- (void)viewDidLoad {
	[super viewDidLoad];
	FontLabel *btn = [[FontLabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320,480) fontName:@"Stonehenge" pointSize:28.0];
	btn.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
	btn.text = @"click me";
	[btn sizeToFit];
	btn.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];
	btn.opaque = YES;
	UIButton *theButton = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 480)];
	theButton.opaque = YES;
	[theButton addTarget:self action:@selector(goPlay) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
	[theButton addSubview:btn];
	[self.view addSubview:theButton];
	[btn release];
	[theButton release];
}
- (void)goPlay {
	NSLog(@"hello");
}

I get an EXC_BAD_ACCESS error.

1) Add tap handling and fake buttonish drawing to UILabel

2) Add a FontLabel as a subview (or grouped with) a blank titled UIButton.

Whichever is more expeditious for exactly how you want your semi-custom interface to look. I suspect if I was using custom fonts for anything other than the big “scoreboard” display this was for, I’d probably have custom button state images as well, so I’d draw them myself in my FontButton subclass of FontLabel and add tap handling/state tracking. If for some reason that was impractical, then on to 2), figuring out some view nesting arrangement that works.