User Fonts Install Properly but Can’t Be Selected about ivim HOT 6 CLOSED

I have figured out the issue I was having and thought I would share it here in case anyone else runs into the same issue.

In addition to iVim, I am using a program called AnyFont to install fonts in iOS that I can use in any program. The fonts that were not working in iVim were installed via AnyFont as Profiles (viewable in the Settings app under General > Profiles).

I contacted one of the creators of one of the fonts I was trying to install and communicated my issue. He was kind enough to send me the next pre-release version of the font which I installed and tested in iVim. I’m not sure why it would make any difference, but because the new version of the font was not installed as a Profile, it worked. I didn’t realize this was the issue at the time.

Earlier today, I installed the pre-release version of that font as an iOS system font via Any Font. After I restarted my iPad and opened iVim, I noticed that the font wasn’t working anymore. This led me to start experimenting with the Profiles. I deleted the profiles for the two fonts I mentioned before that were giving me trouble, then I installed them into iVim. And they worked.

For iVim users who are using AnyFont to install custom fonts as iOS system fonts, you may run into an issue using some fonts installed as Profiles AND imported into iVim. This workaround worked for me, and may work for you:

1. Open the Settings app and go to the General Section
2. Open Profiles
3. Find the Profile that matches the font you are having trouble installing in iVim, and delete it
4. Return to iVim and attempt to use the font (:help ifont for instructions)

You should find that whereas before any attempts to switch to the font resulted in no visual change in the UI (and no error message), after deleting the profile you can switch to the font and use it as expected.

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I have tried all the three fonts: Camingo Code (Regular, ttf), Pragmata Pro (Regular, ttf) and Pitch (Regular, otf, test version from the official site). And they all seem working fine here.

What do you mean by "nothing happens"? What does :ifont list look like after your attempt to switch to a font with failure? Where is the * indicator after the failure? Was it indicating the failed font?

How do you use :ifont to switch fonts? using the index or name? It would be better if you can provide the related lines in .vimrc.

Thanks for the p.s., I am very glad to hear that you like iVim and it helps.

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@terrychou What I mean by “nothing happens” is that the asterisk that identifies the selected font does not change, the font on screen does not change, and no error message is displayed. To make the situation a little clearer, I have created a video that walks through the issue. I hope it helps to illustrate the problem. It is stored on my Google Drive with a shareable link. In case you have trouble accessing it, this is how I am using the ifont command:

First off, this is what shows up in the Available Fonts list when I enter :ifont:

 1     s    SourceCodePro-Regular
 2     s    Courier
 3     s    CourierNewPSMT
 4     s    Menlo-Regular
 *5    u   CamingoCodeRegular      17.0
 6     u    Pitch
 7     u    PragmataProMono
 8     u    PragmataProMonoLigatures

I have tried the following commands to switch fonts using full names, partial names, and the underscore to change only the font size. These only work when selecting fonts with ID 1-5:

:ifont 1 16 - Changes the selected font to SourceCodePro-Regular at height of 16
:ifont Camingo 20 - Using a partial font name works. Changes the selected font to CamingoCode
:ifont _ 30 - Keeps the selected font but changes the size
:ifont PragmataProMono 16 - Does not change the font
:ifont 6 20 - Does not change the font

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Could you share the fonts with problem? Because it looks wrong in your video but I don't see that with the ones I have, I need to test them on my device to see whether it is the problem with the fonts or not.

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I would be violating the license agreement by sharing them. I will try to reproduce the issue with some open source fonts this week and get back with you.

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By "share", I meant that maybe you could "provide" the fonts in question for the testing purpose only. I never mean to have or use them myself. To avoid this technical problem becoming a legal one, I think I should stop here. Thanks for your feedback.

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