How to use custom Fonts in Android TextView?
2 min readSep 21, 2017
Follow these simple steps
1) Download .ttf file
Download .ttf file (font style) you want from the internet (Just google it there are plenty of sites which will give you tons of fonts free of cost, example Arial.ttf.
2) Upload your downloaded font file in your local
Now, this is the part you need to be extra careful. You should upload your .ttf file in this folder /app/src/main/assets/fonts/ if you don’t see fonts folder under assets then make a new folder and name it fonts and then paste or drag and drop your .ttf file.
Now the custom font is available now in your local you can use it anytime.
3) Integrate font into your textView
TextView text;
Typeface customTypeFace=Typeface.createFromAsset(getResources().getAssets(),"fonts/Oswald-Stencbab.ttf");
text.setTypeface(customTypeFace);`And you are done!
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