``` private val typeface = Typeface.create(Typefac...

# getting-started

[ursus]

private val typeface = Typeface.create(Typeface.DEFAULT_BOLD, Typeface.BOLD)

class InitialsDrawable(val context: Context) : Drawable() {
    private val textPaint = Paint().apply {
        isAntiAlias = true
        color = context.getAttr(R.attr.defaultTextColor)
        textSize = context.resources.dpToPixels(11F)
        typeface = @file:typeface <--------------
        textAlign = Paint.Align.CENTER
    }

[Stefan Beyer]

when this code is in the file MyKotlinFile.kt, then you can access the top level val with MyKotlinFileKt.typeface.

[Stefan Beyer]

every file that has more than one class in it gets its own class namend <nameOfTheFile>Kt that has the top level members as static fields

[Stefan Beyer]

but generally, you should avoid shadowing variables if it is possible. in this code above you could do it like this:

private val DEFAULT_TYPE_FACE = Typeface.create(Typeface.DEFAULT_BOLD, Typeface.BOLD)

class InitialsDrawable(val context: Context) : Drawable() {
    private val textPaint = Paint().apply {
        isAntiAlias = true
        color = context.getAttr(R.attr.defaultTextColor)
        textSize = context.resources.dpToPixels(11F)
        typeface = DEFAULT_TYPE_FACE <--------------
        textAlign = Paint.Align.CENTER
    }