Hello to all,
Just found this site and I'm really impressed! This is definitely what the internet is all about; the free exchange of ideas and spreading the love worldwide =)
I have a request for the GURUS; I am visually impaired and hate using the clumsy & cumbersome magnification tools available for WM6 (even mobile speak/mobile magnifier are booty at $90/each!).
My plan is to install Touch-it or Open-Touch (how cool is that!!!!) and the other assorted goodies available for my new wing but was wondering if anyone has designed a theme for low vision/easy viewing?
To be honest I would be happy with larger, bolder fonts and easy to read coloration; can anyone recommend a theme or possibly help by making one for me?
All help & suggestions are welcome, and links are great because searching through threads with my vision can be frustrating or near impossible at times.
Thanks to all & keep up the good work
I assume you have already changed the text size from within the system settings. I re,member seeing a thread somewhere on xda-devs (do a search) where you could install and use different fonts. I remember that some of the fonts avaliable where alot clearer, bolder, larger etc.
Sorry I couldnt be more helpful.
I'll check around, the larger setting on the fonts helped a little but I need a bolder font for sure =)
Thanks!
bugsy714 said:
I'll check around, the larger setting on the fonts helped a little but I need a bolder font for sure =)
Thanks!
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found some cabs I downloaded from the thread I found, I still cant remember where the thread was! All the fonts are best viewed with cleartype on.
Right on! Thanks for the help, I had driven myself nuts looking for the right thread =)
So I uploaded the .cab's and ran them, where can I change the font style on my wing? I checked in the settings/system/screen but didn't find any way to toggle them...
bugsy714 said:
Right on! Thanks for the help, I had driven myself nuts looking for the right thread =)
So I uploaded the .cab's and ran them, where can I change the font style on my wing? I checked in the settings/system/screen but didn't find any way to toggle them...
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By installing the cabs you effectively changed the system font to whatever the cab font is. You can only really tell the difference when you enable clear type and change the font size. Sart -> settings -> screen its all in there.
Good deal, now that I installed them one at a time & watched closely I can definitely tell the difference. I'm using Segoe UI and it's way better!!!
Thanks for all of the help =)
Is there anyway to change the font on the phone? I saw that there is an ability to change the font on other windows mobile devices. How about this one. I am an idiot when it comes to all this computer stuff....so if you know and could explain in layman's terms that would be appreciated!
there are fonts called sarcy's fonts. They work well on the imagio. They are posted under tilt 2 themes and apps. Post # 1.
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!
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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.
I screwed up and installed one of those cartoony fonts and it replaced the default font. So even if I pick a new font, this goofy one is still used in many instances. Halp!
Edit: installed jrummy fonts and fixed it
For me it's being able to change the font style. I have also installed more fonts from the playstore, and some of the fonts look pretty cool.