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copied!<p>I built a custom class that extends TextView and adds a method "setSpacing". The workaround is similar to what @Noah said. The method adds a space between each letter of the String and with <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/SpannedString.html" rel="noreferrer">SpannedString</a> changes the TextScaleX of the spaces, allowing positive and negative spacing.</p> <p>Hope that helps someone ^^</p> <pre><code>/** * Text view that allows changing the letter spacing of the text. * * @author Pedro Barros (pedrobarros.dev at gmail.com) * @since May 7, 2013 */ import android.content.Context; import android.text.Spannable; import android.text.SpannableString; import android.text.style.ScaleXSpan; import android.util.AttributeSet; import android.widget.TextView; public class LetterSpacingTextView extends TextView { private float spacing = Spacing.NORMAL; private CharSequence originalText = ""; public LetterSpacingTextView(Context context) { super(context); } public LetterSpacingTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs){ super(context, attrs); } public LetterSpacingTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle){ super(context, attrs, defStyle); } public float getSpacing() { return this.spacing; } public void setSpacing(float spacing) { this.spacing = spacing; applySpacing(); } @Override public void setText(CharSequence text, BufferType type) { originalText = text; applySpacing(); } @Override public CharSequence getText() { return originalText; } private void applySpacing() { if (this == null || this.originalText == null) return; StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(); for(int i = 0; i < originalText.length(); i++) { builder.append(originalText.charAt(i)); if(i+1 < originalText.length()) { builder.append("\u00A0"); } } SpannableString finalText = new SpannableString(builder.toString()); if(builder.toString().length() > 1) { for(int i = 1; i < builder.toString().length(); i+=2) { finalText.setSpan(new ScaleXSpan((spacing+1)/10), i, i+1, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE); } } super.setText(finalText, BufferType.SPANNABLE); } public class Spacing { public final static float NORMAL = 0; } } </code></pre> <p>Using it:</p> <pre><code>LetterSpacingTextView textView = new LetterSpacingTextView(context); textView.setSpacing(10); //Or any float. To reset to normal, use 0 or LetterSpacingTextView.Spacing.NORMAL textView.setText("My text"); //Add the textView in a layout, for instance: ((LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.myLinearLayout)).addView(textView); </code></pre>

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