For a long time (since iOS 7.1), users of the Keyman for iPhone and iPad apps have been reporting issues when using keyboards that relied on custom font profile installations — we blogged about the issue back in April (https://blog.keyman.com/2014/04/how-to-fix-font-issues-with-keyman-on-ios-7_1/).
With the release of iOS 8, we can officially say that this issue is now resolved! Downloading and installing a font profile for a keyboard (for example Amharic) now works correctly, with the fonts remaining registered even after device restarts.
This means any text written that requires a custom font now displays correctly wherever you use it, be it the messages app, mail app, notepad app or Facebook.
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Steps to update your iPhone or iPad to iOS 8
- Open the 'Settings' app on your device.
- Open the 'General' settings.
- Touch 'Download and Install'. (Please note that iOS 8 requires 4.6 gb of space on your device to install).
- Follow the prompts.
You can learn more about iOS 8 at the Apple website: https://www.apple.com/ios
2 thoughts on “Keyman for iPhone and iPad font issues resolved with iOS 8”
Michael · October 5, 2014 at 4:06 pm
Thank You for the great Job!!!
I had a quick question regarding using keyman font in my website for users to see the website correctly in mobile safari. Would this be possible if I install keyman in my website and use font-face.
k martinson · July 31, 2017 at 4:39 am
keyman amharic font did not display on iphone facebook.
Solution: uninstall keyman, power off, power on, install keyman.