android set custom font to a paint

Question

I want to draw a text to a paint. How to draw it with a custom font (ex Helvetica ) and bold also? I would preffer to use a system font and not create it fr

Answer 1

If you already have a font in use and want to use a bold version of that you can do this.

currentPainter = new Paint(Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG);
currentPainter.setColor(Color.WHITE);
currentPainter.setTextSize(Utils.sp2px(getResources(), 14)); // set font size
Typeface currentTypeFace =   currentPainter.getTypeface();
Typeface bold = Typeface.create(currentTypeFace, Typeface.BOLD);
currentPainter.setTypeface(bold);

I used the answer above, but this modification was necessary for me - so just thought I'd mention it