If you are a lowly Windows user like myself, and work with iOS, you are probably frustrated with how terrible Apple’s support is for Windows users. I know I am. So I’m going to show you a quick and easy to way to download, install and use the San Francisco typeface on Windows.
Step 1: Download the font package from Apple.
https://developer.apple.com/fonts/
Make sure to download the regular fonts and not the compact fonts for watchOS. The download will have an annoying .pkg file that Windows users will be unable to open immediately. That’s okay.
Step 2: Download and install 7zip.
http://www.7-zip.org/download.html
This will allow you to dig into the .pkg file and navigate to the font files.
Step 3: Open the .pkg file using 7zip.
The fonts will be found by navigating to San Francisco Pro.pkg > Payload > Payload > . > Library > Fonts
Select all of the font files and click the “Extract” button in the top navigation of 7zip. Once extracted you can install the fonts like any other Windows font.
And that’s it! Hope this helps your next iOS project.
