Using custom fonts in app development?

Could somebody inform me if it is possible to use custom fonts of choice when developing an app. If so are there any restrictions? I have read that sinds OS 3.2 iPhonesupports custom fonts, ttf and otf fonts. Is this not the case also for the ipad? Or am I completely off track?
If one can add custom fonts do they work along the same lines as embedded webfonts, availale for all users even if they are not on their ipad?
I am a media design lecturer looking for correct info for my students who are doing the visual design voor an app.
Thanks in advance.
Toronot00

Hi William
I found one error. In the skin file, I had added a dependency to my css. It was missing a slash (/) to point to the correct folder level. Now that I've added that, the TOC displays the same font as the Index, Search results, and the topic (content, breadcrumbs, and footer). So, that's good, but on closer inspection, it looks like Verdana, not my custom font.
I changed the font in whthost.js to the name of my custom font and generated the help, but it made no difference. I also changed the font and just opened the help without generating and got the same results.
For your second suggestion, you mean whtdhtml.htm not whtdhtml.js? The custom font is in the lines:
setFont("Normal", "MyFont","10pt","Black","Normal","Normal","none");
setFont("Hover", "MyFont","10pt","#004080","Normal","Normal","underline");
I added the <font> tag to this file, but the tag just shows up as plain text within the webhelp TOC (no matter where I insert it in the file).
I also tried changing the font to my custom font for the Index body and Search results using the steps in Rick's Skinny on Skins (editing the whibody.htm and whfbody.htm files). When I do this, the serif font appears in the Index body and Search results.
It seems like the files cannot "see" my custom fonts (which are in a folder at the same level as my css).
Deborah

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