diff --git a/cocos2dx/platform/CCFileUtils.cpp b/cocos2dx/platform/CCFileUtils.cpp
index 9107af53fc..0b5f7c74dd 100644
--- a/cocos2dx/platform/CCFileUtils.cpp
+++ b/cocos2dx/platform/CCFileUtils.cpp
@@ -636,8 +636,8 @@ std::string CCFileUtils::fullPathForFilename(const char* pszFileName)
         }
     }
     
-    CCLOG("cocos2d: fullPathForFilename: No file found at %s. Possible missing file.", pszFileName);
-    
+    //CCLOG("cocos2d: fullPathForFilename: No file found at %s. Possible missing file.", pszFileName);
+
     // The file wasn't found, return the file name passed in.
     return pszFileName;
 }
diff --git a/cocos2dx/platform/android/CCImage.cpp b/cocos2dx/platform/android/CCImage.cpp
index c02d72e419..03955040e2 100644
--- a/cocos2dx/platform/android/CCImage.cpp
+++ b/cocos2dx/platform/android/CCImage.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 #include "platform/CCImageCommon_cpp.h"
 #include "platform/CCPlatformMacros.h"
 #include "platform/CCImage.h"
+#include "platform/CCFileUtils.h"
 #include "jni/JniHelper.h"
 
 #include <android/log.h>
@@ -65,6 +66,17 @@ public:
             return false;
         }
 
+        // Do a full lookup for the font path using CCFileUtils in case the given font name is a relative path to a font file asset,
+        // or the path has been mapped to a different location in the app package:
+        std::string fullPathOrFontName = CCFileUtils::sharedFileUtils()->fullPathForFilename(pFontName);
+
+		// If the path name returned includes the 'assets' dir then that needs to be removed, because the android.content.Context
+		// requires this portion of the path to be omitted for assets inside the app package.
+		if (fullPathOrFontName.find("assets/") == 0)
+		{
+			fullPathOrFontName = fullPathOrFontName.substr(strlen("assets/"));	// Chop out the 'assets/' portion of the path.
+		}
+
         /**create bitmap
          * this method call Cococs2dx.createBitmap()(java code) to create the bitmap, the java code
          * will call Java_org_cocos2dx_lib_Cocos2dxBitmap_nativeInitBitmapDC() to init the width, height
@@ -72,7 +84,7 @@ public:
          * use this approach to decrease the jni call number
         */
         jstring jstrText = methodInfo.env->NewStringUTF(text);
-        jstring jstrFont = methodInfo.env->NewStringUTF(pFontName);
+        jstring jstrFont = methodInfo.env->NewStringUTF(fullPathOrFontName.c_str());
 
         methodInfo.env->CallStaticVoidMethod(methodInfo.classID, methodInfo.methodID, jstrText, 
             jstrFont, (int)fontSize, eAlignMask, nWidth, nHeight);
diff --git a/cocos2dx/platform/android/java/src/org/cocos2dx/lib/Cocos2dxTypefaces.java b/cocos2dx/platform/android/java/src/org/cocos2dx/lib/Cocos2dxTypefaces.java
index 901b38153b..b7495fba90 100644
--- a/cocos2dx/platform/android/java/src/org/cocos2dx/lib/Cocos2dxTypefaces.java
+++ b/cocos2dx/platform/android/java/src/org/cocos2dx/lib/Cocos2dxTypefaces.java
@@ -57,7 +57,15 @@ public class Cocos2dxTypefaces {
 
 	public static synchronized Typeface get(final Context pContext, final String pAssetName) {
 		if (!Cocos2dxTypefaces.sTypefaceCache.containsKey(pAssetName)) {
-			final Typeface typeface = Typeface.createFromAsset(pContext.getAssets(), pAssetName);
+			Typeface typeface = null;
+			if (pAssetName.startsWith("/"))
+			{
+				typeface = Typeface.createFromFile(pAssetName);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				typeface = Typeface.createFromAsset(pContext.getAssets(), pAssetName);
+			}
 			Cocos2dxTypefaces.sTypefaceCache.put(pAssetName, typeface);
 		}