Load fonts from a Swift Package

Question

I wonder if there is a way to load fonts from a Swift Package at the moment? The font files are there in the package but the compiled program can't locate them.

Answer 1

✅ It is supported now

From Swift 5.3, you can add any resources to the target, including images, assets, fonts, zip, etc. Using the directory name will include all subfiles of the directory:

    .target(
        name: "ABUIKit",
        dependencies: [],
        resources: [.process("Resources") // <- this will add Resource directory to the target
        ]
    ),

Note that you should put the Resources folder under sources/packageName to make it recognizable.

⚠️ Also, Don't forget to register them!

You need to register fonts to make it work. So you can use frameworks like FontBlaster.

_{NOTE: You can always write your own code, but I prefer to use an existing framework and contribute my extra needs to them}

So you call this somewhere early in the module's code (like some init method):

FontBlaster.blast(bundle: .module)

Then you can use the font inside or even outside of the module!

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🛑 There is no need to name the font manually!

It will register all included fonts automatically. You can double-check the loaded fonts right after calling the blast method:

FontBlaster.loadedFonts.forEach { print("🔠", $0) }