[Q] Font change? - Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys, is it possible to change the tbolt font? With the OG Droid i was able to install a font.zip through rom manager without any issues but I am unsuccessful with the tbolt....
Thanks!

I use an app called Font Changer from the market. Its free, although there is a donate version. Just download the font you want (search "fonts" in the xda search bar and you shouldn't have any problems finding any), unzip it, and move it to the ".fontchanger" folder on your sd card. Then, open the Font Changer app and it should pull up all the fonts that you loaded. I didnt change the names if the fonts were already named, or changed the name for differentiation purposes, but this was merely for personal preference, as when you go into the app the fonts will show up as how they actually look. I moved all 3 files inside each font, but dont know for sure if you need all three. Hope this helps.
BTW, it will ask you to reboot, but always hit reboot later because it locks up when you have the app reboot it.

I use absolute system its like 99cents but does fonts bootanimations and ad blocker. Think it has a few other features but I don't use em.
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I appreciate it!!! Thanks a lot guys!!!

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Don't know if this has been posted before but i thought i'd share my cool find of the week...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=797533
It's a thread on how to change your font on Android.
It's very simple to do, changes all the stock fonts, even things like dolphin browser.
Step 1.. goto market place and download FONT CHANGER LITE, (Free) , you have to be rooted.
Step 2.. Install
Step 3.. Permitt Superuser access
Step 4.. Run the program (it won't find any files)
Step 5.. set up a folder on Sd card called ".fontchanger" (has to have the .)
Step 6.. goto anyfont website that allows free downloading of fonts and download the Zip file
Step 7.. extract the zip to the ".fontchanger folder" making sure that the.ttf file is in that folder
Step 8.. Run Font changer lite.. it will now find your Font (.ttf), it will ask you to accept, then once you have done this the phone will have to reboot for the changes to take effect.
It is so cool.. you now can have ANY font you want as your android font
MY streak is now complete
The program automatically creates .fontchanger in SD card. You dont have to manually create it. Using Sony Sketch. Awesome font.
Thanks for that, but on my install it didn't create the folder.
Been downloading various fonts and experimenting with the look. You can get some crazy fonts lol
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The ATT Captivate has a nice new font
I just cherry picked the new Armani font from the Captivate roms.
place these files in the .fontchanger folder on the sd card and load...
looksanice!
here is a screenshot...looks awesome!
@Krad
how did you change your network icon colors?
I use absolute system root tool.
Lets you change font and boot ani if u want. Works on my streak
The one in the notification bar?
I downloaded framework-res.apk from system/framework
Then dragged and dropped graphics from some captivate roms frameworks via winrar.
Copied back to my phone to overwrite.
The other network icon is a launcherpro activity shortcut to wifi network selection.
My colors are messed up with screenshot app. You get the jist of the font from my screenshot.
Armani font is banging
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yeah i agree looks nice krad...
anyone has the palm pre font for android?
so glad i added that zip to this thread.. My local Dell storage team stopped by because they heard what I had did to my streak they gave me. I upgraded them all to 2.2 today and wanted to load the armani font as well.
Krad said:
I just cherry picked the new Armani font from the Captivate roms.
place these files in the .fontchanger folder on the sd card and load...
looksanice!
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thanks krad..this font is awesome
ramtix said:
thanks krad..this font is awesome
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+1 Many thanks Krad
i was looking for the palm pre font, but the armany font looks so cool i like it!!
Glad I could help. The default streak font wasn't as crisp as this
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Krad said:
Glad I could help. The default streak font wasn't as crisp as this
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Thanks Krad!
I couldn't tell any difference from the screenshot, but on my streak, this font is crisper and a little more spread out than OEM font. My tired old eyes thank you also!!!
After 24 hrs. since installing this new font, I have noticed a complete stoppage of FC's during phone calls. My screen density is set at us180 DJ Steve's 1.6.1.
Labels seem to fit the phone buttons (when on a call) better. May be a coincidence, but it's working for me!
Used this to change the font on DJ's 1.7.0. Using the Armani too. Many thanks
Mate,
You have to update your instructions:
After installing font (in this case armani), must reboot byu pulling out battery.
<Mine, booted, no display...after pulling out battery, al is changed>
Thanks mate,
The font is replaced fine, but I use the reboot later option and then power the phone off/on with the power button. I got stuck when I used the reboot now button.

Larger font??

Has anyone figured out how to use a bigger system font on this phone? I tried the older font zip from the OG but the install fails.
The higher resolution in the 3d is nice, but the tiny system font is a problem for me.
Copy the fonts in using root explorer and change permissions to match the others.
You could raise the dpi, I don't know what it would look like though. I tried changing the font using that same method myself and the phone crashes on boot up. I didn't change the permissions, I didn't think I had to.
Flash the single font file
Those of us that just recently started needed reading glasses can sympathize.
Download Font Changer from the Market. It's pretty idiot proof as it always allows a reinstall of the default system font if you screw things up. Has a great "preview" feature that lets you see just how big the fonts are to install. It doesn't specifically say the 3D is supported but I can confirm it works with a rooted ViperROM. I didn't need to do any of the renaming things either.
Good collection of free fonts from here. Just download them and unzip the .ttf files to the .fontchanger directory on the SD card.:
http://www.fontsquirrel.com/
Experimented with a few different fonts, a couple of the "bigger" fonts would be cut off on the bottom or top depending on what application I was in. I ended up settling with the Luxi-Sans font and am pretty happy with it. Don't need my glasses scrolling through my call directory anymore!
Here's the direct link to the Luxi-Sans font I'm using:
http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/download/Luxi-Sans
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Copy the fonts in using root explorer and change permissions to match the others.
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Thanks for the information guys!
I will try these ideas.
Rydah805, would you describe in more detail how to do the above?
Thanks again.

[Q] How to make font apk to install?

Can someone tell me how I can make an APK so i can install fonts on my SGS2 and select them in the font app the came with the phone?
I do not want zips for flashing as I do not desire to change the system default font, but rather the option to add more choices.
I tried taking a look at some of the other font apks I have downloaded but have not been able to ascertain how they are made so that I can recreate.
I made a couple of own font .apks based on this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=745345
First time will take a while till you finish it and get it to work, but once you get the hang of it, you make own flipfonts like a machinegun
And flipfonts are the ones that appear under Settting - Display - Screen Display - Fontstyle? so I can change them around without the "hack" of overwritting Droid Sans and having to reboot?
Because I have the Fontomizer SP app installed which also comes with a slew of fonts which are installed like any regular app and they show up in "Font Style" and I can swap around without ever having to reboot. And thats what I want to do to with "my own" font APK's as well.
HellcatDroid said:
I made a couple of own font .apks based on this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=745345
First time will take a while till you finish it and get it to work, but once you get the hang of it, you make own flipfonts like a machinegun
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If you could take a moment and look at the thread you linked to I seem to have a spot of problems that I would be happy if you could help me with
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And flipfonts are the ones that appear under Settting - Display - Screen Display - Fontstyle? so I can change them around without the "hack" of overwritting Droid Sans and having to reboot?
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Correctomundo, that's them

Android font installation

Hi I'm sorry if this kind of question has been asked before.
All I wanted to know is what's the technical reason that:
We, users, cannot install font in android without root? Any technical reason or anything at all for this?
AFAIK, you can install font in samsung galaxy phones.(apk ).
Thanks,
Bayint
The technical reason is the simple fact that to change anything in the system folders you need read/write permissions. You get these permissions with root access.
There is no technical reason that applications cannot use different fonts and many do (ereaders, GoSMS, etc.) Google has not defined a font directory on the SD card to standardise user installed fonts to where more apps let you choose your own font.
Most commercial operating systems depend on font metrics to correctly display Widgets (like buttons and text boxes) at a specific size with all the text correctly visible. This is why you cannot change the system font.
Window managers on Linux do not have set metrics that text must fit inside. The text dictates the widget size. This is more flexible but even to the point of unwanted results, like window titles and buttons so large the content of a window is obscured.
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lowandbehold said:
Did you read the question at all? You can change the system font. The question was why do you need root access to change the system font. So you basically give this senseless long drawn out answer why?
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Which part was senseless?
What was senseless was your response.
Q"Why can't I change fonts without root access?"
A"Well you can change fonts but you need root access."
I told him why root was required. You just rephrased his question as an answer.
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Okay Guys, keep it nice and friendly.

Ton of fonts. :)

Looking for fonts for your devices guys? Then you don't need to google more. I already had this link long time back, when i had Wave 525. I used to change fonts and screenlocks a lot. Take a look for fonts, you can find really lot of fonts.
Link : http://www.webpagepublicity.com/free-fonts.html#Free%20Fonts
All will work in mostly all devices, since they need .ttf fonts. You can use apps like iFont or Myfont to switch fonts.
Important : Make sure you download medium size fonts, which can fit in your device. Don't go for really big and crazy fonts. Otherwise you will see some bugs in phone, like while playing video or on a call. Time won't appear fully in them.
So have fun guys, enjoy it. Some of you might already know this site. So don't mind. Just helping others who don't know. xD Thank you.
Great Collection of fonts.
Thanks mate.
Beware you just cant use all of that fonts listed in website to your phone. there is good chance after changing fonts you end up boot loops your phone will stuck at boot animation. if this happen then you can use my font rescue zip to revert bact to default roboto fonts. before applying any fonts please make nandroid backup also download font rescue zip file and store it to SD card so if you encounter any problem you can flash it straight. you can download zip file from this xda link in original post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2071205
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Thank you for adding this mate. He is right guys, make sure you use simple fonts. Not so fancy and big. All are not for phones. Take a look at fonts, you will find some good one. I used many in my old Wave 525. In my canvas HD they work fine too. But only simple one.
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