Which font and size does apple use for the navigation bar title?

Question

I made an totally custom navigation bar and would like to use the exact same font and size like apple does for the title of their navigation bar. It looks like some kind of fat printed arial, but not sure if that's right. Does anyone know?

Answer 1

Definitely not Arial. It's Helvetica. You can probably get the same font using

UIFont *navFont = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:18];

Change the size to find out what Apple is using (and write it below in a comment if you find the best one).

All the navigation bar text has a white shadow underneath it to give it the embossed effect. It's a white shadow 1 pixel underneath the text. Use shadowColor and shadowOffset in a UILabel to get the same effect.