Font Changes in iOS 5.1 - AppleGothic

Apple iOS 5.1 was released late last evening (local time in Finland), as part of the "new iPad" announcement. Naturally I installed it right away and checked what FontType utility app tells me.

Apple has removed AppleGothic and added two Apple SD Gothic Neo fonts.

Update: I've been told these are Korean fonts, so I generated sample texts in Korean. I believe the text is supposed to mean "On this Day" or something like that.

Other iOS fonts are still same as in iOS 5.0.1 (see also: "New Fonts in iOS 5.0 - and Some Missing").

AppleGothic screenshots below:

New Fonts in iOS 5.0 - and Some Missing

Apple iOS 5.0 was released few days ago and installation was rather hard. It's still not complete, since I had 500+ apps and restore from iOS 4.3.5 backup was about a total failure. Enough of that, waiting for iOS 5.1 release rather soon.

Let's look at fonts. Yes, with pictures!

iOS 5.0 was a huge update in many ways and one of them is built-in font selection. For the first time ever, iPhone and iPad have exactly the same fonts!

FontType 1.0 Now Available in App Store

After lots of sleepless nights and countless redesings I am happy to tell that first of my three apps is finally available in App Store:

FontType 1.0.

It's a small and nice "font viewer" application. Got several reasons to write it, so many that I want to list them:

No New Fonts in iOS 4.3.2 Either

While I still remember... Yes, I checked iOS 4.3.2 update. There are no new fonts, when compared to iPhone or iPad running iOS 4.3 or 4.3.1. Don't have iPad2, but I doubt there's any new fonts in that device alone.

Sometimes no news is the news.

Previously released iOS 4.3 has new Noteworthy font and there is also a complete list of iOS 4.2.1 fonts. I do have locally more complete table of fonts, should make it public.

Got a new feature for my fonts application: autocheck whether there are any new fonts. Invest a day worth of development to save 15 minutes of boring manual work!

No New Fonts in iOS 4.3.1

Just checked iOS 4.3.1 update. There are no new fonts, when compared to iPhone or iPad running iOS 4.3. Don't have iPad2, but I doubt there's any new fonts in that device alone.

Sometimes no news is the news.

Previously released iOS 4.3 has new Noteworthy font and there is also a complete list of iOS 4.2.1 fonts.

Am I obsessed with fonts? Just a little bit :)

New font with iOS 4.3

iOS 4.3 was released yesterday evening. Checked the built-in fonts right away and found out that none of the old ones are missing - and that there's a brand new font in both iPhone and iPad: Noteworthy.

Pre-release rumours said it was added for iPad Notes application, replacing Chalkboard SE. Looking at Notes in iOS 4.3 both iPhone and iPad are using Noteworthy.

Comparing iPhone and iPad Simulator Fonts

After I checked new Fonts in iPhone 4.2.1 it was just a question of time until I would start wondering iPhone vs iPad fonts.

Here's a quick and small chart about iPhone & iPad fonts in simulator. Would do comparison between real devices, but don't have enough of those. Does anyone ever :)

Fonts in iPhone 4.2.1

I've always been intertested in "fonts", so one of the first things to do after installing iPhone 4.2.1 was to checked available fonts. Don't know about others, but I'm pretty sure Apple Color Emoji wasn't in previous iOS version! Now I'm wondering about the others...