Custom Fonts in Android PhoneGap
I tried to make custom fonts for my application. For that, I wrote this code in my html file:
<style type="text/css" media="screen">
@font-face {
font-family: centurySchoolbook;
src: url(/fonts/arial.ttf);
}
body {
font-family: centurySchoolbook;
font-size:30px;
}
</style>
In my Html Body:
<body onload="init();">
<h>Custom Fonts</h>
<div>This is for sample</div>
</body>
But, these styles are not applied to my html body.. Any help to solve this..??
Answer
I made it work after doing the following steps:
-Put your CSS in a file, for example my_css.css:
@font-face {
font-family: "customfont";
src: url("./fonts/arial.ttf") format("opentype");
/* Make sure you defined the correct path, which is related to
the location of your file `my_css.css` */
}
body {
font-family: "customfont";
font-size:30px;
}
-Reference your CSS file my_css.css in your HTML:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="./path_to_your_css/my_css.css" />
Pay attention to the definition of your paths!
For example, let's say you have the following directory structure:
www
your_html.htmlcss
my_css.css
fonts
arial.ttf
Then, you would have:
@font-face {
font-family: "customfont";
src: url("../fonts/arial.ttf") format("opentype");
/* Make sure you defined the correct path, which is related to
the location of your file `my_css.css` */
}
body {
font-family: "customfont";
font-size:30px;
}
and:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="./css/my_css.css" />
Note: if you use jQuery Mobile, the solution may not work (jQuery Mobile will "interfere" with the css...).
So, you may try to impose your style by using the style attribute.
Eg:
<body>
<h>Custom Fonts</h>
<div style="font-family: 'customfont';">This is for sample</div>
</body>
One drawback is that it seems that the style cannot be applyied on body...
So, if you want to apply the font to the whole page, you may try something like this:
<body>
<!-- ADD ADDITIONAL DIV WHICH WILL IMPOSE STYLE -->
<div style="font-family: 'customfont';">
<h>Custom Fonts</h>
<div >This is for sample</div>
</div>
</body>
Hope this will work for you too. Let me know about your results.