Coding Tips: How to Use Custom Font in Android

If you are new to Android development and wondering how to use custom font, here is a quick tip to use custom font in your Android application. Using custom font in Android is pretty simple, just copy the custom font files and load them from your application.

Copy your custom font files into assets directory. The font files can be a True Type (ttf) font or Open Type font (.otf)
From your application code, load the font using Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), “fontname.otf”) method
```
Typeface font = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "helvetica.otf");
```
To use the loaded custom font, use setTypeface method on the widget you want to apply, for example, to use it on TextView, use textViewObj.setTypeface(customfont).
```
TextView myTextView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv_mytext);

myTextView.setTypeface(font);
```