Android Question Some ttf fonts don't work [SOLVED]

[jnjft]

Hello everybody!
In my app the user can change the font of a text that is displayed (it's a reading exercise for pupils).
How is it that many ttf fonts work but some won't - they are either not recognized, so the default font is displayed, or they even cause the app to crash (although that happened only with one specific font so far).
Any suggestions?
Thank you!

 

[Erel]

Can you upload one of the problematic font files?

 

[jnjft]

Hi Erel, thanks for the reply.
.ttf-files are not in the list of accepted file types for uploading, so I've renamed them as .txt files. Don't know, if this works.

scriptbl.ttf works
sch690.ttf is not recognized - the default font is used (both in debug and in release mode)
mm.ttf is shown correctly in debug mode but crashes the app in release mode. I mean, after I've made a Release, the app crashes as soon as mm.ttf is loaded with Label.Typeface

 

[Erel]

I've added mm.ttf with the designer and it works properly here:

You should check the logs and post the error message. It might provide more information.

 

[jnjft]

Now this is a kind of magic - I came home today, compiled the app with the mm font in it, and it showed up nicely, no crash!
How did you do this?
May I ask you to try sch690.ttf - this doesn't display in debug nor in release mode on my machine. Does it show on your equipment?
Maybe you can tele-cure it like the mm font....

Thanks a lot for your help!

 

[Erel]

Google is your friend...

Your file doesn't work here. A quick search led me here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27269264/custom-fonts-not-working-in-lollipop and then I converted it with this online tool: http://www.freefontconverter.com/

The converted ttf file works.

 

[jnjft]

That worked - thank you so much!

This forum is phantastic!

 

[Peter Simpson]

Thank you for the link to the online converter @Erel, that crossed my mind. When I had a font that did not work, I just kept searching google until I found that same font that did in fact work.