I am trying to change my default font to one that will read a number of diacritical characters not covered by the default Nexus 7 system font. I have read a number of threads that offer advice that seems incomplete and am looking for someone's list of actions that will definitely do this job or that can point me to a definitive guide to doing this.
My tablet is rooted, running 4.2.2. I have been downloading apps and fonts:
ASK keyboard to show these characters,
Font Installer and
Type Fresh,
ASK Pali font file,
DroidSansFallback.ttf and
Dejavu-fonts-ttf-2.33.
I had not looked into /system/fonts before now so I have nothing to compare its present population with, but it contains 41 .ttf files (Roboto, Droid and some others) and I have 21 Dejavu fonts waiting to be moved there!
I understand the default font is 'Roboto', but
what font will do what I want (have all diacritics)?
Will I need to swap between them in the normal course of events, and how?
Or rename some font to replace the default?
Is there a modifiable config file that names the default file?
Thanks for reading this far!
But what happened? Font Installer doesn't work for you?
RoberGalarga said:
But what happened? Font Installer doesn't work for you?
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The bottom line is that all the Droid (and Roboto) files are in /system/font but the (originally missing) diacritic characters are not accessible via the ASK keyboard which show only squares when pressed appropriately.
I have loaded the Droid, Dejavu and Roboto fonts into my Mac and opened them via its Font Book app. When installing 'Roboto', the Font Book reported an error: it was a duplicate of Droid Sans Fallback, so it seems that that is what Font Installer does. Pity this is not made clear.
The required characters are in there, it seems, but are not found by the keyboard. I'll contact the developer thereof now (he groaned).
Thanks for the nudge!
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Hi to all,
my system font (like in the volume tab) is different form the stock ROM. I've searched forum for "system font", and read few of them, but noone mentioned the issue. can I change the system font somehow?
Thns
Search for NueFont
Thx... I didn't know, what am I looking for
Tried looking for Nuefont, but found nothing usefull. Are you sure it is NueFont?
I Have this font only when i'm changing volume...
If you're using a ROM which does not include Manila (or includes a custom version of Manila), you might be missing some font files (encoded in the _manila files). You can simply add the font files back into \Windows\Fonts (and not worry about the _manila files) in order to restore the fonts, but you'll need to know specifically which font the application is trying to use.
For the HTC Diamond-style volume changer and USB2PC connection dialog, the fonts needed are "HelveticaNeue LT 35 Thin" and "HelveticaNeue LT 55 Roman" (again which should be loaded properly if you're using Manila). I've attached them in the zip, so drop them into your \Windows\Fonts folder (no need to change the filenames) and see if that fixes the issue.
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Thanks for help, however it didn't help. I've copied the font in win dir, in win\font dir... nothing happend. I've got advice to look in the registry in HKLM\sofware\MS\fontlink\systemLink, if there is two values... there was just one, so I filled the second one. Didn't helped...
Don know what to do...
nuefont will let you change the system font. you'll find it here http://www.nuerom.com/BlogEngine/page/nueFont.aspx
Thanx a lot.
Just in trouble to handle CJK fonts in PROven-3.1 rom.
DANDANA said:
nuefont will let you change the system font. you'll find it here http://www.nuerom.com/BlogEngine/page/nueFont.aspx
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I am aware that there are other ways to edit the fonts on our phone, by replacing renaming the default font. This is NOT what I would like to accomplish.
Since the Galaxy S is the first android phone to use Flipfont, I think we should take advantage of it. It gives us a nice preview of the font in the built in menu option and is thus superior to the other methods.
I originally purchased the Bauhaus font from the market and made a backup of it through ASTRO. After pulling the file from my phone and putting it on the computer I started editing the file with Apk Manager 4.8 found here
Steps preformed
Copied original apk into place-apk-here-for-modding folder
Run script.bat and choose option 9 ***this maybe where the issue is as I may need to choose option 10 and include the dependancy if there is one for the flipfont apk.
replace bauhaus.ttf with a .ttf font of my choosing
edit all XML, yml and smali files to include the font name or font.ttf depending on the entry in the original file *** I did not change any of the other coding so again this maybe where the problem is, as I may need to change something else to have the font act properly.
Edit the last folder name in the smali folder tree from bauhaus to the name of my font
Replace font with custom font and replace the preview image with my own
Compile apk
Sign apk
Rename apk
install apk on my phone
After putting the apk on my phone and installing the file it shows up as expected in settings>Sound and Display>Font style. The font thumbnail shows up properly as does the font preview. The preview does show up a little larger then the other fonts and may be a sign that the font is not optimized properly or that I missed something in the XML.
After applying the font and restarting, the phone is extremely slow and the font does not show up, it shows the default font instead.
If anyone that knows more about XML or apk editing/creation can help it would be great.
I have included the edited font apk if you would like to download it and run it through Apk Manager 4.8. If you want to try it with the bauhaus or one of the other fonts you will need to buy it from the market and back it up. (trying not to break any rules here.)
CAUTION THE FOLLOWING FILE IS NOT MEANT FOR USE AND WILL CAUSE YOUR PHONE TO RUN SLOW!!!
Download Font APK
here is my contribution to the fonts package. I find these to be usable fonts in the Vibrant Android system.
When you wrote the apk and after installing a font, how it had slowed down the system on you and didn't change the font, well did you try writing a different font into it? i ran into a couple of fonts that said were applied using typefresh, but when the phone rebooted, it was just slow, and had gone back to the default system font.
renegadedj said:
here is my contribution to the fonts package. I find these to be usable fonts in the Vibrant Android system.
When you wrote the apk and after installing a font, how it had slowed down the system on you and didn't change the font, well did you try writing a different font into it? i ran into a couple of fonts that said were applied using typefresh, but when the phone rebooted, it was just slow, and had gone back to the default system font.
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Well I have tried two different fonts so far, both .ttf and they both caused the system to slow down/hang when applied and restarted.
I will try some of the fonts you supplied and see if it makes a difference.
There must be something about certain fonts that causes the problem. I need to see if I can track that down as it will be important for writing the tutorial.
[EDIT][More info] Ok I took a closer look at the font that came with the Bauhaus akp
In the discription of the font it list:
OpenType Layout, Digitally Signed, TrueType Outlines
I know that opentype is a new format and that alot of the fonts for OpenType that I find are made by Monotype, the same people that make the fonts available for download. I think this may have something to do with it or maybe Im just grasping. :ºp
ritalin said:
Well I have tried two different fonts so far, both .ttf and they both caused the system to slow down/hang when applied and restarted.
I will try some of the fonts you supplied and see if it makes a difference.
There must be something about certain fonts that causes the problem. I need to see if I can track that down as it will be important for writing the tutorial.
[EDIT][More info] Ok I took a closer look at the font that came with the Bauhaus akp
In the discription of the font it list:
OpenType Layout, Digitally Signed, TrueType Outlines
I know that opentype is a new format and that alot of the fonts for OpenType that I find are made by Monotype, the same people that make the fonts available for download. I think this may have something to do with it or maybe Im just grasping. :ºp
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well you may be on to something, because TypeFresh does not allow me to see ANY OpenType Fonts (.otf) and only TrueType. :-D
Ok so I was curious and did a little test. I took the bauhaus font from the apk and opened it up in FontCreator 5. I then took on of the fonts that had previously given me an issue and opened it up as well. Then I copied all of the fonts for each key from the problematic one and replaced the fonts in bauhaus with them. I saved the file with a new name and then went through all of the steps to create the APK file.
After the file was installed, I selected it and then rebooted. HAZA, it works. Well it kinda works. The font size is way too big, and its still running slow. I have a feeling that the proformance hit is caused by the size of the font.
I am going to resize all of the letters, numbers and symbols in FontCreater and try again. Will post back with results.
Few steps forward, few steps back.
First off I will say that the font is a little hard to read and too light, but this is just for testing so its not that big a deal right now.
Ok so I got hold of a font that about the same size as the Bauhaus font. After doing everything in the above posts and installing the font, the restart was a LITTLE bit faster. It still seems to choke for about a minute or so after the desktop first appears and the pass based lock screen is sometimes unresponsive on first try. Overall its running much better, but still not perfect.
Also some words see to get clipped off for no reason as you can see in the image attached on the text for the Astro bluetooth icon. Not sure why this is happening.
We have previously discussed about creating custom fonts here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=745345
But this method doesn't seem to provide the method to include a different font file for the bold face.
I've tried including a bold variant of the font in the same folder as the regular one, and changed the XML file too (the one with the same name as the font name).
For example, like this:
<filename>Arial.ttf</filename>
<droidname>DroidSans.ttf</droidname>
and
<filename>Arial-Bold.ttf</filename>
<droidname>DroidSans-Bold.ttf</droidname>
But it turned out that the phone only uses the bold font, while on the preview ("Set Font" options) it shows the regular one. It's strange.
I've found a font pack in the Market (developed by Swiggit Inc) and it looks like they have implemented custom fonts for both normal and bold face correctly.
So... Can anyone help me on this?
Thanks!
I tried installing a new flip font apk on the phone but it is not showing on the list of fonts to change it to. Is there something I am missing to get this to work? Thanks
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I tried installing a new flip font apk on the phone but it is not showing on the list of fonts to change it to. Is there something I am missing to get this to work? Thanks
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Let me clarify:
You installed a font changing .apk, and can't find it in the system settings>display>font type?
If that is the case, it wouldn't show up there because the .apk you installed should be in your app drawer, you would use that app the change your fonts instead of the system menu.
Or you put a font .ttf/.otf in the system/font folder and it doesn't show in the list?
If it is this one, I have a bunch in that folder that don't show up in the list either, it seems it only picks the stock fonts to display.
If you have tried using the font changing .apk to change the font and it isn't working, my guess is because LG lets you choose between multiple fonts it isn't using the default Android system font name (I don't remember the name off the top of my head) but instead using one of the custom font names.
If you want to change it yourself, you could try to replace the font you currently have the settings set to in the system/font folder with one of your choice (rename the stock font with a .bak at the end and rename the new font the same name as the old font, then make sure it is the same font your settings are set to).
All this is just speculation though, LG may have implemented the custom fonts differently, but I know they are in that system/font folder, so I think it could work. This is assuming you are rooted of course.
does anyone have detailed information about showing custom fonts in native font menu
The title says it all. I've been looking for 3 days and I can't figure out how to install a font so the built-in font chooser will recognize it. I have LG Smartworld installed and I can download and use fonts from there through the font chooser. Their selection is pretty limited though. I have also tried out the various apps (Fonter, iFont) and had unsatisfactory results. So which files go where to make this possible?
Edit: So this would seem to be the answer to my question. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3011006
Thanks to @Valsorim for the OP!
I am pretty sure you just place the font TTP file in SYSTEM>FONTS
You need to have access with some type of root file explorer app. Then set permissions to match other reboot and it should show up as an option in the fonts to choose from.
Have a great day! from my LG G3
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I am pretty sure you just place the font TTP file in SYSTEM>FONTS
You need to have access with some type of root file explorer app. Then set permissions to match other reboot and it should show up as an option in the fonts to choose from.
Have a great day! from my LG G3
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I'm a little leary of that. For the fonts that are available in the settings menu, there are two files for each one in System/fonts. One is (Font Name)_Regular.ttf, the other is (Font Name)_Bold.ttf. I don't know if I rename the same file for each or if I should have separate bold and regular files. Another thing is that the files in System/font are big compared the .ttf files I extracted. The extracted files are between 80 and 120kb. The ones in the font picker are 800kb to 1.3mb. Seems like too big a difference. The last thing I noticed is that downloaded fonts from LG World don't show up in that location, only the stock fonts. Haven't found where the downloaded ones go yet.