Using Roboto thin or condensed

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lujop picture lujop · May 7, 2012 · Viewed 21.7k times · Source

Is it possible to use Roboto thin or condensed style in ICS without having to include the .ttf and load it manually, I mean without using:

Typeface.createFromAsset(this.getAssets(),"fonts/DroidSerif-Bold.ttf");

Answer

David picture David · May 7, 2012

Versions of Android older than 4.1 include just four basic styles of Roboto: Regular, Bold, Italic and BoldItalic. There is no way to use thin or condensed styles in ICS without assets.

Android 4.1 (JellyBean, API16) and up includes several more Roboto styles:

  • Regular
  • Italic
  • Bold
  • Bold-italic
  • Light
  • Light-italic
  • Condensed regular
  • Condensed italic
  • Condensed bold
  • Condensed bold-italic

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