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");
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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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Do you know why this is so? A link somewhere with more details maybe? Thanks for your answer anyway. – Teo Choong Ping Nov 28 '12 at 02:43
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1I just corrected the answer because it's possible to use them in Android 4.1 and up. – David Nov 30 '12 at 10:07