Re: [android-developers] Using a symbol font

Maybe create a Bitmap font?  I use a program called bmGlyph to make bitmap fonts for Android.

On Tuesday, August 14, 2012 7:18:46 AM UTC-5, Simon Giddings wrote:

Thanks Mark,

I had created a very simple project to try this out.
So, it would appear that I will have to look at a different method for drawing symbols.

Thanks again

On Tuesday, 14 August 2012 12:09:18 UTC+2, Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) wrote:

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 5:46 AM, Simon Giddings <mr.s.g...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have seen that it is possible to use custom fonts within our Android apps.
> I am starting to build an app for tablets and need to use a specific symbol
> font.
>
> I place it in a "font" directory under "assets" and load it via the
> Typeface.createFromAsset method.
> I get back a Typeface object and assign it to my Paint object and then paint
> it out onto the canvas.
>
> However, instead of getting the symbols, I get normal text.
>
> Is there a special step necessary to get symbol fonts to output correctly ?

Android does not honor all custom fonts, substituting the default font silently.

I'd start with a font that is known to work, such as the one in this
sample project:

https://github.com/commonsguy/cw-omnibus/tree/master/Fonts/FontSampler

If that fails, then there is something wrong with the application
logic (or that font has started failing on devices, where it has
worked for years). If that font succeeds and your symbol font fails...
you will need to find another symbol font, or perhaps try slightly
modifying that symbol font in some font editor in hopes that the
newly-saved font will work with Android.

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