Help with fonts in Application!

stover · by **stover** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 3:15 am

Hi All,
I am working on a simple little app which uses some different fonts. I have searched the board and have found a few
other threads on this subject. I decided to implement what I needed in the following code (Not sure if it is correct though):

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public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
 
                super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
 
                setContentView(R.layout.main);
 
                Typeface myTypeface = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "fonts/teletype.ttf");
 
                ScoreText = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.TextView01);
 
                ScoreText.setTypeface(myTypeface);
 
        } 
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The problem I am having is that when I create the "fonts" folder in the Android project (Using Eclipse 3.4/ADT) I get an project error.
If I put the ttf file in another folder (i.e. raw) inside my project it will compile but the font is not found or loaded. Anyone have any similar issues or know how to resolve this.

Thanks in advance for your help.

-Stover

kanzlr · by **kanzlr** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:51 am

hm, i put mine in the fonts folder and it works...whats the error you are getting?

stover · by **stover** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:53 pm

kanzlr wrote:hm, i put mine in the fonts folder and it works...whats the error you are getting?

If I put the *.ttf file in the assets/fonts folder. I don't get a build error but nothing happens when I execute the
application in the emulator. I have a simple XML file which just has a TextView on it.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    >
 
<TextView android:id="@+id/TextView01" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Hello"></TextView>
</LinearLayout>
 
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Not sure what I am doing wrong here?

kanzlr · by **kanzlr** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:57 pm

uppercase/lowercase?

stover · by **stover** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:05 pm

kanzlr wrote:uppercase/lowercase?

Whoops! That was the problem. The code says load "fonts/teletype.ttf" but the file in the fonts folder
is "fonts/teletype.TTF" Duh!

Thanks for your help.

kanzlr · by **kanzlr** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:13 pm

you know, linux is case sensitive

stover · by **stover** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:39 pm

kanzlr wrote:you know, linux is case sensitive

Yep. Just had some brain fade

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