Using Html.fromHtml to set custom Typeface

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I found this list of HTML-Tags that are (supposedly) supported for HTML.fromHtml to create a Spanned-Text:

http://commonsware.com/blog/Android/2010/05/26/html-tags-supported-by-textview.html

Now is there ANY way to set a custom Typeface with the Font-Tag?

possible duplicate of [set font at runtime, Textview](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3483110/set-font-at-runtime-textview) — Pentium10, Nov 30 '10 at 14:05
this is not a duplicate of set font at runtime. It's a more specific case. He want's to set the font for only *part* of the text. This is more challenging than simply supplying a typeface from a ttf assett. — mark gamache, Oct 07 '15 at 22:29

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 26 '12 at 17:55

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Simply use a <font> tag with a face attribute. This has been possible since at least Android 1.5 (see source code).

The value of the face attribute will be passed to the TypefaceSpan(String) constructor to create the Spannable. For example, use "monospace", "serif", or "sans-serif".

answered Oct 26 '12 at 17:55

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I can get this working with default fonts like monospace - but how can I use custom fonts that I have in my assets directory? I tried all the default paths to the assets directory - but no luck :( – slott May 05 '14 at 08:46
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Same issue.. Any luck? – Rishi Dua Sep 23 '14 at 09:29
Question is about custom font. – Renetik Oct 06 '20 at 03:25

score -4 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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No, there's no way to do so. You can take a look at the Html implementation. As you will see, the font tag supports size and color only.

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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Using Html.fromHtml to set custom Typeface

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