Android Question TTF graphics fonts don't shows on android 11+

[eledu62]

Hello. I made a very simple app to display characters from a graphics ttf font. On phones with Android 7 and Android 8 they show up fine.
But in Android 11 and Android 12 characters from the system font are displayed.
To rule out errors in the ttf file, I used the webdings.ttf font file, from the windows' fonts folder, and got the same result: system font characters are displayed on android 11 and Android 12.
What could be the problem?

 

[Erel]

Please upload a small project with the font.

 

[eledu62]

Please upload a small project with the font.

Hello Erel. Here attached is the .zip project.
I have found the problem:
Devices running Android 10+ show only unicode characters.
Devices running Android 8- show both unicode characters and graphic characters.
Using a font editor I generated a new font file adding the unicode characters and they display just fine.

Original file:

New file with unicode chars:

The following image shows 4 devices: the characters on top are drawn using the original font, and the characters below are drawn using the font with unicode characters.

Devices from left to right: Android 12, Android 10, Android 8.1 and Android 7.

Thanks in advance.

 

[eledu62]

I can`t edit my reply. Please: use this zip file.

 

[kimstudio]

I have found the problem:
Devices running Android 10+ show only unicode characters.
Devices running Android 8- show both unicode characters and graphic characters.

Good catch if in fact this is the reason!

Will this affect the FontAwesome and MaterialIcon fonts embedded in B4A? @Erel

 

[Erel]

Will this affect the FontAwesome and MaterialIcon fonts embedded in B4A? @Erel

They work fine in all versions.

 

[Erel]

I see this behavior as well. This is handled by the OS so you will need to convert the fonts.

 

[eledu62]

I see this behavior as well. This is handled by the OS so you will need to convert the fonts.

Well, I'll have to convert the new font files. I love giving good news.