Use custom fonts with Over for iOS

With Over you can place text over a photo. The app has several free fonts, but it also allows you to import your own font to the app.

Over was recently one of the apps offered by Apple for free as part of its celebration of the App Store's fifth anniversary.

The simple app helps add some creativity to photos by overlaying text or artwork onto your personal photos. You're able to customize your artwork by changing the color and fonts used. Built into the app is a long list of free fonts,

along with many more fonts you can purchase in-app.

Recently added to the app was the ability to import any font you currently own in. All you'll need is the TTF or OTF file for the font (the app can't open a ZIP file).

Once you have the file and are sure you have the rights to use it as you see fit, you can get it to your device by e-mailing it to yourself, or via Dropbox.

I downloaded Google's Roboto font, which is coincidentally available as a purchased font from Over for 99 cents, and placed it in a Dropbox folder. 

Don't give up when you see this image. Just tap on the download button to add your font to Over.

Using Dropbox to access the font files, you'll receive an error message stating Dropbox can't view the file. That's OK, just tap on the download icon in the lower-right corner of the screen and you'll be presented with the option to open it in Over.

When e-mailing a font file to yourself, you simply need to wait for it to download and then tap on the attachment. From there you'll be able to open the font in Over.

Once the import process is complete, Over will alert you and you'll then see the font listed at the top of the font list. You can now use it as you would any other font within the app.

Currently there's no method to delete installed fonts, but the Over team has indicated it's in the works and will be coming in a future updated.

Never miss the free App of the Week from the App Store again

Last summer I covered an easy-to-create recipe on IFTTT that would send an e-mail or alert of your choosing once the App Store Twitter account posted a tweet announcing the latest freebie. Since that time there have been some changes to Twitter 's API policy, and IFTTT (name based on "If this, then that") has had to change how it uses Twitter within its service.

So, if you've been looking for a way to start receiving notifications for the free App of the Week again, you're in luck. Before we begin, make sure you've signed up for a free IFTTT account if you don't already have one.As such, the recipe demonstrated in my post last June no longer works. While browsing through public IFTTT Recipes today I found a solution that uses posts on the App Store's official Facebook page to trigger alerts.

1. Visit IFTTT.com and log in to your account.
2. You can add this public recipe from IFTTT user "jtshea" (who also happens to have some recipes for CNET's very own Cheapskate deals in his profile), or you can create your own recipe if you'd rather not receive the alert via e-mail as the above recipe is set to do.
3. To create a different alert method, copy the following RSS URLhttp://www.facebook.com/feeds/page.php?format=atom10&id=286893159420. Then create a new Recipe using the Feed channel, with the "Feed item matches" criteria.
4. Paste the feed address you copied from the previous step in the feed URL field, and add "App of the Week" to the keyword or simple phrase field.
5. Once you've created the trigger you can then select the action or alert method you'd like to use to get notified of the new post.

You'll be alerted via the method of your choosing when the App Store posts the free App of the Week on its Facebook page, complete with the body of the post and a direct link to the app in the App Store.

View live weather conditions on your iOS device with Weathertron

There are plenty of ways to get a weather report for your current location. When it comes to getting timely forecast that could potentially save you from getting caught in a downpour, one of the more reliable sources comes from The Dark Sky Company and Forecast.io.

By making the same API that Forecast.io uses available to developers, it gives any developer the chance to integrate weather forecasts into an any app. A new app, named Weathertron, was created by a couple of self-proclaimed "data visualization nerds" and has done just that.

Using the same data that powers the Forecast.io service, Weathertron is capable of showing you the temperature and weather conditions for every minute of the day.

The user interface is fun to play with and easy to navigate. You're able to view the day's conditions, as well as tomorrow's conditions in detail, along with a more generic seven-day forecast. The app gives you the option to use your current location, or add a city of your choice and switch between them as you see fit.

It's available for the iPhone and iPad, with the iPad version being nothing more than a blown-up iPhone version, and currently only viewable in portrait mode. You can purchase it from the App Store for 99 cents.