Android "Roboto Light" pixelation

android, fonts, typography

Solution

Try the following on each of your TextViews with the custom typeface:

int flags = textView.getPaintFlags() | Paint.SUBPIXEL_TEXT_FLAG
            | Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG;
textView.setPaintFlags(flags);

Problem

I'm including the Roboto family of fonts in my application, and create the fonts in code like so: ``` Typeface robotoLight = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "fonts/Roboto-Light.ttf"); ``` I have noticed that certain smaller sizes (even the suggested sizes from the Android Developer Typography page) appear distorted or pixelated. Here is a screenshot of a few `TextView`s in the app: "Upcoming Dates" uses a larger size and looks fine. The other ones are sized at 14sp and look awful. The problem is not with margin or padding in the `TextView`s -- I've tried altering both. Does anyone know what causes this problem, and how to fix it?

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