Yousef Alhashemi wrote:
> 1. Obviously different builds of android (may) have different bundled
> packages/fonts/etc, but does the "official" android build include an
> Arabic font? What about the emulator?

Android 2.0.1 does not have Arabic support:

http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-2.0.1.html#locs

Given that, and your statement that you're getting rectangles, it would
appear the on-board Droid fonts lack Arabic glyphs.

> Is it possible to add extra
> fonts to the emulator?

Only by creating your own firmware.

> 2. Is it possible to include a custom font with my application that
> all of my TextViews can use?

Yes. You would need to create a Typeface object pointing to your
TrueType font and associate it with your TextViews via setTypeface().

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