How do you integrate custom fonts in an app?

Question

I am trying to integrate custom fonts (Imperator.ttf and goodfish.ttf) from the following website into my corona app:
http://www.1001freefonts.com/top-fonts.php

Answer 1

Put Imperator.ttf font file in Assets folder

In class use following code:

Typeface imperator_typeface =Typeface.createFromAsset(getContext().getAssets(),"Imperator.ttf");

your_textview.setTypeface(imperator_typeface);

Answer 2

While installing custom fonts to your corona application, you have to follow the following steps:

• Install the font in your system.
• Copy and paste the font file(such as: Imperator.ttf) to the application folder where your main.lua exists.
• Then for iPhone(only for iPhone, Android doesn't need this), add the following lines to your build.settings:

---

iphone =
    {
        plist =
        {
            UIAppFonts =
            {
                "Imperator.ttf"  -- Font file name
            },
            UIApplicationExitsOnSuspend = true
        },
    }

---

• Debug and get the supported Font Names by the system using the following:

---

local fonts = native.getFontNames()
for i,fontname in ipairs(fonts) do
    print(fonts[i])
end

---

From the above debugging, you can get the exact Font Name (here: Imperator) that you have to use while creating the text/label. Sometimes this may differ from the name of the font file. You can also get it from applications like photoshop(it's text tool font name), etc.

local myText = display.newText("Label with custom font",150,100,"Imperator",20)

Then finally, you will get the output as:

Keep coding................