I just got CyanogenMod working on my Moto G (cm-12-20150213-NIGHTLY-falcon.zip). However, I suspect that this question is not specific to the Moto G.
I like that there is a native text file editor app. Who needs a Notes app when there is a text file editor? I can use unix tools like diff and vimdiff to manually sync it with text files on my laptop (running cygwin). It's a bit of a pain that cygwin can't see the device as a unix path, but I think I can work around that.
However, the font is too small. It is much smaller than the font used by the OS for everything else. How can I increase the font size? I would like to minimize apps installation, so a native solution is best.
I have the same problem, using CM12 Nightly on Sony Xperia M. The text file editor font is too small, but I couldn't find a way to make it bigger. Have you found a solution for this issue?
Unfortunately, no. From what I vaguely recall from surfing the web, a potential solution might be installing a new data entry GUI, but I didn't really look too deeply because I'm still getting to know the security implications of installing various apps. I just put up with the small font. Very odd that this would be the default size, eh?
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Hi,
I've been looking for an easy way to change the font on my TP.
I've tried someones cab file which works, but then I can only use the font supplied in the CAB.
Someone else suggested copying the new ttf over the existing one and renaming it..
eg, new font is red.ttf, rename to tahoma.ttf and copy over existing tahoma.ttf
but, in my windows/font folder I don't have tahoma!!
maybe this is a result of a theme I installed (the font in the font foler is nyama or something)
so, what is the quickest and easiet way to change system font?
thanks
Use this tool ,it works for me
but this app only has 3-4 fonts in it...I want to be able to add any font I like. is there a way to do that?
can I add fonts to this app and therefore make them selectable?
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but this app only has 3-4 fonts in it...I want to be able to add any font I like. is there a way to do that?
can I add fonts to this app and therefore make them selectable?
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ok..I found out that if you add fonts to the windows font folder then they appear in the drop down as selectable with this app..
however...I can't change the system font (I say system font, but I mean the main one, that is displayed on the now page in SPB MS etc. it stays as tahoma...and what's even more interesting is that I can't find the tahoma font anywhere on the device!! (I was going to copy over this with my new font)
so...has anyone got any other ideas about how to change the font on the TP?
As you can see here I've changed my font for the entire device (you might not see that it's for the entire device but it is) the rest of what I know is in that post, cheers
I seem to recall that Tweaks 2K2.NET allowed you to change fonts as well (via the registry) but be prepared for disproportionate buttons and dialogs which may flow off the screen.
Did you want to change the fonts as a user pref thing or is it in order to increase their size and make them easier to read?
just a user preference thing. I find the tahoma font quite boring. Tweaks2k2 does allow you to change fonts but again, not the main one.
I can't quite understand it. you can change the one in the drop down menus, the dialogue boxes etc but the main one (for sms or emails for example) stays the same.
Pixel, I could've sworn that I did this on my wife's PPC.
Using Tweaks2K2.NET, you can change the system font and size.
The only caveat is that you have to have the font installed to your PPC's \Windows\Fonts folder first.
Wait a sec. Lemme g00gle this...
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K, back.
Check out this: http://www.pocketpcmag.com/cms/blogs/24/changing_your_system_font
And this: http://www.multicellphone.com/change-windows-mobile-5-6-system-font/
I'm sorry if this doesn't help. I might not be understanding what you are trying to do.
Take care!
thanks for your efforts. I had to hard reset my device last night after weeks of happy life. so I'm going to get round to changing the font with the methods as indicated as soon as I've finished all my other config work that is required.
Hi!
I've run into a problem regarding some of the system fonts on my device.
It looks like some system font has been replaced by some sort of digital looking font since all of a sudden some numbers in settings dialogs are now displayed as 7-seg numbers.
I guees it related to some app i've installed but since i've installed a huge amount of apps over the past days i not too eager to start backtracking and uninstalling.
Also i've installed Esmertec Jbed since the built in Sun Java is just crap. But in all java apps i run like opera mini the font is really bad. Looks like some thin upscaled low res font. I'ts readable but it looks like crap.
I'm not a win mo newbe but i haven't dealt with fonts on a smartphone before
Any suggestions on how to proceed with fixing these problems?
After a long search thru google, I found the most simple way of changing font size, style, colour... anything.
Most of these issues are kept by windows in ".css" files which are in the windows directory. For sms, the file is "read_style". Keep a copy of the original somewhere and just play with it.
As I had trouble find the solution, thought a new thread would be better. Hope it helps some people.
I am using ASUS P750 with WM 6.0 pro
Been looking to change my system fonts for my Samsung Fascinate. After some research I figured out how to do it, but I ran into a problem. Most fonts are missing spaces that the Android OS relies on. If these spaces are missing you end up with ugly boxes in some areas, particularly in the app drawer. I found the fix for this issue when I stumbled on this url. I verified that the font I am using is indeed missing the character spaces mentioned there and they do exist in the fonts that come on my phone. All I need to do is add them.
http://blog.piratemedia.tv/2010-08-06-the-balad-of-the-crazy-boxes-android-fonts/
Here is my question. How are people editing existing fonts for use with Android? I tried using FontCreator but it is only a eval and will not let me save me changes. I can't afford to purchase this program so thats a no go.
Can a custom app be created to add the entries listed in the above url if they are missing since this seems to be a common issue and would allow much more user creativity?
Fonts are a very big deal when someone is looking to customize their phone and I have seen very little info on these subjects. Was hoping to find a few more answers and maybe help some other people in the process.
If anyone is wondering what I am doing that prompted me to ask this here the thread is below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=924213
Bueller? Bueller?
I find it hard to believe that not a single person in the Android community can help.
I am interested in this topic as well Holliday. I haven't come across much help. It sounds like others have altered the fonts as you mention:
I was having the same problem. My font was not working in android either but I needed it to work. Using a font editor, I copied the characters from my font into the font that comes with the FontSampler example from Android-src-2_1. It worked perfectly.
While I will admit that my method was questionable from an intellectual property point of view, I didn't actually wind up using the original font, as all of the characters were replaced and all references to the old font where replaced as well. I had tried 'looking' at the way the two fonts were defined but making all the font variables match didn't work either. So in the ned, I used a skeleton of the original font as a template for the new font
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Source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1426244/use-external-fonts-in-android
No mention of the application that they used however. Will continue to follow this thread for any recommendations from others and post if I find anything.
like the quote said, editing fonts is a bit questionable, since you're making changes to someones copyrighted material. There are a number of font editors out there, but they're all for commercial use I belive, and even the ones that aren't are still pretty expensive.
Your best bet is to keep trying new fonts until you find one that doesn't have those issues, or at least has a large enough character set so it's not noticible. Check out my font thread (link's in my sig). You should be able to find something usable - I have over 250 fonts packaged up with screenshots, ready to be flashed.
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I have over 250 fonts packaged up with screenshots, ready to be flashed.
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Fantastic collection. Thanks!
First of all, I am rooted. I have searched through pages and pages to try to track down an initial setting for S Note to configure font. I know how to change font within text, or after doing handwriting to text. However, I would like S Note to always type in Ariel 8pt instead of the huge Robotic 16pt font used by default. I don't need to be able to see integrals from across campus, so 16pt is a little large for my taste.
My question is, is there a configuration file which can be edited somewhere with root explorer?
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First of all, I am rooted. I have searched through pages and pages to try to track down an initial setting for S Note to configure font. I know how to change font within text, or after doing handwriting to text. However, I would like S Note to always type in Ariel 8pt instead of the huge Robotic 16pt font used by default. I don't need to be able to see integrals from across campus, so 16pt is a little large for my taste.
My question is, is there a configuration file which can be edited somewhere with root explorer?
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Install Xposed Framework and then App Settings module. From there you can change font scale.
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Install Xposed Framework and then App Settings module. From there you can change font scale.
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Unfortunately, no joy on the font scaling adjustment. Got framework and app settings installed, scaled it down to 50 with no change in the default font size for handwriting to text. It isn't a huge deal, was just hoping to adjust something that will hopefully be considered with the next software update.