diff --git a/android/KMAPro/kMAPro/src/main/java/com/tavultesoft/kmapro/WebBrowserActivity.java b/android/KMAPro/kMAPro/src/main/java/com/tavultesoft/kmapro/WebBrowserActivity.java
index 3308caff9a..4c24da2559 100644
--- a/android/KMAPro/kMAPro/src/main/java/com/tavultesoft/kmapro/WebBrowserActivity.java
+++ b/android/KMAPro/kMAPro/src/main/java/com/tavultesoft/kmapro/WebBrowserActivity.java
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (C) 2017 SIL International. All rights reserved.
+/*
+ * Keyman is copyright (C) SIL Global. MIT License.
  */
 
 package com.tavultesoft.kmapro;
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
@@ -386,7 +387,7 @@ public class WebBrowserActivity extends BaseActivity {
     super.onResume();
     if (webView != null) {
       if (didFinishLoading) {
-        String fontFilename = KMManager.getKeyboardTextFontFilename();
+        String fontFilename = getKeyboardTextFontFilenameOnly();
         if (!loadedFont.equals(fontFilename)) {
           webView.reload();
         }
@@ -432,8 +433,19 @@ public class WebBrowserActivity extends BaseActivity {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the filename without path of the display font of the current keyboard.
+   */
+  private String getKeyboardTextFontFilenameOnly() {
+    String fontPath = KMManager.getKeyboardTextFontFilename();
+    if (fontPath == null || fontPath.isEmpty()) {
+      return "";
+    }
+    return new File(fontPath).getName();
+  }
+
   private void loadFont() {
-    String font = KMManager.getKeyboardTextFontFilename();
+    String font = getKeyboardTextFontFilenameOnly();
     if (!font.isEmpty()) {
       loadedFont = font;
       String fontUrl = String.format("%s%s", fontBaseUri, font);
diff --git a/android/KMEA/app/src/main/java/com/keyman/engine/KMKeyboard.java b/android/KMEA/app/src/main/java/com/keyman/engine/KMKeyboard.java
index 541e20edcb..212de6d0a0 100644
--- a/android/KMEA/app/src/main/java/com/keyman/engine/KMKeyboard.java
+++ b/android/KMEA/app/src/main/java/com/keyman/engine/KMKeyboard.java
@@ -84,10 +84,8 @@ final class KMKeyboard extends WebView {
    */
   protected static KMManager.BannerType currentBanner = KMManager.BannerType.HTML;
 
-  private static String txtFont = "";
-  private static String oskFont = null;
-  private static String dataRoot = "";
-  private static String packageRoot = "";
+  private static String txtFontPath = "";
+  private static String oskFontPath = "";
   private final String fontUndefined = "undefined";
   private GestureDetector gestureDetector;
   private static ArrayList<OnKeyboardEventListener> kbEventListeners = null;
@@ -551,7 +549,7 @@ final class KMKeyboard extends WebView {
    * @return String
    */
   public static String textFontFilename() {
-    return txtFont;
+    return txtFontPath;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -559,10 +557,10 @@ final class KMKeyboard extends WebView {
    * @return String
    */
   public static String oskFontFilename() {
-    return oskFont;
+    return oskFontPath;
   }
 
-  // REVIEW: this method seems to be unused
+  // REVIEW: this method seems to be unused and undocumented. Can we remove it?
   /**
    * Return the full path to the special OSK font,
    * which is with all the keyboard assets at the root app_data folder
@@ -648,8 +646,6 @@ final class KMKeyboard extends WebView {
     }
     String kbKey = KMString.format("%s_%s", languageID, keyboardID);
 
-    setPackageRoot(packageID);
-
     // Escape single-quoted names for javascript call
     keyboardName = keyboardName.replaceAll("\'", "\\\\'"); // Double-escaped-backslash b/c regex.
 
@@ -704,16 +700,14 @@ final class KMKeyboard extends WebView {
         KMManager.getLatestKeyboardFileVersion(getContext(), packageID, keyboardID) : null;
     }
 
-    setPackageRoot(packageID);
-
     if(kOskFont == null || kOskFont.isEmpty())
       kOskFont = kFont;
 
-    JSONObject jDisplayFont = makeFontObject(kFont);
-    JSONObject jOskFont = makeFontObject(kOskFont);
+    JSONObject jDisplayFont = makeFontObject(kFont, packageID);
+    JSONObject jOskFont = makeFontObject(kOskFont, packageID);
 
-    txtFont = getFontFilename(jDisplayFont);
-    oskFont = getFontFilename(jOskFont);
+    txtFontPath = getFontFilename(kFont, packageID);
+    oskFontPath = getFontFilename(kOskFont, packageID);
 
     String kbKey = KMString.format("%s_%s", languageID, keyboardID);
 
@@ -810,26 +804,40 @@ final class KMKeyboard extends WebView {
     }
   }
 
-  // Set the base path of the keyboard depending on the package ID
-  private void setPackageRoot(String packageID) {
-    this.dataRoot = WebViewUtils.buildAssetUrl("");
+  /**
+   * Return the root URL for the data folder. Even though this is a local
+   * location this returns a URL with a magic domain so that it can be
+   * loaded with fetch() in the webview.
+   */
+  private String getDataRootUrl() {
+    return WebViewUtils.buildAssetUrl("");
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the root path for the data folder as a file path. This should be
+   * used where the file is not loaded through the webview, but is instead
+   * used by the app directly.
+   */
+  private String getDataRootPath() {
+    return context.getDir("data", Context.MODE_PRIVATE).toString() + File.separator;
+  }
+
+  private String getPackageRootUrl(String packageID) {
     if (packageID.equals(KMManager.KMDefault_UndefinedPackageID)) {
-      this.packageRoot = this.dataRoot + KMManager.KMDefault_UndefinedPackageID + "/";
-    } else {
-      this.packageRoot = this.dataRoot + KMManager.KMDefault_AssetPackages + "/" + packageID + "/";
+      return getDataRootUrl() + KMManager.KMDefault_UndefinedPackageID + "/";
     }
+    return getDataRootUrl() + KMManager.KMDefault_AssetPackages + "/" + packageID + "/";
   }
 
-  private String getDataRoot() {
-    return this.dataRoot;
-  }
-
-  private String getPackageRoot() {
-    return this.packageRoot;
+  private String getPackageRootPath(String packageID) {
+    if (packageID.equals(KMManager.KMDefault_UndefinedPackageID)) {
+      return getDataRootPath() + KMManager.KMDefault_UndefinedPackageID + File.separator;
+    }
+    return getDataRootPath() + KMManager.KMDefault_AssetPackages + File.separator + packageID + File.separator;
   }
 
   private String makeKeyboardUrl(String packageID, String keyboardID, String keyboardVersion) {
-    String keyboardUrl = getPackageRoot();
+    String keyboardUrl = getPackageRootUrl(packageID);
     if (packageID.equals(KMManager.KMDefault_UndefinedPackageID)) {
       keyboardUrl += keyboardID + "-" + keyboardVersion + ".js";
     } else {
@@ -917,42 +925,23 @@ final class KMKeyboard extends WebView {
   }
 
   /**
-   * getFontFilename
-   * Parse a Font JSON object and return the font filename (ending in .ttf or .otf)
-   * @param fontObj JSONObject - Font JSON object
-   * @return String - Filename for the font. If font is invalid, return ""
+   * Return the full path to the font file. If the font is invalid, return empty string.
+   * @param font String - Font filename
+   * @param packageID String - Package ID
+   * @return String - Full path to the font file. If font is invalid, return "".
    */
-  private String getFontFilename(JSONObject fontObj) {
-    String font = "";
-    if (fontObj == null) {
-      return font;
-    }
-    try {
-      JSONArray sourceArray = fontObj.optJSONArray(KMManager.KMKey_FontFiles);
-      if (sourceArray != null) {
-        String fontFile;
-        int length = sourceArray.length();
-        for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-          fontFile = sourceArray.getString(i);
-          if (FileUtils.hasFontExtension(fontFile)) {
-            font = fontFile;
-            break;
-          }
-        }
-      } else {
-        String fontFile = fontObj.optString(KMManager.KMKey_FontFiles);
-        if (fontFile != null) {
-          if (FileUtils.hasFontExtension(fontFile)) {
-            font = fontFile;
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    } catch (JSONException e) {
-      KMLog.LogException(TAG, "", e);
-      font = "";
+  private String getFontFilename(String font, String packageID) {
+    if(font == null || font.equals("")) {
+      return "";
     }
 
-    return font;
+    if (!FileUtils.hasFontExtension(font)) {
+      // QUESTION: do we log this?
+      return "";
+    }
+
+    String fontRoot = KMManager.isDefaultFont(font) ? getDataRootPath() : getPackageRootPath(packageID);
+    return fontRoot + font;
   }
 
   @SuppressLint("InflateParams")
@@ -1061,12 +1050,14 @@ final class KMKeyboard extends WebView {
    * the first file with a font extension which is then prefixed with the
    * path to the fonts.
    *
-   * @param font  A string containing either the font filename or a font JSON
-   *              object as a string
+   * @param font       A string containing either the font filename or a font
+   *                   JSON object as a string
+   * @param packageID  The package ID of the keyboard
+   *
    * @return JSONObject of modified font information with full paths. If font
    *         is invalid, return `null`.
    */
-  private JSONObject makeFontObject(String font) {
+  private JSONObject makeFontObject(String font, String packageID) {
 
     if(font == null || font.equals("")) {
       return null;
@@ -1077,12 +1068,16 @@ final class KMKeyboard extends WebView {
         JSONObject jfont = new JSONObject();
         jfont.put(KMManager.KMKey_FontFamily, font.substring(0, font.length()-4));
         JSONArray jfiles = new JSONArray();
-        String fontRoot = KMManager.isDefaultFont(font) ? getDataRoot() : getPackageRoot();
+        String fontRoot = KMManager.isDefaultFont(font) ? getDataRootUrl() : getPackageRootUrl(packageID);
         jfiles.put(fontRoot + font);
         jfont.put(KMManager.KMKey_FontFiles, jfiles);
         return jfont;
       }
 
+      // REVIEW: Why do we need the complicated code below? Can this still
+      // happen, or can we remove it? (see also getFontFilename)
+      KMLog.LogInfo(TAG, "Got font without font extension: " + font);
+
       JSONObject fontObj = new JSONObject(font);
 
       // Replace "sources" key with "files"
@@ -1094,7 +1089,7 @@ final class KMKeyboard extends WebView {
       Object obj = fontObj.get(KMManager.KMKey_FontFiles);
       if (obj instanceof String) {
         String fontFile = fontObj.getString(KMManager.KMKey_FontFiles);
-        String fontRoot = KMManager.isDefaultFont(fontFile) ? getDataRoot() : getPackageRoot();
+        String fontRoot = KMManager.isDefaultFont(fontFile) ? getDataRootUrl() : getPackageRootUrl(packageID);
         fontObj.put(KMManager.KMKey_FontFiles, fontRoot + obj);
         return fontObj;
       } else if (obj instanceof JSONArray) {
@@ -1103,7 +1098,7 @@ final class KMKeyboard extends WebView {
           for (int i = 0; i < sourceArray.length(); i++) {
             String fontFile = sourceArray.getString(i);
             if (FileUtils.hasFontExtension(fontFile)) {
-              String fontRoot = KMManager.isDefaultFont(fontFile) ? getDataRoot() : getPackageRoot();
+              String fontRoot = KMManager.isDefaultFont(fontFile) ? getDataRootUrl() : getPackageRootUrl(packageID);
               fontObj.put(KMManager.KMKey_FontFiles, fontRoot + fontFile);
               fontObj.remove(KMManager.KMKey_FontSource);
               return fontObj;
diff --git a/android/KMEA/app/src/main/java/com/keyman/engine/KMManager.java b/android/KMEA/app/src/main/java/com/keyman/engine/KMManager.java
index 3ca6f53de0..e46041fddb 100644
--- a/android/KMEA/app/src/main/java/com/keyman/engine/KMManager.java
+++ b/android/KMEA/app/src/main/java/com/keyman/engine/KMManager.java
@@ -1629,6 +1629,16 @@ public final class KMManager {
    */
   public static Typeface getFontTypeface(Context context, String fontFilename) {
     try {
+      if (fontFilename == null || fontFilename.isEmpty()) {
+        return null;
+      }
+      if (fontFilename.startsWith("http://") || fontFilename.startsWith("https://")
+        || fontFilename.startsWith("file://")) {
+        // Font file is not local, so cannot load Typeface
+        KMLog.LogError(TAG, "Font file is not local: " + fontFilename);
+        return null;
+      }
+
       if ((fontFilename != null) && FileUtils.hasFontExtension(fontFilename)) {
         // Ignore .woff files if Android 7.0 / 7.1 (Issue #4896)
         if ((Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.N) &&
diff --git a/android/docs/engine/KMManager/getFontTypeface.md b/android/docs/engine/KMManager/getFontTypeface.md
index 4149d92b36..9dd86928e7 100644
--- a/android/docs/engine/KMManager/getFontTypeface.md
+++ b/android/docs/engine/KMManager/getFontTypeface.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ KMManager.getFontTypeface(Context context, String fontFilename)
 :   The context.
 
 `fontFilename`
-:   The filename of the font.
+:   The filename and full path of the font.
 
 ### Returns
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ if it exists, `null` otherwise.
 ## Description
 
 Use this method to create a new typeface from the font file with
-specified filename if it exists in `assets/fonts/` folder.
+specified filename if it exists.
 
 ## Examples
 
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ specified filename if it exists in `assets/fonts/` folder.
 
 The following script illustrate the use of `getFontTypeface()`:
 
-``` javascript
+``` java
     KMTextView textView = (KMTextView) findViewById(R.id.kmTextView);
-    Typeface fontTypeface = KMManager.getFontTypeface(this, "aava1.ttf");
+    String textFontFilename = KMManager.getKeyboardTextFontFilename();
+    Typeface fontTypeface = KMManager.getFontTypeface(this, textFontFilename);
     textView.setTypeface(fontTypeface);
 ```
 
diff --git a/android/docs/engine/KMManager/getKeyboardOskFontFilename.md b/android/docs/engine/KMManager/getKeyboardOskFontFilename.md
index 8465ea4e8c..7406effb9d 100644
--- a/android/docs/engine/KMManager/getKeyboardOskFontFilename.md
+++ b/android/docs/engine/KMManager/getKeyboardOskFontFilename.md
@@ -5,18 +5,25 @@ title: KMManager.getKeyboardOskFontFilename()
 ## Summary
 
 The **`getKeyboardOskFontFilename()`** method returns the selected
-keyboard's OSK font filename.
+keyboard's OSK font filename and full path.
 
 ## Syntax
 
-``` javascript
+``` java
 KMManager.getKeyboardOskFontFilename()
 ```
 
 ### Returns
 
-Returns the selected keyboard's OSK font filename as `String` if it has
-any, empty string otherwise.
+Returns the selected keyboard's OSK font filename and full path as
+`String` if it has any, empty string otherwise. Note that the
+on-screen keyboard will fallback to the keyboard text font if
+no OSK font is specified.
+
+The OSK font should not be used for a text view, because some
+OSK fonts are appropriate for use only in the on screen keyboard;
+see [`&displayMap`](/developer/language/reference/displaymap) for
+reference.
 
 ## Description
 
@@ -29,8 +36,8 @@ Use this method to get the OSK font filename of the selected keyboard.
 The following script illustrate the use of
 `getKeyboardOskFontFilename()`:
 
-``` javascript
- String oskFontFilename = KMManager.getKeyboardOskFontFilename();
+``` java
+String oskFontFilename = KMManager.getKeyboardOskFontFilename();
 ```
 
 ## See also
diff --git a/android/docs/engine/KMManager/getKeyboardTextFontFilename.md b/android/docs/engine/KMManager/getKeyboardTextFontFilename.md
index 5c381cc23a..f1e26e51a3 100644
--- a/android/docs/engine/KMManager/getKeyboardTextFontFilename.md
+++ b/android/docs/engine/KMManager/getKeyboardTextFontFilename.md
@@ -5,18 +5,18 @@ title: KMManager.getKeyboardTextFontFilename()
 ## Summary
 
 The **`getKeyboardTextFontFilename()`** method returns the selected
-keyboard's text font filename.
+keyboard's text font filename and full path.
 
 ## Syntax
 
-``` javascript
+``` java
 KMManager.getKeyboardTextFontFilename()
 ```
 
 ### Returns
 
-Returns the selected keyboard's text font filename as `String` if it has
-any, empty string otherwise.
+Returns the selected keyboard's text font filename and full path as
+`String` if it has any, empty string otherwise.
 
 ## Description
 
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ Use this method to get the text font filename of the selected keyboard.
 The following script illustrate the use of
 `getKeyboardTextFontFilename()`:
 
-``` javascript
- String textFontFilename = KMManager.getKeyboardTextFontFilename();
+``` java
+String textFontFilename = KMManager.getKeyboardTextFontFilename();
 ```
 
 ## See also