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Avi Kumar
Avi Kumar

Reputation: 4433

how to use punjabi font in the android application?

hi i want to develop an application in which i Want to use punjabi text. But my emmulator does not show Punjabi text. Is there any api or something else so that my emulator can show the punjabi text or suggest me any other way to implement punjabi language in my application.

Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 4558

Answers (3)

Rashmit Pal Singh
Rashmit Pal Singh

Reputation: 31

Typeface font = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "bulara_5.ttf");  
text.setTypeface(font);  
text.setText("ਪੰਜਾਬੀ");

This worked for me on non rooted phone OSv 2.1

Link for font file I used: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul-grosse/bulara.zip

Upvotes: 3

Karl-Bjørnar Øie
Karl-Bjørnar Øie

Reputation: 5572

You can use custom TrueType fonts by copying the .ttf file into your projects's 'assets' folder.

Then in your application you can use the font like this;

final Typeface customF = Typeface.createFromAsset(this.getAssets(), "custom.ttf");
final TextView textV = (TextView) findViewById(...);
textV.setTypeface(customF);

However i've had so many problems trying to use TrueType fonts so you might want to do some real life testing with your (pubjabi) font.

Upvotes: 2

Reno
Reno

Reputation: 33792

I don't think that android 2.3 supports the punjabi font. Hence you see those boxes.

Follow this thread to know when your favourite language will be supported. I've heard that Samsung android devices support some Indian regional fonts.

Upvotes: 0

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