Author Topic: Android fonts?  (Read 633 times)

Hawkmoon

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Android fonts?
« on: April 14, 2020, 07:14:39 PM »
These computers are driving me crazy.

I'm using my self-isolation time to get back to work on one of my several book ideas that never really got going. I will probably end up self-publishing, so I need to use a font that's licensed for commercial use, AND that's good for body text in a book. Awhile back I bought a font collection, and it has a couple of fonts that satisfy those requirements. Cool.

Installing new fonts in Windows 10 is ridiculously easy. I have the fonts on a MyCloud storage device, so for Windows each computer I just open up File Explorer, find the font, right click, and tell it to install. Done.

BUT ... I have an Android tablet -- a Samsung Galaxy Tab something-or-other. It has Word on it, so ideally I should have the book fonts on it in case I ever want or need to do any editing with the tablet.

I can't figure out how to add a couple of fonts to the Galaxy tablet. Everything I'm finding in the Idiotnet is telling me that I need to download at least two separate apps ... just to install a font? Can that possibly be correct? Does anyone know how to install TrueType fonts to an Android tablet? (And can added fonts go on the SD card rather than the built-in storage?)
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Re: Android fonts?
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2020, 09:29:47 AM »
Easiest way is to not worry about it until you actually need to. Formatting on the fly is wasted time and effort. Worry about writing a good story first, then deal with font/formatting in your final edits. When that time comes, sit down and your computer and do a mass convert to the font of choice.

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Re: Android fonts?
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2020, 02:53:28 PM »
Of course that's the easy way, I know that. At this point, it has become almost a matter of principle that I should be able to get these fonts to work on the tablet.
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