Why is my title using a custom font not vertically centered in my ActionBar?

Question

In attempting to modify the font of my ActionBar title I located an answer which suggested adjusting the Typeface via a SpannableString. While it works as noted in the answer, the placement seems to deviate from being vertically centered.

screenshot of title not vertically centered

I have tried this with two different fonts, both OpenType (Roundhand) and TrueType (Billabong). In addition I have tried this on an older Gingerbread device (where the screenshot is from) running 2.3.3 as well as a via a newer Jelly Bean device running 4.2. The project makes use of ActionBarSherlock and thus is my last theoretical culprit. I have also adjusted the font size in hopes of it centering slightly but know that this is nothing more than a hack and is not solving the ultimate problem at hand.

With that, why is my title not centered appropriately and how can I correct it? If there is a way to adjust the alignment per the implemented solution referenced above that would certainly suffice, even if ActionBarSherlock is the culprit. Knowing what the culprit is and why this is occurring however is part of the answer, not just providing a workaround.

UPDATE:

Screenshot below making use of Show layout bounds. Please note that in order to make use of the Show layout bounds that this device is obviously running Jelly Bean whereas the previous screenshot was from a Gingerbread device. In either case, the problem is the same.

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UPDATE:

If I use Typeface.DEFAULT when I call setSpan the bounds and alignment appear as they should.

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UPDATE:

Upon trying a third font, it appears the issue is in fact tied to the fonts.

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Can you turn on "Show Layout Bounds" in Developer Options and post a screenshot? — Kevin Coppock, Apr 10 '13 at 05:34
@kcoppock Screenshot added and it looks to be vertically aligned to the top. — Aaron McIver, Apr 11 '13 at 05:02
Does it happen if you just use the default typeface (Typeface.DEFAULT) as your typeface span? — Kevin Coppock, Apr 11 '13 at 06:10
Hmm, I'm honestly not sure, unfortunately. I'd suggest an issue with the metrics of the font you're using, but you said you'd tried a couple of them. — Kevin Coppock, Apr 11 '13 at 20:09
@kcoppock Screenshot added with a third font and it appears the issue is in fact tied to the font. Is this an issue in Android and how it opts to render the font more so then the font itself? — Aaron McIver, Apr 11 '13 at 20:50
Could be Android, but I'm tempted to say it's probably just a bad font. Try just making a standard TextView with that font and see if the issue persists. — Kevin Coppock, Apr 11 '13 at 21:13

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 04 '14 at 16:26

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This is going to sound really stupid but I've just spent 1 hour figuring out that I had a subtitle underneath the title which was set to the color of the action bar background so it was invisible.

Maybe that will help someone, somewhere :)

answered Dec 04 '14 at 16:26

Daniel Wilson

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score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 29 '13 at 18:04

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If you have it set a custom view, you can go into the xml and set the gravity to centered.

answered Apr 29 '13 at 18:04

Martin Estes

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Why is my title using a custom font not vertically centered in my ActionBar?

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