So we all know that font changers wont work in ics .
after LOTS of digging i found these two pages and they work ok.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630784
then read
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/15077-how-to-make-font-packs-that-work-with-ics-including-bold-and-bold-italic-variants/
except its pain in the ass and sometimes i cant get my own font to work correctly from scratch
and here is a list of all the fonts
http://www.dafont.com/
My dilemma is
1- man its a painful procedure just to preview how they will look on my phone
2-i cant seem to build my own font in italic and bold correctly, i built morpheus which worked on inef deus 1.0 but no bold or italics
can any one guide me and show me where i can make this easier on ics
Update 1: Ok so i think i figured out how to just changed the regular font using any font from font installer aside from changing it completely successfully form the second forum link posted above. The bold and the italic and bold-italic is still the problem
here are my steps :
1- go to font installer
2-in preferences choose the select font option and choose ONLY roboto regular
3-install the font of your liking but DO NOT reboot phone yet
4-go to es explorer and make sure you have root enabled and go to system/fonts
5-choose all the roboto fonts and enable all permission
6-if you have go launcher like me go to preferences and select the regular roboto form system fonts
7-reboot
all the bold , italics will be the system font, every thing else will be your new font.
i used font installer from the market and it worked for me, although certain fonts will cause your phone to bootloop, alot of them do work.
utter failure
Yep font installer = boot loop and nandroid .
I even tried doing the roboto trick from the program its self then went to es explorer and changed permission to full which is essentially what i do manually if i get the font pack my self . still causes the system to hang and battery pull and hboot recovery is warranted.
on this forum someone mentioned only change roboto but ur fonts wont change. Do people no care that font can not be changed in ics ?
I just wanted to add to this, I was having issues with changing fonts as well, hanging up at the boot animation, and I followed the directions from the OP, and surprisingly it worked after, booted up and fonts were changed. But I went a step further and changed all fonts in font changer after I rebooted for the first time and now italic, bold etc were all successful. I have an amaze, but hopefully it might work with other devices as well
unfortunately
That resulted in a boot stuck , not even loop, on rezound. Luckily i Nandroid like a mofo
you change all your permissions for all fonts that you changed? Worked with clockopia too for my default clock.
no go
changed all the permissions , one by one , , still ended up stuck at HTC beats logo as usual .
Is this issue across the board with ICS? Or is it ICS firmware? I am stock rooted, and I want to try clean rom 4.5 but stay on GB firmware. Will it work?
Across
My feeling is that its across ICS. If you do google there are some rants about how font changers causes boot loops on phones with ics and some methods to change it .
I am still waiting on someone to come and tell me " ur a moron , here its how is its done "
jmichaels1982 said:
My feeling is that its across ICS. If you do google there are some rants about how font changers causes boot loops on phones with ics and some methods to change it .
I am still waiting on someone to come and tell me " ur a moron , here its how is its done "
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bummer....as dorky as it sounds, font installer is one of the reasons I rooted lol
how can i get rid of "Opera mini is gathering your font information, please wait" in opera mini after changing a font? please help
When I was in ics I had no problem changing my fonts using Rom toolbox paid version. Not sure if free version can do it. I usually used dustimo font.
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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.
FONT
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.
Hello is there a way to make fonts a little bigger I dont see gmail. Other roms have use bigger font option but this no.
thanks for help
Yeah, I'm wondering too?
you can install font installer from the market if your rooted, not 100% about making bigger though I'll need to double check
Already tried font installer but doesnt work even with rooted rom.
Try to install devtools then set bigger font.
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I dont know how to use devtools but I've tried font chanfer and dpi changer programs with no luck. I'm on .67 Rom with root permissions.
Thanks
Try Big font app from Market.
Solved with big fonts from market, thaks you all for help, now my Xps is quite perfect!!!!
I installed BigFonts but only fonts in apps make bigger. I want to make look bigger the fonts of app names in menu.
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Envoyé depuis mon SEMC
I am facing same issue after replacing a new font in my xperia s and i finally managed to use fontforge to enlarge the fonts in the ttf file.
It sounds clumsy but i find this is the best way to resolve. Hope this gives you another view.
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Use Root Explorer, go to /system/build.prop - open the file build.prop in text editor and you can edit the pixel density of the screen
olaf63 said:
I dont know how to use devtools but I've tried font chanfer and dpi changer programs with no luck. I'm on .67 Rom with root permissions.
Thanks
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The reason is because your rooted /system partition has less than adequate space for the new fonts to copy over. Some preroot images do not resize the partition properly, hence font programs will not be able to copy the fonts to the system properly (even manually). Some even report failure in installing / updating busybox.
I've seen some posts regarding how to change fonts in ICS, and I've tried some tutorials out there that didn’t work on the amaze, so here's what has worked for me, even though some apps say that bootloops will happen on ICS, try the following, after you make a backup
1. Download your ttf file(s), and put it in an accessible folder/location on either internal/external SD.
2. Go to es file, root explorer etc. and go to system/fonts
3. For all four roboto fonts, set permissions to RWX RWX RWX
4. Download font changer from market (green F with 2 gears behind the letter)
5. in font changer, tap the advanced tab, and scroll down to the roboto fonts
6. If you only have the one font, then set each roboto font to that one ttf file. If you have a font with a replacement for each type, bold, italic etc. then replace each one with its respectful font. Just find its location that you set when you installed your font on your SD.
7. Don't reboot when font changer asks you, change all your fonts first, then restart with the power button.
If all went well, your phone will restart and your new font will replace roboto. Now, the only other thing that I would add to this is that when you load a new font and if you restored font changer, I've found that when you open the app and scroll down to roboto in the advanced tab, you'll see that each one has the directory set to your new font, but it still shows roboto. So, what I've done to fix that is you have to go through the whole operation again, but change your directory for your new font. An easy way I do that is if I have my new font in my internal SD, I just put it in my external SD, so I can find it easy, but still change its location, and then just do the same as before just pick your new font in the new directory.
This has always worked for me, so hopefully it'll work for you too
Linking this in the bible thread neowww.
Thank you will try
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The ROG phone 2 supports flipfont, and with zFont you can generate custom fonts from ttf files.
Start by picking your file.
Locate to "Local" and click on the file icon.
Here's the tricky part, select "Samsung"
Only "Kikat and below" and "Lolipop" option will work, as others will not generate flipfont
Install the apk and profit
Imgur with all the steps
This should also work with any other devices that uses flipfont
I've linked my google sans font below for reference.
Hit Thanks if this helped
OMG Thanks dude im searching from past week on how to change the font to google sans thank you very much.
Thanks for the steps, but all I really wanted was Google Sans, which you provided!
Thank you so much!!
Awesome thanks
Work as hell..just install the google sans apk normally. And nothing else to do...great work dev...ty[emoji106]
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Dude thank you so much. I been waiting for Google Sans since this phone launched.
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I'm trying to change, but i'm not find this "Samsung" n when i click at File icon green "Aa, the button just open the menu /storage/emulated/0
Thanks
the attached APK google sans worked..
otherwise flipfont didn't work.
z font will allow install and is able to change in the setting ( system font setting) but no difference what so ever. I guess the fonts have to be converted or something and then one can install flawlessly. Which brings me to my question .. how to make the fonts user ready?
Akashkc said:
the attached APK google sans worked..
otherwise flipfont didn't work.
z font will allow install and is able to change in the setting ( system font setting) but no difference what so ever. I guess the fonts have to be converted or something and then one can install flawlessly. Which brings me to my question .. how to make the fonts user ready?
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What device r u using?? And do ur device support flip font or have font manager??
Naresh Rawat said:
What device r u using?? And do ur device support flip font or have font manager??
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-ROG II 512 version with WW rom...
-Flip font got stuck in the loading screen.
-I downloaded some fonts with the zfonts app and got some fonts installed.
-Font manager I guess would be the one in the Phone settings?
-The downloaded fonts from the zfont show in the phone font setting but there are barely any changes.
I did download the attached Google sans serif APK which directly installed in the phone font setting.
When applied it worked Great.
Akashkc said:
-ROG II 512 version with WW rom...
-Flip font got stuck in the loading screen.
-I downloaded some fonts with the zfonts app and got some fonts installed.
-Font manager I guess would be the one in the Phone settings?
-The downloaded fonts from the zfont show in the phone font setting but there are barely any changes.
I did download the attached Google sans serif APK which directly installed in the phone font setting.
When applied it worked Great.
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I hv ROG 2 128 GB variant with WW Rom
Zfonts worked for me. I will tell u how
1. After downloading the desired font or installing custom ttf font file which u hv downloaded from the elsewhere (from zfont app), select the samsung option while setting.
2. After selecting Samsung option, select "kitkat and below" or lollipop - 5.0 & 5.1.1 (i hv selected kitkat and below)
3. Install the apk after seleting any of the either option and bang?????
Check out ur font manager under display tab. There u will find the font which u hv selected the zfont app.
Also the google sans apk that is provided in this thread works as good as zfont.
Moreover i hv installed XDA POWER FONTS. That gave me soo many fonts to change it every day. lol..
((LUV U ASUS FOR PROVIDING SUCH DECENT FONT MANAGER))
All of these r working as fine as hell.
TY??
do you have yoyo font from LG? thanks
Naresh Rawat said:
I hv ROG 2 128 GB variant with WW Rom
Zfonts worked for me. I will tell u how
1. After downloading the desired font or installing custom ttf font file which u hv downloaded from the elsewhere (from zfont app), select the samsung option while setting.
2. After selecting Samsung option, select "kitkat and below" or lollipop - 5.0 & 5.1.1 (i hv selected kitkat and below)
3. Install the apk after seleting any of the either option and bang
Check out ur font manager under display tab. There u will find the font which u hv selected the zfont app.
Also the google sans apk that is provided in this thread works as good as zfont.
Moreover i hv installed XDA POWER FONTS. That gave me soo many fonts to change it every day. lol..
((LUV U ASUS FOR PROVIDING SUCH DECENT FONT MANAGER))
All of these r working as fine as hell.
TY
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Thanks for the Instructions, I have installed "Armata" font.
Naresh Rawat said:
I hv ROG 2 128 GB variant with WW Rom
Zfonts worked for me. I will tell u how
1. After downloading the desired font or installing custom ttf font file which u hv downloaded from the elsewhere (from zfont app), select the samsung option while setting.
2. After selecting Samsung option, select "kitkat and below" or lollipop - 5.0 & 5.1.1 (i hv selected kitkat and below)
3. Install the apk after seleting any of the either option and bang
Check out ur font manager under display tab. There u will find the font which u hv selected the zfont app.
Also the google sans apk that is provided in this thread works as good as zfont.
Moreover i hv installed XDA POWER FONTS. That gave me soo many fonts to change it every day. lol..
((LUV U ASUS FOR PROVIDING SUCH DECENT FONT MANAGER))
All of these r working as fine as hell.
TY
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Got it. Luv it. Thanks sarr
timescaming said:
The ROG phone 2 supports flipfont, and with zFont you can generate custom fonts from ttf files.
Start by picking your file.
Locate to "Local" and click on the file icon.
Here's the tricky part, select "Samsung"
Only "Kikat and below" and "Lolipop" option will work, as others will not generate flipfont
Install the apk and profit
Imgur with all the steps
This should also work with any other devices that uses flipfont
I've linked my google sans font below for reference.
Hit Thanks if this helped
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Ok ), tnx.
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Unfortunately it is not working on my s21u with android 13. Does anyone has a newer apk? Well I tried to select it and it prompted to uninstall it. May be i have to do it woth Zfont. Is there a wat just to install apk and select it from the font menu on the phone.
ONE UI CUSTOM FONTS
Samsung One UI using zFont 3
GUIDE AND TROUBLESHOOTER
Google Fonts
LAST EDIT ON MAY 14, 2023
1) Download and install the official Samsung Sans system font from the Galaxy Store. This is the non-modified version for creating the initial backup. Once installed, manually change your system font to Samsung Sans from Display > Font Settings.
2) In Samsung Cloud, create a backup of only the settings while your font is set to Samsung Sans. The first two steps only need to be done once for all subsequent custom fonts.
3) Uninstall or update over the old Samsung Sans font with the new custom zFont Samsung Sans font file which contains the font you want to change to. This uses the same package name (com.monotype.android.font.samsungsans) as the official font to trick cloud into thinking it's legit. GOOGLE FONTS has a huge open source selection of fonts that can be downloaded in TTF format.
NOTE: There's also an option to use other fonts in zFont instead of Samsung Sans, but if you choose those, you'll have to create a new backup with the official version of that font selected.
4) Change your system font to "Default".
NOTE: Your custom font should be present within your font list after installation. When updating custom fonts, it might appear as if the correct font is already selected but your new font won't actually become active until you refresh it by unselecting and reselecting the font which requires the Samsung Cloud workaround since you can't select a modified font manually from the font menu or you'll get an error.
5) In Samsung Cloud, select the option to restore. Uncheck all options except "Settings" to restore only the settings that you backed up in step #2. While it's restoring, you'll see the text on the screen update to your target custom font prior to reaching 100% complete if it's successful. Once the restoration is finished, you'll get a dialog popup asking if you want to delete old backups, select the NO response so the backup can be used for future fonts.
6) Verify your font changed from "Default" to Samsung Sans or whatever custom font option you selected. Font settings are usually located in the device's Display settings. Once verified, restart your device.
NOTE: Not all text will be replaced with your updated font until after a system reboot. Verify your font was automatically changed to the new font from Default prior to rebooting. If it failed to update, continue to the troubleshooting steps below to verify system applications.
Subsequent Updates: To update your font while a backup of the device settings is already created (with the correct font file selected per step #2), just update custom font file, change font to default, restore settings, restart device (or just start at step #3). No need to create a new backup unless the original backup is lost.
TROUBLESHOOTING
Samsung Cloud custom font workaround will not work if you debloated your system applications. Samsung Cloud relies on several pre-installed applications to restore all settings back to its former backed up state, especially font since it seems like getting the font to restore is the toughest setting to fix if debloated. I'm not sure 100% exactly which applications affect this, but I've confirmed that it's only Samsung Apps.MUST BE INSTALLED AND ENABLED
Samsung Cloud
Samsung Cloud Platform Services(SCPM)
Samsung Core Services (SCS)
Samsung Account (Logged In)
Galaxy Themes
Galaxy Themes Services
Galaxy Store
Foundation
Noto Serif / Source Sans
CMHProvider
OTHER APPLICATIONS TO CHECK
SamsungOne
ShortcutBNR
KeyCustomizationInfoBNR
Samsung Pass
Calendar
Reminders
Contacts
Phone
Messages
Recommended apps
DiagMonAgent
Samsung Notes
IPService
Smart Switch Agent
com.samsung.android.smartswitchassistant
Secure Folder
Other Apps? Comment Below!
CONCLUSIONNot sure which ones exactly it needs but you don't need to rebloat every single application. I do know it's several of the preloaded Samsung packages. All the applications listed are related to Samsung Cloud one way or another. They must be INSTALLED and ENABLED! If I end up narrowing the list down further, I'll update this list of required applications.
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