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darksky
darksky

Reputation: 21019

Specifying Font for iPhone/iPad

I have the retina specifications for fonts on an app. If I divide them by 2, I get the non-retina font sizes. Should I provide the app with the non-retina sizes, and it will automatically scale it for retina? Or do I need to provide both?

Thanks,

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1505

Answers (2)

Tim Sullivan
Tim Sullivan

Reputation: 16888

As a rule, you're specifying all positioning and sizing on Retina devices in non-Retina values. The OS handles the scaling of the fonts automatically for you, so you don't need to worry about it.

Upvotes: 2

Wei Xiang
Wei Xiang

Reputation: 539

I think all the fonts in iOS is TrueType and will auto fit in both low resolution and retina display.

You should always use the unit of points to measure the UI elements (e.g. font size). And iOS would scale 1 point to 2 pixels in retina display.

Upvotes: 1

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