title: "RuntimeException: native typeface cannot be made" when loading font
body: <p>I am attempting to use a custom font for a TextView on Android, following the guide <a href="http://www.androidguys.com/2008/08/18/fun-with-fonts/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>. Using the same font, same code, same everything, I get this in adb logcat:</p>
  
  <pre><code>W/dalvikvm(  317): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x4001d800)
  E/AndroidRuntime(  317): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
  E/AndroidRuntime(  317): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity  ComponentInfo{org.evilx.quacklock/org.evilx.quacklock.MainActivity}:             java.lang.RuntimeException: native typeface cannot be made
  E/AndroidRuntime(  317):        at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2663)
  E/AndroidRuntime(  317):        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2679)
  E/AndroidRuntime(  317):        at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2300(ActivityThread.java:125)
  E/AndroidRuntime(  317):        at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2033)
  E/AndroidRuntime(  317):        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
  E/AndroidRuntime(  317):        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
  E/AndroidRuntime(  317):        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4627)
  E/AndroidRuntime(  317):        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
  E/AndroidRuntime(  317):        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
  E/AndroidRuntime(  317):        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:868)
  E/AndroidRuntime(  317):        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:626)
  E/AndroidRuntime(  317):        at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
  E/AndroidRuntime(  317): Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: native typeface cannot be made
  E/AndroidRuntime(  317):        at android.graphics.Typeface.&lt;init&gt;(Typeface.java:147)
  E/AndroidRuntime(  317):        at android.graphics.Typeface.createFromAsset(Typeface.java:121)
  E/AndroidRuntime(  317):        at org.evilx.quacklock.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:24)
  E/AndroidRuntime(  317):        at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1047)
  E/AndroidRuntime(  317):        at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2627)
  E/AndroidRuntime(  317):        ... 11 more
  W/ActivityManager(   59):   Force finishing activity org.evilx.quacklock/.MainActivity
  W/ActivityManager(   59): Activity pause timeout for HistoryRecord{43e80368 org.evilx.quacklock/.MainActivity}
  D/dalvikvm(  247): GC_EXPLICIT freed 711 objects / 53160 bytes in 20922ms
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'm using the font Molot.otf, which was successfully used in one of the blogs. I'm also using predator.ttf, another custom font but in TrueType format.</p>
  
  <p>Relevant code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>public class MainActivity extends Activity {
      // Called when the activity is first created.
      @Override
      public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
          super.onCreate(icicle);
          Typeface tf = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "fonts/Molot.otf");
          TextView tv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.CustomFontText);
          tv.setTypeface(tf);
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and </p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt;
  &lt;LinearLayout
      xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      android:orientation="vertical"
      android:layout_width="fill_parent"
      android:layout_height="fill_parent"&gt;
      &lt;TextView
          android:id="@+id/CustomFontText"
          android:layout_width="wrap_content"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:textSize="30sp"
          android:text="Here is some text."&gt;
      &lt;/TextView&gt;
  &lt;/LinearLayout&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What would be causing this? It worked for the people in the blogs, so why not me? Did something significant change in the API that's preventing me from doing this?</p>