FontSynthesis

Possible options for font synthesis.

FontSynthesis is used to specify whether the system should fake bold or slanted glyphs when the FontFamily used does not contain bold or oblique Fonts.

If the font family does not include a requested FontWeight or FontStyle, the system fakes bold or slanted glyphs when the Weight or Style, respectively, or both when All is set. If this is not desired, use None to disable font synthesis.

It is possible to fake an increase of FontWeight but not a decrease. It is possible to fake a regular font slanted, but not vice versa.

FontSynthesis works the same way as the CSS font-synthesis property.

import androidx.compose.material.Text
import androidx.compose.ui.text.TextStyle
import androidx.compose.ui.text.font.Font
import androidx.compose.ui.text.font.FontFamily
import androidx.compose.ui.text.font.FontSynthesis
import androidx.compose.ui.text.font.FontWeight

// The font family contains a single font, with normal weight
val fontFamily = FontFamily(Font(resId = R.font.myfont, weight = FontWeight.Normal))
// Configuring the Text composable to be bold
// Using FontSynthesis.Weight to have the system render the font bold my making the glyphs
// thicker
Text(
    text = "Demo Text",
    style =
        TextStyle(
            fontFamily = fontFamily,
            fontWeight = FontWeight.Bold,
            fontSynthesis = FontSynthesis.Weight,
        ),
)

Summary

Public companion properties
FontSynthesis

The system synthesizes both bold and slanted fonts if either of them are not available in the FontFamily
Cmn
FontSynthesis

Turns off font synthesis.
Cmn
FontSynthesis

Only an slanted font is synthesized, if it is not available in the FontFamily.
Cmn
FontSynthesis

Only a bold font is synthesized, if it is not available in the FontFamily.
Cmn

Public functions
open String
Cmn

Public companion properties

All

Cmn
Added in 1.0.0
val All: FontSynthesis

The system synthesizes both bold and slanted fonts if either of them are not available in the FontFamily

None

Cmn
Added in 1.0.0
val None: FontSynthesis

Turns off font synthesis. Neither bold nor slanted faces are synthesized if they don't exist in the FontFamily

Style

Cmn
Added in 1.0.0
val Style: FontSynthesis

Only an slanted font is synthesized, if it is not available in the FontFamily. Bold fonts will not be synthesized.

Weight

Cmn
Added in 1.0.0
val Weight: FontSynthesis

Only a bold font is synthesized, if it is not available in the FontFamily. Slanted fonts will not be synthesized.

Public functions

toString

Cmn 
open fun toString(): String