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Dhanesh
Dhanesh

Reputation: 781

How to set custom fonts in bold styles

I have downloaded custom font to use on my app. I want to set style bold for that font. I have used the following code but its not working:

Typeface tf = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),
"fonts/BRADHITC.otf");
Typeface bold = Typeface.create(tf, Typeface.DEFAULT_BOLD);    
TextView tv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.cou_text);
tv.setTypeface(tf);

Upvotes: 10

Views: 9730

Answers (4)

Stanojkovic
Stanojkovic

Reputation: 1632

Late answer but maybe helpful:

textView.setTypeface(Typeface.createFromAsset(getContext().getAssets(), "fonts/BRADHITC.otf"), Typeface.BOLD);

This way i have changed TextView appearance of SlidingTabLayout.

Upvotes: 2

robkriegerflow
robkriegerflow

Reputation: 716

Neither of these answers worked for me.

Maybe they worked for others, but the way I got the bold version of a font working in my program, I did the following:

  1. Copy/pasted the font .ttc - in this case AmericanTypewriter.ttc - to a folder I created in my main/assets/ directory called /fonts. So, main/assets/fonts/AmericanTypewriter.ttc

  2. I made sure I had a TextView with an id in my xml: 

    <TextView
    android:id="@+id/myTextView"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="This is American Bold"/>

  3. At the top of my Activity, declared a TextView object: 

    private TextView myTextView;

  4. In the same Activity's onCreate(), inserted the following code: 

    Typeface americanFont = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),
        "fonts/AmericanTypewriter.ttc");
    Typeface americanFontBold = Typeface.create(americanFont, Typeface.BOLD);
    myTextView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.myTextView);
    myTextView.setTypeface(americanFontBold);

Upvotes: 2

Harshad
Harshad

Reputation: 8014

DEFAULT_BOLD is of type Typeface. Typeface.create() requires int.

Here is correct one 

Typeface bold = Typeface.create(tf, Typeface.BOLD);

Upvotes: 10

Vamshi
Vamshi

Reputation: 1495

Try this

tv.setTypeface(null, Typeface.BOLD);

Upvotes: 4

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