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How to change font family in or use custom font style in android?

5 years ago Views 1317 Visit Post Reply

Hey,

I don't want to use default android font(Roboto), how can I insert new font in android to use it in my app and how to use it?

Please help :)


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Hemant Sharma

- 5 years ago

You have to download your font .ttf file or .otf  files and paste in your Assets folder in res->assets>fonts

Put your 'fontfile.ttf' into the fonts folder

 

where you want to use your customize font call something like below code

TextView textV = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.vbageTextView_ID);

   Typeface vb_custom_font = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),  "fonts/fontfile.ttf");

   textV.setTypeface(vb_custom_font);

Hemant Sharma

- 5 years ago

You have to download your font .ttf file or .otf  files and paste in your Assets folder in res->assets>fonts

Put your 'fontfile.ttf' into the fonts folder

 

where you want to use your customize font call something like below code

TextView textV = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.vbageTextView_ID);

   Typeface vb_custom_font = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),  "fonts/fontfile.ttf");

   textV.setTypeface(vb_custom_font);

Naini

- 5 years ago

Hi Vicky,

Thanks for your reply, can you please tell me where to put this code?

TextView textV = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.vbageTextView_ID);

   Typeface vb_custom_font = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),  "fonts/fontfile.ttf");

   textV.setTypeface(vb_custom_font);

Naera

- 5 years ago

Just follow below steps:

Go to res folder in app - right click on res >> select New  > Android resource directory

>> Fill directory name as font and select Resourse type as font(from list) >> Click OK

>>  Add your .ttf or .otf font files in font directory  by simply copy your files and right click on font directory and select paste (just make sure not to use '-' in font file name)

>> Now just set your font family in textView where you want to use 

android:fontFamily="@font/fontfileName

Or you can just go to design view in android studio - expend textAppearence and select your fontFamily there in properties and you can also modify other attributes in properties easily in design view.