hi,
I'm the co-developer of iFont, an app which we think is the best Font Book alternative for iOS. iFont lets you install your own fonts for use in apps such as Pages, Word and Affinity Photo, as well as including a whole host of comparison and messaging tools. We originally had a thread about iFont 1.0 here, but iFont 3 is such a big rewrite I thought it appropriate to start another to explain all the new things the app can do.
We began creating iFont at school when me and the my friend were both aged 15, and released it about 6 months later. We've learned so much over the past three years, from the intricacies of creating a LLP and filing tax forms, to useful things like using size classes and auto-layout...
What started as a way to get a simple handwriting font onto our phones has turned into something I would, without wanting to sound hubristic, call the best (and cheapest!) app for managing fonts on iOS. I'm proud of what we've achieved (there are three of us now, and we all juggle other part-time jobs as well as each doing a full-time undergraduate degree completely unrelated to computer science), and can't wait to share it with everyone.
The new features for iFont 3 include:
+ Complete redesign of the iPad UI, with support for split-screen multitasking
+ .zip import support (this was requested in 2014... we got there in the end), along with bug fixes for .otf files. This also allows you to see associated files included in the zip, for example a 'read me' or licence, right from within iFont.
+ Download and install fonts from Google Fonts within the app
+ Much better UI for 5.5" iPhones, especially in landscape
+ A new Waterfall view designed for comparing fonts at different point sizes
+ New UI and icons for iOS 11
+ Drag and drop support for installing fonts on iPad
+ Ability to send a copy of the font profile to a friend to install on their device
+ Redesigned detail pages for all fonts, with new written descriptions
+ A new Technical view, for seeing advanced information about each font
+ Fuzzy matching when using search
+ Keyboard shortcuts for iPad when connected to an external keyboard
+ Ability to customise the home screen icon
+ Toggle to show hidden fonts, for example the font Apple uses for the lock screen clock, or for the titles in videos in Photos' Memories
+ Bug fixes, including error handling for unsupported fonts and issues when exporting images from Notepad
+ Speed enhancements
...and that's just the new stuff. It still has .ttf support, a Notepad for sending messages in different fonts, a Compare view for seeing which font is most suitable for your use,
It will be available from next Wednesday, 20th December as a completely free upgrade. Download iFont 2.1.2 here in the mean time, then just update in a week's time: Download Here
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