FredJul
Is possible to add free Vazir or Samim font for Persian/Arabic content please?
https://github.com/rastikerdar/vazir-font or https://github.com/rastikerdar/samim-font
@hamedsbt Can you provide some sample feeds that would make use of this font? Thanks.
Thank you for reply,
https://www.zoomit.ir/2020/6/1/359150/end-handshakes-humans-and-robots/
@hamedsbt Thanks for supplying that link. I have a few more questions:
- It looks like the app is able to render the content of that feed (may vary from device to device). Does that feed render on your device?
- Is this a request due to a preference to use a different font in the app?
- Or is this a request because you are unable view the content / it doesn't get rendered properly?
In looking into alternative font support, it looks like it would be a considerable effort. If I were to implement this feature, I would probably look to support alternative fonts via the downloadable font feature. That would require adding support for alternative downloadable fonts and making sure all the TextViews throughout the app have the alternative font applied.
@mitsnosrap Default android's font for Persian text is not comfortable for long time reading so I'd like the app support to change font family as default font. "Is this a request due to a preference to use a different font in the app?" YES!
Some Persian content RSS links: http://techshot.ir/Feed/RSS http://techtalks.ir/feed/ http://barsam.ir/feed/ http://www.panevesht.com/rss.xml http://digi-land.ir/feed/ http://www.digiboy.ir/?feed=rss2 http://www.imarketor.com/feed/ http://toranji.ir/rss/ http://www.gooyait.com/feed https://tech.tavaana.org/fa/rss.xml http://feeds.feedburner.com/seocommunitypersian http://feeds.1pezeshk.com/pezeshk http://www.zoomtech.ir/feed/
@hamedsbt Thanks for the reply! I've seen other issues reported where people would like to switch the font to something else too, so this may be worth the effort.
On my side I would definitively accept such a feature (at least if the code is nice enough)
@FredJul Yeah, before I invested a ton of time into it, I'd probably research it, document my findings and create a PR for you - outlining the approach I'd take. However, I'm not certain I'll tackle this feature.
As you noticed, I recently went through all the open issues. I created a spreadsheet where I tried to categorize them so I could see what are the most requested issues or most reported bugs. Custom fonts as a feature request is in the top 10, but I'm not sure that's what I'll work on. I need to go back and look through my spreadsheet/tickets again.