How do I draw bold text on a Bitmap?

Question

I want a Bitmap icon with bold text to draw it on map. I have a snippet to write text on image:

Bitmap icon = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(PropertyMapList.this.getResources(),         R.drawable.location_mark); TextPaint paint = new TextPaint(); paint.setColor(Color.BLACK); paint.setTextSize(14); paint.setFakeBoldText(true); //paint.setTextAlign(Align.CENTER); Bitmap copy = icon.copy(Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888, true);  Canvas canvas = new Canvas(copy); //canvas.drawText(jsonObj.getString("district_name"), 5, canvas.getHeight()/2, paint); String districtName = jsonObj.getString("district_name"); StaticLayout layout = new StaticLayout((districtName.length()>25 ? districtName.substring(0, 24)+"..":districtName)+"\n"+jsonObj.getString("total_properties"), paint, canvas.getWidth()-10,Layout.Alignment.ALIGN_CENTER, 1.3f, 0, false); canvas.translate(5, canvas.getHeight()/2); //position the text layout.draw(canvas); 

setFakeBoldText(true) doesn't work for me. I would like the text drawn on the Bitmap to be bolded.

Answer 1

Use the setTypeface method on your Paint object to set the font to something with the bold style turned on.

paint.setTypeface(Typeface.create(Typeface.DEFAULT, Typeface.BOLD)); 

Answer 2

For Custom Fonts:

Typeface typeface = Typeface.create(Typeface.createFromAsset(mContext.getAssets(), "fonts/bangla/bensen_handwriting.ttf"), Typeface.BOLD); 

For Normal Fonts:

Typeface typeface = Typeface.create(Typeface.DEFAULT, Typeface.BOLD); // or Typeface typeface = Typeface.DEFAULT_BOLD; 

and then

paint.setTypeface(typeface);