Android provides very few font
styles.So in this post I will show how to use external fonts for the
TextViews in our android application.
Step1:
Create a folder named 'fonts' in the
assets folder of the android application.
Step2:
Download any font in '.ttf' or '.otf' format and copy it in the fonts folder
Step3:
Create a layout file and add a
TextView in the layout and give it an id to be refered.
Step4:
In the onCreate method of the Activity
file bind the TextView and set the Typeface as shown below
TextView
tvWord =
(TextView) findViewById(R.id.tvWord);
Typeface
tf = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),
"fonts/sample.ttf");
tvWord.setTypeface(tf);
Thats
it!!! Run the app in an emulator or a device to see the result.
