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YVictorMatos

ClevelandStateUniversity

Notesarebasedon:'TheBusy oder'sGuidetoAndroidDevelopment

byMarkL.Murphy

Copyright20082009CommonsWare,LLC.

ISBN:9780981678009

&AndroidDevelopers

http://developer.android.com/index.html

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Androidnaturallyprovidesthreefonts:

sans: n m s w er an , mmm

serif: An m is wider than i, mmm iiii

monospaced: An mmm is not wider than iii

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Alsoknowas:

Grotesqueor

Gothic

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RomanType

Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serif

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Developersmayaddanyfonttotheirapplicationby

followingthenextsteps:

1. Createthe /fonts folderinthe/assetsdirectory.2. Copyanyfonts youplantouseintothenewfolder.3. UseJavacodetobindthefontwiththeUIwidgetwantingto

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Example:GettingreadytousetheJokerman.TTF font.

Originalfonttakenfrom c:\Windows\Fonts

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Example:

DisplaytheHelloWorld!messageusingdifferentfonts.

Usingthefont:

Jokerman.TTF

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Note:

IfyouareusingWindowsXPlookintothefolder:c:\Windows\Fontsforfonts

installedinyourmachine.

Consultthepage:http://www.ascendercorp.com/support/windows/ for

additionalinformationinmanipulatingfonts.

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ExampleApplication:ShowingdifferentFONTtypes.

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< extV ew

android:id="@+id/labelCustom"

android:layout_width="wrap_content"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:layout_marginRight="24px"

android:text="custom:"

android:textSize="20sp"

android:background="#ff006666"

>

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package cis493.androfontsdemo;

import android.app.Activity;

import android.graphics.Typeface;

import android.os.Bundle;

import android.widget.TextView;

public class AndroFontDemo extends Activity {

@Override

public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {

super.onCreate(icicle);

setContentView(R.layout.main);

" "

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TextView tvCustom=(TextView)findViewById(R.id.custom);

Typeface myNewFace=Typeface.createFromAsset(

getAssets(), "fonts/Jokerman.TTF );

tvCustom.setTypeface(myNewFace);

}

}

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