The name of this text editor is confusing. I originally assumed this was based on, or a port of, TED Notepad. Apparently it only uses the similar name but has no relation to the aforementioned Windows freeware.
Ted Text Editor for Android has several advantages. The first thing is simply it is small. The download is only 251.8Kb. Pictures you'll find online are bigger than that. Being small it also starts quickly and runs smoothly.
Up front, Ted is a simple and plain text editor. And by that I mean it only edits plain text files. This doesn't do RTF or DOC files. This is not for code editing, big files and advanced search and replace or other text editor features. What it does do is offer a way to write and takes notes.
Where Ted excels for me is making writing fun by having several themes you can use for your writing environment. Dracula, Matrix, Negative, Sky and a standard editor theme keep it from looking like the same old text editor.
Ted can also use any True Type Font on your Android device*. Unlike other Android editors I have used that show just the font name or the fonts in a folder, Ted shows the fonts exactly as they'll appear in the editor like a font viewer does; so you can select your font by appearance.
*You can just paste fonts into your phone or tablet using the same fonts you have on your desktop or laptop. If you don't have that ability, such as you don't know how to do it or you only use a phone, you can download fonts from free fonts sites online (do a search for free fonts). For a future post I'll put together a collection of fonts you can just download and unzip to put fonts on your phone.
I find Ted to be a fun way to write and it has found a place on my home page.
Ted is for Android 2.2+. Get it on APKPure
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