Adding a substitute font to Xodo for Free Text

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When displaying PDFs, Xodo makes use of fonts installed on your device whenever they are not embedded in the PDF. This guide is for users who would also like Xodo to recognize custom font files (.ttf or .otf) that they have downloaded onto their device. If you are looking to enable or disable the list of available fonts for free text annotations, please check out this guide instead: http://feedback.xodo.com/knowledgebase/articles/826008-controlling-the-list-of-available-fonts. 

Add custom fonts for Xodo 5.0.8 and below


1. Download a font of your choice. Xodo will only recognize True Type Font (.ttf) or OpenType Font (.otf) font files.
2. Using a file management app of your choice, place your font files in the following internal storage folder depending on your Android version:
  • Android version 9.0 (Pie) or below: /storage/emulated/0/Download/Xodo (also sometimes called: Internal storage/emulated/0/Download/Xodo). 
  • Android version 10.0 or above:  /storage/emulated/0/Download/Xodo/files/Download/Xodo  (also sometimes called:  Internal Storage/emulated/0/Download/Xodo/files/Download/Xodo  ).   
   If the Xodo folder does not exist, create it. Please note that files in these folders will be deleted if you uninstall Xodo. 
 
3. Then restart Xodo and enable your font in the list of available fonts by following this guide: http://feedback.xodo.com/knowledgebase/articles/826008-controlling-the-list-of-available-fonts .
4. Xodo will use this font for substituting fonts within the document (when the font is not embedded in the PDF) and within free text annotations. To check if Xodo is recognizing your font file, create a free text annotation and change the font of the text annotation to the font you just added. Check out this guide for steps on how to change the font of a text annotation: http://feedback.xodo.com/knowledgebase/articles/826002-changing-the-font-of-a-text-annotation

Add custom fonts for Xodo 5.0.9 (Beta) and above

Due to external storage permission changes in Android 10, the flow for adding custom font files has changed. If you are migrating to Android 10, you can migrate your font files by moving them from /storage/emulated/0/Download/Xodo to /Android/data/com.xodo.pdf.reader/files/Download/Xodo . For adding new font files, please following these instructions:

1. First, please update to the latest beta version of Xodo as described here: http://feedback.xodo.com/knowledgebase/articles/829551-becoming-a-beta-user
2. If you have not opened Xodo yet, please open the app and provide the necessary storage permissions.
3. Then download a font of your choice. Xodo will only recognize True Type Font (.ttf) or OpenType Font (.otf) font files.
4. Using a file management app of your choice, place your font files in the internal storage folder /Android/data/com.xodo.pdf.reader/files/Download/Xodo . If the Xodo folder does not exist, create it. Please note that files in this folder will be deleted if you uninstall Xodo.


The internal storage folder may be hidden in the Android File browser so make sure to select "Show internal storage" in the menu as shown below:


4. Then restart Xodo and enable your font in the list of available fonts by following this guide: http://feedback.xodo.com/knowledgebase/articles/826008-controlling-the-list-of-available-fonts .
5. Xodo will use this font for substituting fonts within the document (when the font is not embedded in the PDF) and within free text annotations. To check if Xodo is recognizing your font file, create a free text annotation and change the font of the text annotation to the font you just added. Check out this guide for steps on how to change the font of a text annotation: http://feedback.xodo.com/knowledgebase/articles/826002-changing-the-font-of-a-text-annotation


Please feel free to contact support at support@xodo.com if you are having any troubles.

See Also: 
Changing the font of a text annotation
Controlling the list of available fonts
Creating a text markup annotation

Android

  1. Getting started: Xodo basics
  2. Access documents using the system's file picker
  3. Files opened from external SD card are read-only
  4. Accessing files on an SD card
  5. Accessing Google Drive files with Xodo
  6. Accessing OneDrive files with Xodo
  7. Accessing Dropbox files with Xodo
  8. Syncing files between Android and Windows
  9. Creating a new PDF (blank or from an image)
  10. Creating a PDF from a webpage
  11. Creating a folder
  12. Sorting files
  13. Saving a copy of a file with a new name
  14. Moving a file
  15. Deleting a file
  16. Merging Documents
  17. Exporting pages into a new PDF
  18. Adding a document to favorites
  19. Annotations made in Xodo are gone when PDF is opened in another app (Flatten)
  20. Selecting/Highlighting text with smart snapping
  21. Adding a text annotation
  22. Creating a text markup annotation
  23. Adding an ink annotation
  24. Deleting an annotation
  25. Changing the font of a text annotation
  26. Controlling the list of available fonts
  27. Adding a substitute font to Xodo for Free Text
  28. Adding an image
  29. Selecting camera photo size
  30. Exporting summary of annotations
  31. Signing documents and saving signatures
  32. Defining and translating text
  33. Sharing text with other apps (Eg. offline dictionaries, Google Translate, email)
  34. Using full document text search
  35. Using Stylus as Pen mode
  36. Converting handwriting to text
  37. Enabling continuous annotation mode
  38. Cropping pages
  39. Disabling Turn Page on Tap
  40. Changing view modes (scrolling direction)
  41. Disabling maintain zoom level
  42. Reading Mode (Reflow)
  43. Right-to-Left functionality and features
  44. Keeping the screen on while using Xodo
  45. Rotating pages
  46. Inserting pages (blank, image, another document) in a PDF
  47. Changing page order
  48. Jumping to a page
  49. Deleting pages
  50. Adding a page bookmark
  51. Renaming a page bookmark
  52. Sharing and collaborating on files
  53. Getting the public read-only link for a document
  54. Syncing your Xodo web app bookshelf with the Xodo Android app
  55. Translation Limit
  56. Setting Xodo as the default viewer
  57. Copying and pasting annotations
  58. Filter by file type(s)
  59. Viewing in Night Mode (Dark Mode), Sepia Mode and Custom Color Mode
  60. Saving a permanently cropped copy of a file
  61. Saving a password protected copy of a file
  62. Saving a reduced file size copy of a file
  63. Why do pictures in pdf files look paler?
  64. Changing edit mode for text annotations
  65. Locate the folder containing the current file
  66. Disabling page number indicator
  67. Enabling copy annotated text to note
  68. Convert other format file(jpg, png, docx) to PDF
  69. Log out from Xodo Connect
  70. Sharing documents via other apps
  71. What is my Xodo Version?
  72. Can I open a template and save as?
  73. Disable Auto-select annotation.
  74. Undo/Redo
  75. New PDF from Multiple Documents
  76. I can no longer fill out form fields with date format, why?
  77. Read Text in PDF File (text to speech)
  78. Full screen mode
  79. Delete all annotations in a document
  80. Document files not displayed correctly
  81. Saving a file to SD Card
  82. Viewing the Table of Contents (document outline)
  83. Quick menu buttons cheat sheet
  84. Changing language for read function (text to speech)
  85. Changing speech rate for read function (text to speech)
  86. Help us improve Xodo
  87. Expand/ collapse folder in All Document
  88. Open reading file folder
  89. Link Tool
  90. Changing file preview size
  91. Stylus and Fingers
  92. Keyboard Shortcuts
  93. Duplicating a page
  94. Change style of an annotation (color, thickness, opacity)
  95. Setting an annotation style preset
  96. Adding favorite colors
  97. Annotation color picker
  98. Highlighting anything on a document
  99. Delete/Flatten multiple annotations
  100. Why are my files saved as duplicates instead of rewrite the original PDF?
  101. Creating fillable form fields
  102. Custom rubber stamp
  103. Adding a ruler annotation
  104. Creating sound annotations
  105. Attaching file to another file
  106. Modifying page labels
  107. Viewing separate OCG layers
  108. Measuring distance and area on a document
  109. Take a screenshot of a page
  110. How to disable drawing suggestions
  111. Impact of clear Xodo's app data

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