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I have added an external font in /assets directory, and manually doing setFacetype(font). Isn't there a general way to set the whole application to use a specific font if you have added it external? Or do you have to use Android's selected fonts in order to achieve this?

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    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2711858/is-it-possible-to-set-font-for-entire-application – dacwe Mar 02 '12 at 09:54

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You cannot use your custom fonts through to whole application in a general way.

You cannot set your custom fonts through xml files.

You have to use the Typeface functions in your code to use your custom fonts within your application.

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  • you CAN set your custom fonts in xml, you just need to override the TextView, full code and examples here: http://helpmeco.de/2012/2/custom-fonts-in-android-widgets – browep Mar 07 '12 at 19:27
  • That code is actually setting the font via TypeFace functions so still you cannot set a custom font for default views from xml. – C.d. Mar 07 '12 at 21:41
  • It's setting via the TypeFace functions in the overridden TextView widget which pulls it from xml. You could just default the typeface if nothing was specified in the XML. – browep Mar 11 '12 at 21:43
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tv=(TextView)findViewById(res);
Typeface font = Typeface.createFromAsset(this.getAssets(), "MYFONT.TTF"); 
tv.setTypeface(font);

This also how to use it in a textview.

For whole application go to Using a custom typeface in Android.

and go to Manish Singla answer

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Typeface mTypeface =  Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "YOUR FONT NAME");
textview.setTypeface(mTypeface, Typeface.NORMAL);
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