I'd like to change the system font to Helvetica Neue Thin. I have the files, but how can i replace the system font on my Hero? Sorry if this is in the wrong place.
check this thread here --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=587897
piece of cake, really. Just pick your fonts carefully, because if they're spaced differently than the stock font, words might get cut off or run together.
There's more to it than jsut swapping fonts though, go download metamorph, that will get you started.
Or try our fontflasher:
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Tahoma font is very ugly
So have you tried to install other, nice font?
i agree. that's why i use
one stroke script font.
will post an screenshot, if not. give it a try.
google the font and use it.
it looks better...at least for me.
Now i am usin Calibri, but it smaller then Tahoma ("Start" for ex.)
Ok I'm just going to throw this out and say I think the Clockopia font is UGLY. i love the deskclock and use this as my alarm, but I would really like to know how to change the font for it. So Has anyone themed this? Or atleast changed the font? I changed the clockopia font in my system but it didnt change this.
I have. You have to pull the DeskClock.apk file and replace the Clockopia.ttf file under the Assets>Fonts folder with the font you want to use and then push the changed .apk back to your phone, making sure its in the Systems>App folder on your phone.
Let me reanimate this thread.
I tried to do this on MIUI Gingerbread. Replaced the clockopia.ttf (which I really think is ugly as hell) with a renamed whatever.ttf
Pushing the recompiled (no compiling errors here) Deskclock.apk back the clock crashes totally when setting an alarm, but works then and sets the alarm.
logcat gives me java.util.formatter + lang.string.format and 3 or 5 other errors.
Having made a custom ROM I really would like to change this font.
NOW ROBOTO FONT!
Now I've included new font straight from Google: ROBOTO. That font is very nice, but it is not exactly designed for older android. It is simply to big. So I made sligthly smaller version and then my little magic condensation. I made my goal in 100%: IT LOOKS AMAZING!!!
Just look at last screenshot.
Kalagas: The best font I have ever used in 2 years I have android devices...
Good work... very good...
It's exactly what it's needed...
Thanks a lot...
You can change font with 'font changer' from android market. Just extract archive to /sdcard/.fontchanger/. Then you must delete DefaultFont.ttf and DefaultFont-Bold.ttf from /system/fonts by yourself.
>>> MANUAL INSTALL
- go to /system/fonts
- Press "Mount R/W" if it is not already writable
- copy segoeThanNarrow.ttf over DroidSans.ttf
- copy segoeThanNarrow-Bold.ttf over DroidSans-Bold.ttf
- DELETE DefaultFont.ttf and DefaultFont-Bold.ttf
- REBOOT
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SEGOE-THAN:
This one is compilation of three different Segoou fonts. My idea was to create font which:
- will look much better and cleaner then DroidSans
- has the same metrics as DroidSans to perfectly fit in every program and HTC Sense (Lock Screen especially). I've done it by copying every metrics from DroidSans and then I fitted font to that metrics. This makes small letters much bigger in the same way as in original DroidSans.
- is slightly bolder then DroidSans
- is slightly narrower then DroidSans to fit more text (this is really nice!)
- looks better then DroidSans
- has every character from UTF-8
UPDATE (20-01-2011): some metrics corrected so g,j, etc are no longer cutted in some programs.
UPDATE (16-03-2011): corrected some more metrics in BOLD, renamed everything in font so it displays correctly in some programs (for example in Firefox).
UPDATE (12-04-2011): corrected sizes of CAPS letters, better accented characters, polished many characters by hand. Corrected fitting text when bold/not bold is mixed. Finally it looks perfect for me! Fits perfectly in every program I checked! New screenshots added!
UPDATE (04-05-2011): version 1.4 - small boxes doesn't appear in some programs and after ... (three dots) anymore.
UPDATE (05-05-2011): small version added. LOOKS GORGEOUS!!! And you got about 20% more text fitted everywhere for free!
UPDATE (11-05-2011): version 1.4.1 - finally there are no small boxes AND no spaces "for" them in any program! One archive for two fonts. Screenshots are now taken with small version.
UPDATE (15-06-2011): version 1.4.1 - one small fix. Doesn't need new version number
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TREBUCHET-THAN:
UPDATE (12-05-2011): version 1.0 - RELEASE. Trebuchet correctly fitted to Android. No small boxes etc. Should be OK. Small version also included.
UPDATE (15-06-2011): version 1.1 - updated metrics to new version and added some corrections.
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CANDARA-THAN:
UPDATE (11-07-2011): version 1.0 - RELEASE. Several changes was made to that font to look and fit great on Android.
UPDATE (12-07-2011): after request I added semibold version (just as my segoe than is). It is included in one archive. I personally like normal version more. I don't know why . EDIT: normal version corrected as it had wrong degree symbol.
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(15-06-2011)
I've added screenshot from fontchanger where you can see all my fonts on one screen.
(11-07-2011)
Added one screenshot taken with CandTHAN set as system font and new screenshot from fontchanger with CandTHAN set as system.
Screenshots below:
First taken with SegoeTHAN SMALL
second taken with Candara THAN
last taken with RobotoTHAN
than33 said:
I want to share with font prepared by me. This is compilation of three different Segoou fonts. My idea was to create font which:
- has the same metrics as DroidSans to perfectly fit in every program and HTC Sense LockScreen. I've done in by copying every metrics from DroidSans and then I fitted font to that metrics. This makes small letters much bigger in the same way as in original DroidSans.
- is slightly bolder then DroidSans
- is slightly narrower then DroidSans to fit more text
- looks better then DroidSans
- has every character from UTF-8
You can change font with 'font changer lite'.
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It looks quite good but... any clue why I keep getting "square" characters at the end of some program's name? Strange...
than33 said:
I want to share with font prepared by me. This is compilation of three different Segoou fonts. My idea was to create font which:
- has the same metrics as DroidSans to perfectly fit in every program and HTC Sense LockScreen. I've done in by copying every metrics from DroidSans and then I fitted font to that metrics. This makes small letters much bigger in the same way as in original DroidSans.
- is slightly bolder then DroidSans
- is slightly narrower then DroidSans to fit more text
- looks better then DroidSans
- has every character from UTF-8
You can change font with 'font changer lite'.
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Lovin' it!
G
maddler said:
It looks quite good but... any clue why I keep getting "square" characters at the end of some program's name? Strange...
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I have no idea. You can check font under Windows. It is completely.
than33 said:
I have no idea. You can check font under Windows. It is completely.
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Well, it looks like the font itself is ok. There has to be somthing wrong with encoding or something else. BTW, I'm experiencing same issue with other fonts too. Who knows...
wmfreak said:
Lovin' it!
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Thanks!
So it sounds like your problems are not font related.
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Small update in first post.
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A silly question (well...I'm new in this ambit): how do I flash these fonts? Cheers
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than33 said:
So it sounds like your problems are not font related.
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Yep, not directly related to the font itself. But I cannot understand what's wrong with (just some) apps' names...
Not sure if that was last font update or having installed cyanogenmod7, but no more "squares"!
sent using both my thumbs on my DHD
Abies78 said:
A silly question (well...I'm new in this ambit): how do I flash these fonts? Cheers
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You don't need to flash. You need to have root and 'font changer lite' from Market. Copy those fonts to /sdcard/.fontchanger and run 'font changer lite', tap on this font and reset.
Thanks! Excellent and easy!
you are welcome!
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Font search
look sample pic
Any Idea whats named the Fontstyle ?
Edit..
Okay i found the font 7th but to big for dhd
Very good work...
I use it my DHD for 2 days now and i like much more that the default fonts...
This is a really nice looking font, thanks for making it. It looks like a lot of time and effort went into it.
Unfortunately apps in the pull down menu use bold text, and this font seems to be wider than stock when bold. So the descriptive text for some apps (JuiceDefender for example) is too wide, and disappears off the right side of the screen.
Edit: Sorry, ignore the above, it was just one mode in Juice Defender, and the same thing happened with stock font.
I've just checked and in fact my font in bold is much narrower then original Droid Sans bold.
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Yes - sorry, I edited the post to say it was just me being stupid!
Loving the font.
The app fontchanger is verry good to change fonts No need to flash.
Here is a Roboto replacement for Clockopia, the font used for the lockscreen clock.
As you may know, simply replacing Clockopia with your favorite font results in placement issues. See this thread on Rootzwiki for more details.
All I did was follow the instructions in the Rootzwiki post and replace each of the Clockopia glyphs with the ones from Roboto. This font now aligns perfectly on the pattern lockscreen.
To install, download and extract "Clockopia-Roboto.zip" below. Then use an app like Font Changer to install the font. You'll find Clockopia in the "Advanced" tab of Font Changer.
Alternatively, just replace /system/fonts/Clockopia.ttf with the attached file.
Added flashable version to my OP here: http://kan.gd/183p
Quick work, thanks. The flash is certainly faster to install, but I like going the TTF + Font Changer route because it is easier to experiment with different clock fonts.
I like to manually do my stuff bbut to each his own. Its quicker to copy and paste old font and move new font and change permissions imo. Thanks for the clocktopia font!
Great find, thanks!
Awesome man! thanks a lot! Now I don't have to settle.
claimui said:
Here is a Roboto replacement for Clockopia, the font used for the lockscreen clock.
As you may know, simply replacing Clockopia with your favorite font results in placement issues. See this thread on Rootzwiki for more details.
All I did was follow the instructions in the Rootzwiki post and replace each of the Clockopia glyphs with the ones from Roboto. This font now aligns perfectly on the pattern lockscreen.
To install, download and extract "Clockopia-Roboto.zip" below. Then use an app like Font Changer to install the font. You'll find Clockopia in the "Advanced" tab of Font Changer.
Alternatively, just replace /system/fonts/Clockopia.ttf with the attached file.
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how can i center the clock ?
I haven't seen anything about this anywhere else yet, so if this is common knowledge just ignore it.
This won't let you change the spacing of the clock or from a 12h to a 24h clock, so you have to create a theme using the format you want first, and then we can change the font from there. I'm not totally sure if you need root for this or not, my phone is rooted and I was using root browser to get to the files.
First, get your theme set up how you'd like it, besides the font that is. The first picture attached is an example of my first font swap theme before I did the swap.
Second, find the two fonts that you want to use and download them.
Next, navigate to sdcard/Android/data/com.omnitel.appcessory.gear.watchstyler.manager/theme/(what you named the theme we're editing)/texts/fonts. See what the font files in this folder are named, and rename the fonts you just downloaded to the corresponding font you want to change. For example, the clock font in the first image is named debussy.ttf, and the one I replaced it with is named varsity.ttf, but i renamed it to debussy.ttf so the app would see the same file name and substitute that font file for the one it originally uses. Same thing for the date font.
Last, move those different font files you want for the clock and date to the fonts folder we were looking at before, replacing the font files that were originally there. They should show up fine now, like they do in the second picture I've attached. Note that your preview in the app will not change, and I haven't messed with trying to get it to update, although I imagine it might update if you delete the PRV_IMG.png in your theme's folder.
If anyone has any questions or wants more pictures I will answer whenever I can, it should be pretty self explanatory though.
tellem24 said:
I haven't seen anything about this anywhere else yet, so if this is common knowledge just ignore it.
This won't let you change the spacing of the clock or from a 12h to a 24h clock, so you have to create a theme using the format you want first, and then we can change the font from there. I'm not totally sure if you need root for this or not, my phone is rooted and I was using root browser to get to the files.
First, get your theme set up how you'd like it, besides the font that is. The first picture attached is an example of my first font swap theme before I did the swap.
Second, find the two fonts that you want to use and download them.
Next, navigate to sdcard/Android/data/com.omnitel.appcessory.gear.watchstyler.manager/theme/(what you named the theme we're editing)/texts/fonts. See what the font files in this folder are named, and rename the fonts you just downloaded to the corresponding font you want to change. For example, the clock font in the first image is named debussy.ttf, and the one I replaced it with is named varsity.ttf, but i renamed it to debussy.ttf so the app would see the same file name and substitute that font file for the one it originally uses. Same thing for the date font.
Last, move those different font files you want for the clock and date to the fonts folder we were looking at before, replacing the font files that were originally there. They should show up fine now, like they do in the second picture I've attached. Note that your preview in the app will not change, and I haven't messed with trying to get it to update, although I imagine it might update if you delete the PRV_IMG.png in your theme's folder.
If anyone has any questions or wants more pictures I will answer whenever I can, it should be pretty self explanatory though.
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thanks for cool stuff......plz can you proved the varsity.ttf
I got it from Dafont . com, they have a lot of other fonts there too. (sorry can't link because I don't have the required posts yet, but you should be able to find it.)