Using Roboto thin or condensed

Question

Is it possible to use Roboto thin or condensed style in ICS without having to include the .ttf and load it manually, I mean without using:

Typeface.createFromAsset(this.getAssets(),"fonts/DroidSerif-Bold.ttf");

Answer 1

Versions of Android older than 4.1 include just four basic styles of Roboto: Regular, Bold, Italic and BoldItalic. There is no way to use thin or condensed styles in ICS without assets.

Android 4.1 (JellyBean, API16) and up includes several more Roboto styles:

• Regular
• Italic
• Bold
• Bold-italic
• Light
• Light-italic
• Condensed regular
• Condensed italic
• Condensed bold
• Condensed bold-italic