Android is one of the most versatile mobile ecosystems that you'll ever use. From the look and feel, you can change the landscape of the platform with ease and power.

The fonts on your system are no exception. There are plenty of reasons you might want to change up your fonts — legibility, company branding, unique look, etc. Although not available for every variation on the Android theme, you can manage to switch up your fonts without too much hassle. Merits And Demerits Of Diwali Festival. I want to illustrate how you can manage more and better fonts on both rooted and non-rooted Android devices.

The rooted Android device gives you quite a bit more control over what you can do. But even non-rooted smartphones have some flexibility when it comes to fonts. Let's first look at how to manage your fonts on a non-rooted device, and then I'll highlight the power of the rooted smartphone.

Droid font family courtesy of Google & Ascender. Download Droid Font Family. Droid fonts from the Open Handset Alliance’s Android platform Droid is a font. A font family is a set of font files along with its style and weight details. In Android, you can create a new font family as an XML resource and access it as a.

Non-rooted font management Your best bet for managing fonts on a non-rooted Android device is by way of a third-party home screen launcher. Is one of the best for fonts. With this home screen launcher, you can place third-party font files in to the GOLauncherEX/fonts folder and have GO Launcher EX scan the folder for newly found fonts. There's one catch. When you plug your device into your computer to copy the.ttf file(s) over to the phone storage, you probably won't find the GOLauncherEX folder. To get around that, create a folder called FONTS in the Downloads folder — and then, using a file manager like, copy/paste the.ttf file to GOLauncherEX/fonts (which will appear in the ASTRO File Manager).

Once you've copied the files to the proper folder, do the following: • Long-press a blank spot on the home screen • Tap the Preferences button • Tap Font • Tap Scan font ( Figure A) • Allow the scan to complete • Tap Select Font • Locate the newly added font • Tap Continue when prompted. What if you don't want to use a third-party home screen launcher? If you happen to have a Samsung device, you're in luck (rooted or not). There's an app called that helps you to find plenty of fonts to use. This app allows you to easily browse a sizable selection of fonts that you can download and install. Note: All other Android devices must be rooted for iFont to work.