Per App DPI, Per App Settings, Per App Color.. Time for something NEW!
PerAppFonts
(Apply custom fonts on a Per-App Basis)
This module allows you to use your own custom fonts not only without flashing a zip, but also have individual fonts for each individual app. However, due to Android's system permission, there is a catch. Changing fonts for apps will work WITHOUT a reboot, BUT a reboot is needed to LOAD the fonts.. (See important point below)
There are 8 options you can choose from even though you have no fonts. They are bundled in the app.
System Default (aka. Turn off changing fonts), default system Monospace, default system Serif, default system Sans, Roboto Condensed (from kitkat), Storopia (Gingerbread's lockscreen clock font), Rosemary (from Galaxy S3 flipfonts), and Roboto Slab (from Google Keep). More fonts can be added by placing it on your internal/external SDcard and choosing the folder in the preferences
Requirements:
1) Have Xposed Framework installed.
First Install Instructions:
1) Have Xposed Framework installed
2) Install & Enable PerAppFonts in Xposed Installer
3) Download Fonts on your internal/external SD card(if you haven't already)
4) Go to Preferences from the main screen of PerAppFonts
5) Choose the Font Folder
6) Reboot.
7) Start customizing!!
IMPORTANT:
• If you change an App Font, NO reboot is needed, just kill the app and launch,
• If you change your Font Folder, a reboot is required.,
• If you add fonts to your font folder, a reboot is required.
• If you eject your SD-card, the loaded fonts will continue to be usable and changeable until reboot.
• It's recommended you do not store more than 500 fonts on your font folder if you have a single core phone.
(Don't make the same mistake I did. Lag hurts) (**** you READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission)
Screenshots in DevDB Tab right at the top
Great Thanks to:
• rovo89 for Xposed Framework
• Tungstwenty & rovo89 for their open source App Settings.
• Paranoid Android for the App List from HALO)))
• GriffinSauce for the icon
• Dzakus for code contribution
• and many more..
XDA:DevDB Information
PerAppFonts, a App for the No Device
Contributors
zst123
Version Information
Status: Beta
Current Beta Version: v0.3.2
Beta Release Date: 2014-01-04
Created 2013-11-23
Last Updated 2014-01-04
Download from Xposed Repo
If you want fonts, I can recommend you this thread.
Bugs:
ActionBar will not have your applied font unless you enable force fonts.
Changelog:
Version 0.3.2 (04 January 2013 / 1710 / GMT+8)
• Previous APK was corrupted. This should work.
Version 0.3 (04 January 2013 / 1345 / GMT+8)
• Add Russian Translation (By Teinharm from 4pda.ru)
• Hardcode the starting folder to be /sdcard/
(Prevents users from choosing /storage/emulated/0/ which is linked to
the sdcard but is not a symbolic link. Therefore, it will "not exist"
when booting up the system.)
• Show Warning if Emulated path is selected
Older Changelogs:
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Version 0.2 (15 December 2013 / 0100 / GMT+8)
• New App Icon (by GriffinSauce)
• Reimplemented App List (by Dzakus)
• Reimplemented Font Loading (by Dzakus)
• Highlight Fonts that didn't load properly in Red (aka Incompatible Fonts)
• Optimizations for the Font Loader (May Fix External Fonts not loading)
• Optimizations for Settings Activity (May Fix Some FC's)
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Version 0.1.2 (28 November 2013 / 0100 / GMT+8)
• Fix Font Folder Force Closing on ICS Devices.
• Fix Font not showing if it uses (caps) .TTF instead of (small) .ttf
Version 0.1.1 (23 November 2013 / 1700 / GMT+8)
• Fix Exception if font folder is non-existent.
Version 0.1 (23 November 2013 / 1240 / GMT+8)
• First Version Released
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For Developers
PerAppFonts is open-source. The source is found on my GitHub.
If you would like to help in the development, you may leave bug reports and development tips in this thread or (better still) fork and send pull requests.
PerAppFonts might be compatible with Gingerbread in the future. All that is needed is to change the ActionBar related stuff to Menu and TitleBar. (If anyone wants to do this, Great! Less work for me.)
If you want to integrate anything in my module into your own ROM, no need to ask for permission, just mention me so I can keep track.
nice
Amazing Mod idea
But when I enabled it in xposed
i went to choose font family it force close !
vip57 said:
Amazing Mod idea
But when I enabled it in xposed
i went to choose font family it force close !
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Oh.. Sorry.. A Minor Bug if the folder is non-existing.. Updated the app to v0.1.1 . Also, since the folder is not existing, I guess you forgot to select your font folder.
Another amazing work bud. Even if you say you're not amazing, you're indeed:laugh:
Thank you so much for your Xposed Mods, @zst123!
They are all so awesome! This one also works great on my Galaxy S3!
Great work
In my case , I created a folder for custom fonts . but the fonts were not applied any where.
Rest every thing is fine. Thanks for this unique app.
Request to add some more fonts as all the included fonts are almosts lookwise similar.
droidsman said:
In my case , I created a folder for custom fonts . but the fonts were not applied any where.
Rest every thing is fine. Thanks for this unique app.
Request to add some more fonts as all the included fonts are almosts lookwise similar.
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Did you restart after putting the fonts? Also, remember to kill the app before launching.. It is easy to miss that out..
i was looking for this
great man
zst123 said:
Did you restart after putting the fonts? Also, remember to kill the app before launching.. It is easy to miss that out..
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Before I got the concept of killing the apps I was rebooting the phone every time to apply the fonts.
BTW I am happy with current version. Thanks
thanks... very great module... :good:
thanks working flawlessly
thanks so much. its a very useful app
Custom fonts not applying...
I downloaded the fonts in fonts folder in internal sd card and all the fonts are showing in the app after rebooting but when I tried to apply the custom fonts on any app, it doesn't work.
Please, help..
vaibhav011286 said:
I downloaded the fonts in fonts folder in internal sd card and all the fonts are showing in the app after rebooting but when I tried to apply the custom fonts on any app, it doesn't work.
Please, help..
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Did you click on the "X" button beside the launch button to kill the app? Also, some fonts are not compatible with Android but the system will not show an error, but just show the original font (Roboto).
asfandyarali2 said:
thanks so much. its a very useful app
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1) Please do not quote the OP.
2) Please do not say "its a very useful app". Please post if you have suggestions, bug reports or tips for users. Click the Thanks button if you want to say thanks
What a beautiful Xposed module! I'm running MOAR 6.1 with Aviate launcher and have the launcher text and pulldown (system UI) using 2 different fonts and that is what I call kool! Thank you so much for this.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk
it force closes when i add custom fonts
eyesore123 said:
it force closes when i add custom fonts
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May I have a logcat? Does it happen when there's a single font in the folder? or happens after a few fonts were added. What I can think of now is either the fonts are too large to handle (Very complex fonts) or you placed too many fonts (probably a few thousand to even force close like that).
zst123 said:
May I have a logcat? Does it happen when there's a single font in the folder? or happens after a few fonts were added. What I can think of now is either the fonts are too large to handle (Very complex fonts) or you placed too many fonts (probably a few thousand to even force close like that).
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no, it force closes even with a single font, and so with few fonts..
how can i get a logcat for this? (sorrry im a noob :laugh: )
eyesore123 said:
no, it force closes even with a single font, and so with few fonts..
how can i get a logcat for this? (sorrry im a noob :laugh: )
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726238
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I am not responsible for your device.
You must be rooted.
So far as I'm aware, the Google Sans font is new for the 8.1.0 preview, or at least it being used for the colon in the lockscreen is new.
Due to this, the old lockscreen-clock font fix didn't work.
So, I've made my own flashable font zips with the fix applied.
Change Log:
3/21/18
- Added Nunito font
3/16/18
- Added Open Sans font
- Added Fira Sans font
3/11/18
- Added Roboto-Light font
2/28/18
- Added Bariol font
- Added San Francisco font
2/23/18
- Added Atma font
- Added Storopia font
- Added Averia Sans Libre font
- Added Averia Serif Libre
- Added Lemonada
- Added Lobster Two
- Added Overlock
2/21/18
- Added Slate Pro font
- Added Raleway font
2/17/18
- Added fix for lock-screen clock issue on custom ROMs
2/13/18
- Added Alegreya Sans font
2/12/18
- Added Sofia Pro font
1/21/18
- Added "Gotham" font
- Added "China Cat" fixed for Pixel 2/XL font
- Added "Advent Pro" font
- Added "Arima Madurai" font
- Added "Arsenal" font
- Added "Dosis" font
- Added "Expletus Sans" font
1/19/18
- Added "Tahoma" font
1/6/18
- Added "Tinos" font
1/8/18
- Added "Google Sans" font
1/4/18
- Added "Evolventa" font
- Updated "HelveticaNeuev2_Pixel2XL_8.1.0" zip with fixed version
12/10/17
- Added "Ubuntu Taller" font
- Added "Merriweather" font
12/5/17
- Added "Custom Unrivalled" font
What are probably going to be frequently asked questions:
Q: Will this work on 8.0, 7.1.1, or 7.1.2?
A: So far as I can tell, the GoogleSans font is new for 8.1.0, so the zip will probably work, but the lockscreen clock will probably have the square issue. I would have a full backup of all your stock font files before you try it, if I were you.
Q: Will this work on my device (that's not a Pixel 2 or 2 XL)
A: So far as I can tell, the GoogleSans font is new for 8.1.0, so the zip will probably work, but the lockscreen clock will probably have the square issue. I would have a full backup of all your stock font files before you try it, if I were you.
Q: Do I take request? Can you please make xxxx font work?
A: Yes, but you will need to do some work as well, and you will have to be patient. I will work on them as time allows.
Here's what I will need from you:
The font files you want zipped up and posted in this thread. (I'm not going to go searching)
The font files you upload MUST have at least the follow types of files/weights, otherwise I WILL NOT BOTHER WITH IT:
Bold
Bold Italic
Regular or Medium
Regular Italic or Medium Italic (not absolutely necessary, but preferred)
If you want your font to really look good everywhere, then you should look for fonts that come with the following weights as well:
Thin or Light
Thin Italic or Light Italic
Condensed-regular or condensed-medium. The more condensed versions the better (eg - condensed-bold, condensed-italic, condensed-light, etc.)
Custom ROM and Android P Font Fixes
-Custom ROMs for the Pixel 2/XL apparently don't use the GoogleSans-Regular font for the lock screen clock; hence, the fix that has been applied to all of these fonts does not work on custom ROMs.
-As far as Android P, Google decided to use some of their GoogleSans-xxxx files in places that they didn't in Oreo. Because they weren't used in previous versions Android (at least as far as anyone was able to tell), they were never thought of as needing to be replaced in custom font zips, and so there are a few spots in Android P where the custom font does not get set properly.
Don't worry, though. I've got you covered.
- If the zip you're going to flash says something along the lines of "FixedForStockAndCustomROMS," then it's already been fixed and it will work on a custom ROM.
- If the title of the zip you're going to flash says anything about "Android P" in it, then it's already been fixed and should work without any issues on Android P.
Otherwise if the zip title makes no mention of custom ROMs or Android P, you'll need to use this fix.
AFTER you flash one of these font zips, flash the Pixel2XL_FontFixFor-CustomROMs+Android-P zip from this post: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75605109&postcount=373.
That will fix your lock-screen clock issue when on custom ROMs or Android P.
So far, it's been verified as working on Nitrogen, Dirty Unicorn, Resurrection Remix and Android P. If you've tried it successfully on other ROMs, please let us know.
Available fonts so far:
*All fonts have fully functioning lockscreen fonts, meaning there is no need to apply a fix because I've already done that.
Ubuntu - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74660773&postcount=14
Walkaway - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74660793&postcount=15
SonySketch - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74660698&postcount=13
Bellota 1.9 - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74662699&postcount=19
Comfortaa - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74673323&postcount=30
Rosemary - link, info, and screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74683775&postcount=39
Oswald - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74685035&postcount=41
HelveticaNeueLSTStdUltraLight - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74685244&postcount=43
HelveticaNeuev2 - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74685358&postcount=44
Custom Unrivalled - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74748954&postcount=78
Ubuntu Taller - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74803089&postcount=100
Merriweather - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74805195&postcount=106
Evolventa - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75081193&postcount=182
Google Sans - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75119650&postcount=199
Tinos - license information, original unaltered font zip, and screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75131198&postcount=205
Tahoma - info and screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75264476&postcount=262
Gotham - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75283655&postcount=267
Chinacat - info and screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75283946&postcount=268
Advent Pro - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75288937&postcount=281
Arima Madurai - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75288966&postcount=282 See Post # 3 for zip
Arsenal - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75288969&postcount=283 See Post # 3 for zip
Dosis - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75288976&postcount=284 See Post # 3 for zip
Expletus Sans - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75288988&postcount=285 See Post # 3 for zip
Sofia Pro - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75546576&postcount=313 See Post # 3 for zip
Alegreya Sans - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75556402&postcount=315 See Post # 3 for zip
Raleway - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75651095&postcount=400 See Post # 3 for zip
Slate Pro - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75651235&postcount=401 See Post # 3 for zip
Storopia - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75672205&postcount=405 See Post # 3 for zip
Atma - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75672212&postcount=406 See Post # 3 for zip
Averia Sans Libre - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75672228&postcount=407 See Post # 3 for zip
Averia Serif Libre - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75674331&postcount=408 See Post # 3 for zip
Lemonada - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75674340&postcount=409 See Post # 3 for zip
Lobster Two - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75674346&postcount=410 See Post # 3 for zip
Overlock - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75674354&postcount=411 See Post # 3 for zip
San Francisco - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75729584&postcount=424 See Post # 3 for zip
Bariol - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75729569&postcount=423 See Post # 3 for zip
Roboto-Light - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75856645&postcount=453 See Post # 3 for zip
Open Sans - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75878800&postcount=480 See Post # 3 for zip
Fira Sans - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75916664&postcount=494 See Post # 2 for zip
Nunito - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75972277&postcount=510 See Post # 2 for zip
Amarante - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=76005243&postcount=555 See Post # 2 for zip
Ropa Sans - screenshots and information here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=76089735&postcount=588 See Post # 2 for zip
Playfair - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=76089708&postcount=587 See Post # 2 for zip
Barlow Condensed - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=76115431&postcount=598 See Post # 2 for zip
Barlow Condensed EXTRA BOLD - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=76115446&postcount=599 See Post # 2 for zip
Cyclo - screenshots and information here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=76179469&postcount=604 See Post # 2 for zip
Tillium Web - screenshots here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=76329859&postcount=645 See Post # 2 for zip
User submitted font zips. Thank you guys!
OnePlus font courtesy of @zupastef: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75149094&postcount=209
Proxima Nova, San Fransisco, and Inter UI fonts courtesy of @aj.pai.r: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75242775&postcount=244
Samsung Sans font courtesy of @Amjad.AbdulGhani: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75306414&postcount=292
Flash via TWRP. A Pixel 2 XL 8.1.0 stock-font flashable zip is also attached, in case you want to revert back.
How to Make Your Own Flashable Font Zips
Picking the Right Font
Notice the image below.
The screenshots are of the following:
Quick Settings
XDA Labs
The Project Fi App
My app drawer
In just these four snippets we have six different font weights. A font weight typically refers to the thickness or thinness of a font, as well as styles like italic.
In the first post, I mentioned that I will only put together files with a certain amount of font-weight files. This is because, as you can see from the image, they are necessary.
Now, you could Google your favorite font, and find it in only one weight -- regular. Then you could apply that regular weight font to the twenty different types of font files that are found natively in /system/fonts so that all of your font files are now replaced by that one font weight file you found.
What you'll have then is a mess, in my opinion. Apps layouts are designed with certain font weights in mind. Aside from that, they are also used to draw the users attention to certain things. Important things are usually bold. Headers are usually bold. Italics can emphasize a point in a different way. Some things, like the app drawer, for example, used a condensed font so that as many letters as possible can be used in the relatively small space allotted for icon text. As you can see in my image, even though I've used an Ubuntu condensed font for the app drawer, there still isn't enough room. Imagine if I used a non-condensed font. I might only get half of what I'm getting now.
My point is this: You should really try to find a font that has as many weights as possible.
Below is a list of all the native fonts in /system/fonts:
Roboto-Black.ttf
Roboto-BlackItalic.ttf
Roboto-Bold.ttf
Roboto-BoldItalic.ttf
Roboto-Italic.ttf
Roboto-Light.ttf
Roboto-LightItalic.ttf
Roboto-Medium.ttf
Roboto-MediumItalic.ttf
Roboto-Regular.ttf
Roboto-Thin.ttf
Roboto-ThinItalic.ttf
RobotoCondensed-Bold.ttf
RobotoCondensed-BoldItalic.ttf
RobotoCondensed-Italic.ttf
RobotoCondensed-Light.ttf
RobotoCondensed-LightItalic.ttf
RobotoCondensed-Medium.ttf
RobotoCondensed-MediumItalic.ttf
RobotoCondensed-Regular.ttf
Well, that's not entirely accurate. Those files listed are the important ones. Replacing those files will, for the most part, replace everything that you'll see.
Notice that there are twenty different font weights available for the Roboto font. This is the ideal situation.
I'll go ahead and say that you're not likely to find a font that you really like that comes with even half that many weights.
Hence, in the first post I said to have at least these weights in any fonts that you want me to make: bold, bold italic, regular or medium, regular italic or medium italic. In my opinion, those weights should be the absolute least amount that you settle for. And, I'll say it again, even finding a font with just that many weights is difficult.
So, let's say you've found a font that has at least the weights that I recommend. Continue on to the next section.
Replacing the Stock Font Files with Your Own
For our example, we'll use the SonySketch font that someone requested I make.
Below are the font files that were the zip I was given:
SonySketch-Bold
SonySketch-BoldItalic
SonySketch-Italic
SonySketch-Regular
Now technically, that's a little short of what I asked for; however, "Italic" can be taken to simply mean regular italic or medium italic, so it works.
Next, we have to figure out how to turn those four font files into the twenty stock files.
Basically, we'll just copy the SonySketch files, then rename the copies to match stock fonts.
So, lets start with the bold.
I know from double clicking the font files on my PC and then viewing the font that, the "Black" font/weight is a bold or bold-ish weight. So, we'll use the SonySketch-Bold for the Roboto-Black file, Roboto-Bold, and RobotoCondensed-Bold.
I'll copy the SonySketch file and rename that copy to Roboto-Black. Now we have a Roboto-Black file that is actually the SonySketch-Bold font.
I'll repeat that step two more times for the other Roboto bold font weight files.
I'll use the SonySketch-BoldItalic for Roboto-BlackItalic, Roboto-BoldItalic, and RobotoCondensed-BoldItalic (since the SonySketch didn't come with a condensed weight).
In the end, this is what we did:
SonySketch-Bold --> Roboto-Black
SonySketch-Bold --> Roboto-Bold
SonySketch-Bold --> RobotoCondensed-Bold
SonySketch-BoldItalic --> Roboto-BlackItalic
SonySketch-BoldItalic --> Roboto-BoldItalic
SonySketch-BoldItalic --> RobotoCondensed-BoldItalic
Now, let's look at the SonySketchRegular.
Since SonySketch didn't come with thin, light, or medium weights, we'll have to use regular for those weights as well.
Following the same copying and renaming scheme from above, we'll do this with the SonySketch-Regular file:
SonySketch-Regular --> RobotoCondensed-Light
SonySketch-Regular --> RobotoCondensed-Medium
SonySketch-Regular --> RobotoCondensed-Regular
SonySketch-Regular --> Roboto-Light
SonySketch-Regular --> Roboto-Medium
SonySketch-Regular --> Roboto-Regular
SonySketch-Regular --> Roboto-Thin
We're almost there.
We have one more SonySketch file to deal with -- SonySketch-Italic.
Again, since we dont have thin-italic, light-italic, or medium-italic weights, we'll have to use the one SonySketch-Italic file for all of those.
Following the same copying and renaming scheme from above, we'll do this with the SonySketch-Italic file:
SonySketch-Italic --> RobotoCondensed-Italic
SonySketch-Italic --> RobotoCondensed-LightItalic
SonySketch-Italic --> RobotoCondensed-MediumItalic
SonySketch-Italic --> Roboto-Italic
SonySketch-Italic --> Roboto-LightItalic
SonySketch-Italic --> Roboto-MediumItalic
SonySketch-Italic --> Roboto-ThinItalic
That's it! We're done copying and renaming files. Now you should have all twenty stock font files replaced with your own font files.
The last things we need to do is to do the same thing with the GoogleSans-Regular.ttf file. This file is new to Android 8.0, I believe, and it is the file responsible for the clock font.
Since it's a regular font file, just make yet another copy of the SonySketch-Regular file and rename it to GoogleSans-Regular.
We're mostly done. All that's left is that we've got to fix the GoogleSans-Regular file you just made so that you don't get the square character instead of the colon in your lockscreen font.
Keep reading to learn how to do that.
Fixing the Lockscreen Clock Square Issue
Many thanks to @AndroPlus for telling me where to look to fix this file.
Tools Required:
FontForge - https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/ (it's free)
1. Run the FontForge application as administrator (this will allow you to save it to your C: drive, if you want to)
2. You only have a limited number of places to choose when you choose to open a file:
C:/
Anywhere in your user folder
The "Documents" folder
Anywhere in the "Users" folder
I work from a secondary drive called F:/Data that FontForge can't get to for some reason. So, I had to move the file I was working with to one of those locations. Just keep that in mind.
3. Find your font file, leave everything as is and click "OK" to open your font file.
4. Once the file is open, you'll notice a bunch of squares. Some will have letters, numbers, characters, or symbols in them, and some will be empty.
Each one of those squares is called a glyph.
5. Find the glyph with the colon in it. It will usually be near the top mixed in with other symbols like the coma, exclamation point, etc.
6. Once you find the colon glyph, double click on it to open it up in a separate window.
7. Next we need to find the uniEE01 glyph.
This is the glyph that the lockscreen clock font looks to to grab the colon. It's a Google specialized character. Hence, most other fonts won't have it, which is why we get the "character not found" square instead of a colon.8. The uniEE01 glyph is usually located nearly at the bottom of the file, although I've seen some files where it's in the middle of the file. Be patient and take your time scrolling.
A word of advice... Keep the FontForge window as small as possible. The more glyphs you can see the slower the window will respond. If you have the FontForge window maximized to the size of your monitor so that you can see a hundred or so glyphs at once, it will be a pain staking effort to scroll to the bottom of the window.9. Once you've found the glyph labed EE01, double click on it to open it up.
10. In your secondary window, you should now have two tabs. One will be labeled as "Colon," and the other will be labeled as uniEE01.
11. In the secondary window, ensure that the colon tab is in the foreground.
12. With the colon tab in the foreground, go to Edit from the top taskbar, then choose "Copy" from the menu.
13. Then switch to the uniEE01 tab, ensuring that the uniEE01 tab is now in the foreground.
14. With the uniEE01 tab in the foreground, go to Edit from the top taskbar, then choose "Paste."
15. Ensure that the uniEE01 tab now shows a colon.
16. Close the secondary window. There is no need to save anything form that secondary window. We will save the main file in a minute.
17. Back in the main window, ensure that the EE01 glyph now contains a colon.
18. Assuming that the ee01 glyph now contains a colon, it's time to save the file.
19. Go to File in the top taskbar.
20. From the File menu, choose "Generate Fonts..."
21. In the "Generate Fonts" dialog box:
Ensure that NO checkboxes are checked. They are not necessary for our purposes.
Ensure that the file type is set to TrueType
Choose where you want to save the file to
Set the name of the file
22. Click the "Generate" button.
23. You may receive a message that says:
24. Ignore this message, by just clicking "Yes."
25. If you had already renamed your font file to GoogleSans-Regular before you opened it, and you're naming your edited file the same thing, you will of course get a prompt telling you that the file already exists, and asking you if you want to replace it.
26. Assuming that you do want to replace the file with your newly edited file, click "Replace."
27. You're finished! You have successfully patched or fixed your font file so that you won't get the lockscreen clock square instead of a colon.
28. Add your newly edited GoogleSans-Regular file to wherever you have all of your other "custom" font files.
Putting it all Together to Make Your Flashable Zip
For the sake of keeping things easy, and because I'm tired of typing at this point, I've attached a flashable font template zip to this post.
Using this template, here's how you put together your flashable zip:
1. Unzip the template zip.
2. Place all of your now customized Roboto font files inside the /system/fonts folder.
3. Place your "fixed" GoogleSans-Regular.ttf file inside the /system/fonts folder.
4. Ensure you have 21 font files inside your /system/fonts folder (20 Roboto files and 1 GoogleSans-Regular file):
4. If you want to, edit the updater-script file to include your name and anything else you want people to see when they flash your zip. You are going to share it aren't you!? The updater-script can be found in /META-INF/com/google/android.
5. Select both the META-INF and system folders and make them a compressed zip folder:
6. Name your zip whatever you like, but be sure to include the font name in the title so other people know what it is.
7. Place the zip on your phone, boot into TWRP, and flash away!
8. You've done it! CONGRATULATIONS!
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Awesome work @sharkie405
Keep up the good work!
Here's a font that i always install when i format my phone or flash a new rom, its called Sony Sketch.
Hope you guys like it too. Attaching the necessary files as you instructed! Thanks!
Here's the link:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1dkURQzb3YUNPDMOD2Ag67ySpgvHmXFee
Please add walkway bold font if possible
And can i flash the fonts if i just boot twrp and don't have permanent?
pa.pn2 said:
Please add walkway bold font if possible
And can i flash the fonts if i just boot twrp and don't have permanent?
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I'll fix the file you sent me this evening when I get home from work. If you also want me to compose a zip for you, post all the walkway font files here.
Yes, you can flash the fonts it if you just fastboot boot TWRP and don't have it flashed permanently. However, did you know that beta-2 of TWRP was released? That's the first version that actually works on my phone. If you haven't already, you might want to give that a try for a permanent TWRP.
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aj.pai.r said:
Awesome work @sharkie405
Keep up the good work!
Here's a font that i always install when i format my phone or flash a new rom, its called Sony Sketch.
Hope you guys like it too. Attaching the necessary files as you instructed! Thanks!
Here's the link:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1dkURQzb3YUNPDMOD2Ag67ySpgvHmXFee
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I will try to have this done for you this evening at some point.
Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using XDA Labs
sharkie405 said:
I'll fix the file you sent me this evening when I get home from work. If you also want me to compose a zip for you, post all the walkway font files here.
Yes, you can flash the fonts it if you just fastboot boot TWRP and don't have it flashed permanently. However, did you know that beta-2 of TWRP was released? That's the first version that actually works on my phone. If you haven't already, you might want to give that a try for a permanent TWRP.
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Yeah i saw that.maybe ill flash it this evening.
But first step is to flash stock boot image right.
The boot to twrp.flash custom kernel twrp.zip and magisk after i guess
All needed files for the font should be in the zip
I used it on my 6p without issues
pa.pn2 said:
Yeah i saw that.maybe ill flash it this evening.
But first step is to flash stock boot image right.
The boot to twrp.flash custom kernel twrp.zip and magisk after i guess
All needed files for the font should be in the zip
I used it on my 6p without issues
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I read somewhere that if you're already rooted and you're going to reflash TWRP, then you need to flash stock boot.img first. However, when I updated to the beta 2 version, I was already rooted and I did not flash the stock boot.img first, and everything went fine. Then I just rerooted using the latest magisk zip and it all went fine.
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pa.pn2 said:
Yeah i saw that.maybe ill flash it this evening.
But first step is to flash stock boot image right.
The boot to twrp.flash custom kernel twrp.zip and magisk after i guess
All needed files for the font should be in the zip
I used it on my 6p without issues
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- In the attached zip is the GoogleSans-Regular.ttf file to add to your zip.
- You also need to make an adjustment to the updater-script your flashable zip because it doesn't work on the Pixel 2 like it is currently. Actually, this might have changed since the Pixel OG. I say this because I tried to flash yours like it was and the font didn't get installed. After making the change below, it worked.
The package extract line:
Code:
package_extract_dir("system", "/system");
Needs to be change to:
Code:
package_extract_dir("system", "/system/system");
Add another level of /system to that line.
I was going to post the zip, but since you put the package together, you should post it to share it, if you want. I will mention that font in the first post and link to your post with the zip attached. If you post it, also include a screenshot or two so that others can tell what it looks like before they download it.
sharkie405 said:
- In the attached zip is the GoogleSans-Regular.ttf file to add to your zip.
- You also need to make an adjustment to the updater-script your flashable zip because it doesn't work on the Pixel 2 like it is currently. Actually, this might have changed since the Pixel OG. I say this because I tried to flash yours like it was and the font didn't get installed. After making the change below, it worked.
The package extract line:
Needs to be change to:
Add another level of /system to that line.
I was going to post the zip, but since you put the package together, you should post it to share it, if you want. I will mention that font in the first post and link to your post with the zip attached. If you post it, also include a screenshot or two so that others can tell what it looks like before they download it.
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It's absolutely ok if u post it.its not my font at all lol
Im not the master in editing any script yet.i can post just the screenshot later?
aj.pai.r said:
Awesome work @sharkie405
Keep up the good work!
Here's a font that i always install when i format my phone or flash a new rom, its called Sony Sketch.
Hope you guys like it too. Attaching the necessary files as you instructed! Thanks!
Here's the link:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1dkURQzb3YUNPDMOD2Ag67ySpgvHmXFee
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You requested has been added to the first post!
Just using this post as a reference for Ubuntu screenshots. Don't mind me.
Just using this post as a reference for Walkaway font screenshots. Don't mind me.
pa.pn2 said:
It's absolutely ok if u post it.its not my font at all lol
Im not the master in editing any script yet.i can post just the screenshot later?
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Okay, I posted it in the first post if you don't want to bother with compiling your own, you can just grab it from there.
Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using XDA Labs
Thanks for adding these fonts awesome work. Would it be too much trouble to add this bella font. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wqS2xAXY76CEPODpD5N8wniRVvAcwuUt/view?usp=drivesdkit worked on my original pixel it's an actual magisk module. If not no big deal. Thanks again
In-Depth Tutorial Added
I've added a ridiculously in-depth tutorial on how to make your own flashable-font zips from start to finish (including the lockscreen clock font fix) to the second post. Enjoy!
mac796 said:
Thanks for adding these fonts awesome work. Would it be too much trouble to add this bella font. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wqS2xAXY76CEPODpD5N8wniRVvAcwuUt/view?usp=drivesdkit worked on my original pixel it's an actual magisk module. If not no big deal. Thanks again
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Your requested has been added to the first post.
It's not a Magisk Module, though. It's just a normal flashable zip.
sharkie405 said:
Your requested has been added to the first post.
It's not a Magisk Module, though. It's just a normal flashable zip.
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That's perfect I really appreciate it thank you sir