diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index d15c31fe..0a6bebcf 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ android {
                             'src/main/res/layouts',
                             'src/main/res'
                     ]
+            assets.srcDirs = ['src/main/assets', 'src/main/assets/']
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/assets/fonts/ptsans.ttf b/app/src/main/assets/fonts/ptsans.ttf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ed0372db
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/src/main/assets/fonts/ptsans.ttf differ
diff --git a/app/src/main/assets/fonts/ptsans_caption.ttf b/app/src/main/assets/fonts/ptsans_caption.ttf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c1249393
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/src/main/assets/fonts/ptsans_caption.ttf differ
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schulcloud/mobile/SchulCloudApplication.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schulcloud/mobile/SchulCloudApplication.java
index 386cfb61..53810399 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schulcloud/mobile/SchulCloudApplication.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schulcloud/mobile/SchulCloudApplication.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import org.schulcloud.mobile.injection.component.ApplicationComponent;
 import org.schulcloud.mobile.injection.component.DaggerApplicationComponent;
 import org.schulcloud.mobile.injection.module.ApplicationModule;
+import org.schulcloud.mobile.util.TypefaceUtil;
 
 import io.fabric.sdk.android.Fabric;
 import timber.log.Timber;
@@ -28,6 +29,9 @@ public void onCreate() {
             Timber.plant(new Timber.DebugTree());
             Fabric.with(this, new Crashlytics());
         }
+
+        // override font
+        TypefaceUtil.overrideFont(getApplicationContext(), "SERIF", "fonts/ptsans.ttf");
     }
 
     public ApplicationComponent getComponent() {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schulcloud/mobile/util/TypefaceUtil.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schulcloud/mobile/util/TypefaceUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c16348b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schulcloud/mobile/util/TypefaceUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package org.schulcloud.mobile.util;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.graphics.Typeface;
+import android.util.Log;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+
+import timber.log.Timber;
+
+public class TypefaceUtil {
+
+    /**
+     * Using reflection to override default typeface
+     * NOTICE: DO NOT FORGET TO SET TYPEFACE FOR APP THEME AS DEFAULT TYPEFACE WHICH WILL BE OVERRIDDEN
+     * @param context to work with assets
+     * @param defaultFontNameToOverride for example "monospace"
+     * @param customFontFileNameInAssets file name of the font from assets
+     */
+    public static void overrideFont(Context context, String defaultFontNameToOverride, String customFontFileNameInAssets) {
+        try {
+            final Typeface customFontTypeface = Typeface.createFromAsset(context.getAssets(), customFontFileNameInAssets);
+
+            final Field defaultFontTypefaceField = Typeface.class.getDeclaredField(defaultFontNameToOverride);
+            defaultFontTypefaceField.setAccessible(true);
+            defaultFontTypefaceField.set(null, customFontTypeface);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            Timber.e("Can not set custom font " + customFontFileNameInAssets + " instead of " + defaultFontNameToOverride);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
index d253293c..87993d46 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
         <item name="colorPrimary">@color/primary</item>
         <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/primary_dark</item>
         <item name="colorAccent">@color/primary_dark</item>
+        <item name="android:typeface">serif</item>
         <item name="drawerArrowStyle">@style/BarStyle</item>
     </style>