Question

In the following code:

Paint tPaint = new Paint(aPaint);
tPaint.setTypeface(typeFace);
aPaint =  new Paint(tPaint);

typeFace is observed set into tPaint but, typeFace does not get copied into aPaint.

Answer 1

This is not exactly an answer but a work around.

I replaced the: aPaint = new Paint(tPaint); with: aPaint = newPaint(tPaint); and created the method:

  public Paint newPaint(Paint fromPaint){
      Typeface tf = fromPaint.getTypeface();
      Paint rPaint = new Paint(fromPaint);
      rPaint.setTypeface(tf);
      return rPaint;
  }

This works.