iOS Font List

Quoting the Apple documentation.

On iOS 6, we have added the capability for applications to download fonts on demand. Besides the fonts installed with iOS 6, applications can install a list of additional fonts as necessary.

Here is a simplified version of how to download fonts. The sample code from Apple can be downloaded below.

- (void)asynchronouslySetFontName:(NSString *)fontName toTextView:(UITextView *)textView {
    CGFloat size = 24.0f;
    UIFont *font = [UIFont fontWithName:fontName size:size];

    if (font && ([font.fontName compare:fontName] == NSOrderedSame || [font.familyName compare:fontName] == NSOrderedSame)) {
        textView.font = font;
        return;
    }

    NSMutableDictionary *attrs = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithObject:fontName forKey:kCTFontNameAttribute];
    CTFontDescriptorRef desc = CTFontDescriptorCreateWithAttributes((__bridge CFDictionaryRef)attrs);

    NSMutableArray *descs = [NSMutableArray array];
    [descs addObject:(__bridge id)desc];
    CFRelease(desc);

    __weak UITextView *weakTextView = textView;

    CTFontDescriptorMatchFontDescriptorsWithProgressHandler((__bridge CFArrayRef)descs, NULL,  ^(CTFontDescriptorMatchingState state, CFDictionaryRef progressParameter) {

        if (state == kCTFontDescriptorMatchingDidFinish) {
            dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
                weakTextView.font = [UIFont fontWithName:fontName size:size];
            });
        }

        return YES;
    });
}