diff --git a/packages/core/platforms/android/widgets-release.aar b/packages/core/platforms/android/widgets-release.aar
index 65b107f6da..60ded93e90 100644
Binary files a/packages/core/platforms/android/widgets-release.aar and b/packages/core/platforms/android/widgets-release.aar differ
diff --git a/packages/ui-mobile-base/android/widgets/src/main/java/org/nativescript/widgets/CustomTypefaceSpan.java b/packages/ui-mobile-base/android/widgets/src/main/java/org/nativescript/widgets/CustomTypefaceSpan.java
index fd0d26583f..072cba7261 100644
--- a/packages/ui-mobile-base/android/widgets/src/main/java/org/nativescript/widgets/CustomTypefaceSpan.java
+++ b/packages/ui-mobile-base/android/widgets/src/main/java/org/nativescript/widgets/CustomTypefaceSpan.java
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@
 
 /**
  * Created by hhristov on 2/27/17.
- * Updated by CatchABus on 1/26/25.
  */
 @SuppressLint("ParcelCreator")
 public class CustomTypefaceSpan extends TypefaceSpan {
+	private final Typeface typeface;
+
 	public CustomTypefaceSpan(Typeface typeface) {
-		super(typeface);
+		super((String)null);
+		this.typeface = typeface;
 	}
 
 	public void updateDrawState(TextPaint ds) {
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ private void applyCustomTypeFace(TextPaint paint) {
 		final Typeface old = paint.getTypeface();
 		final int oldStyle = (old == null) ? 0 : old.getStyle();
 
-		Typeface typeface = this.getTypeface();
+		Typeface typeface = this.typeface;
 		int fake = oldStyle & ~typeface.getStyle();
 		if ((fake & android.graphics.Typeface.BOLD) != 0) {
 			paint.setFakeBoldText(true);
@@ -39,4 +41,4 @@ private void applyCustomTypeFace(TextPaint paint) {
 
 		paint.setTypeface(typeface);
 	}
-}
+}
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