Use external fonts in android

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Use external fonts in android

hello..

i want to use external fonts in my app. i have tried adding new fonts using asset managers but it did not work.

Typeface face;

face = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "font.otf");

textview.setTypeface(face);

but it did not show the text...

plz help..

+2 A:

AFAIK, Android does not support OpenType. Use a TrueType font instead.

CommonsWare 2009-09-16 00:37:35

so you are saying that i am in right direction..i just need to use ttf file instead of otf???

mudit 2009-09-18 08:16:20

Yes. Given your code, you need your font to be in the root of your assets/ directory, but otherwise it should be fine with a compatible font.

CommonsWare 2009-09-18 11:51:44

hi..I hv tried usinf ttf files.but still font is not loading.It is setting DEFAULT font in case of my font. there is also an error msg is displaying in my console.Error msg--Starting activity com.test.abc on device [2009-09-21 14:56:32 - test] ActivityManager: DDM dispatch reg wait timeout[2009-09-21 14:56:32 - test] ActivityManager: Can't dispatch DDM chunk 52454151: no handler defined[2009-09-21 14:56:32 - test] ActivityManager: Can't dispatch DDM chunk 48454c4f: no handler defined[2009-09-21 14:56:38 - test] ActivityManager: Starting: Intent { comp={com.test/com.test.abc} }

mudit 2009-09-21 10:25:30

The error message indicates some communications difficulty between your emulator and either adb or Eclipse -- it has nothing to do with fonts. Download http://commonsware.com/Android/Android-src-2_1.zip and you will find an Android project that shows loading a TrueType font. Also note that Android 1.6 now appears to let you load fonts from outside of the APK (e.g., one you download separately).

CommonsWare 2009-09-21 16:55:26

I was having the same problem. My font was not working in android either but I needed it to work. Using a font editor, I copied the characters from my font into the font that comes with the FontSampler example from Android-src-2_1. It worked perfectly.

While I will admit that my method was questionable from an intellectual property point of view, I didn't actually wind up using the original font, as all of the characters were replaced and all references to the old font where replaced as well. I had tried 'looking' at the way the two fonts were defined but making all the font variables match didn't work either. So in the ned, I used a skeleton of the original font as a template for the new font.

dave evartt 2010-01-22 16:42:48

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