TypefaceCompat

Added in 1.1.0

Kotlin |Java

public class TypefaceCompat

Helper for accessing features in Typeface.

Summary

Public methods
`static @NonNull Typeface`	`create(@NonNull Context context, @Nullable Typeface family, int style)` Retrieves the best matching typeface given the family, style and context.
`static @NonNull Typeface`	`create( @NonNull Context context, @Nullable Typeface family, @IntRange(from = 1, to = 1000) int weight, boolean italic )` Creates a typeface object that best matches the specified existing typeface and the specified weight and italic style

Public methods

create

Added in 1.1.0

public static @NonNull Typeface create(@NonNull Context context, @Nullable Typeface family, int style)

Retrieves the best matching typeface given the family, style and context. If null is passed for the family, then the "default" font will be chosen.

Parameters
`@NonNull Context context`	The context used to retrieve the font.
`@Nullable Typeface family`	The font family. May be null.
`int style`	The style of the typeface. e.g. NORMAL, BOLD, ITALIC, BOLD_ITALIC

Returns
`@NonNull Typeface`	The best matching typeface.

create

Added in 1.9.0

public static @NonNull Typeface create(
    @NonNull Context context,
    @Nullable Typeface family,
    @IntRange(from = 1, to = 1000) int weight,
    boolean italic
)

Creates a typeface object that best matches the specified existing typeface and the specified weight and italic style

Below are numerical values and corresponding common weight names.

Value	Common weight name
100	Thin
200	Extra Light
300	Light
400	Normal
500	Medium
600	Semi Bold
700	Bold
800	Extra Bold
900	Black

This method is thread safe.

Parameters
`@NonNull Context context`	context to use for the creation.
`@Nullable Typeface family`	An existing `Typeface` object. In case of `null`, the default typeface is used instead.
`@IntRange(from = 1, to = 1000) int weight`	The desired weight to be drawn.
`boolean italic`	`true` if italic style is desired to be drawn. Otherwise, `false`

Returns
`@NonNull Typeface`	A `Typeface` object for drawing specified weight and italic style. Never returns `null`

See also
`getWeight`
`isItalic`