comic sans in Android 5.0+ - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi all,
I am a long user of comic sans fonts in Android.
Everything was working fine till I decided to upgrade to 5.0 and more. First I thought it is related to CM 12 but after trying out a few roms it seems to be the problem with Android 5.0 and up. The characters appear as blocks. Before they were working just fine. I am attaching the screenshots
Any ideas how to fix it except going back to less than Android 5.0?
The second image is ukranian keybord. Their currency symbol is not showing up. Interesting I can see the Ukrainian "I" (I with two dots) without any problems (which doesn't work in other fonts at all)..

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Janez33 said:
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I really don't think this is the answer I'm looking for

oombongo said:
I really don't think this is the answer I'm looking for
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If your main concern is the clock try leaving clocktopia with the default version.
Also, give a try to Comic Neue, an attempt on making Comic Sans more appealing, might work. I find that lighter fonts look better on my phone.

That rectangle normally appears if A the fonts to big B the character is missing in the font
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Chome Weather 2.0

FYI, CHome Weather 2.0 works on the VOX. Please follow the link to see the original thread in the Excalibur forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=396068
And click here to download the files needed for the Vox.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2250095&postcount=43
Hello...just downloaded this version of CHome Weather and it looks amazing...great job. There's only one problem, probably related to the 240x320 cpr file because, like I already read in the excalibur forum, there's an issue in 240x320 where the background looks a little odd and doesn't fit the area like it supposed to. But again amazing job...keep it up
EDIT: I've just used a version of the 240 x 320 cpr file already used in another version of your plugin and it works great now
I was just now testing the other layouts and there are some issues:
- I realized that everytime i change the layout, it doesn't matter the cpr 240x320 file i did put there because when the layout is changed the cpr file is kind of replaced by the one corresponding to the sellected layout.
- In the HTC and Iphone layout, it shows always an icon with a cross below the icon of the current weather, instead of showing the icon corresponding to the weather.
- In regular layout, the gold and silver backgrounds don't work well in 320 x 240.
- In the regular layout, in the 1 and 3 layouts, I can't see the hi and low temperature.
Yeah, you'll have problems with the portrait layouts.
Is it possible to fix the problem with portrait?? That is the last thing, that keeps me from donating.
I am so happy with this program. I worked as Organic M's test subject to get this working. I can't say I notice the problem you guys are talking about in regards to portrait mode.
This is what I see:
have the author, removed the files from the location... I am unable to get those...
Can someone help plzzzzzzz!!!!!!!
Thanks
Loku
lokeshmudgal said:
have the author, removed the files from the location... I am unable to get those...
Can someone help plzzzzzzz!!!!!!!
Thanks
Loku
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There are 2 links in the main post at the top of this thread.
The first one is the weather program
The second one is all the files that need to be installed to /windows on your device
Davis,
From your post, it looks like that screen is in ladscape mode. Portrait is taller than wider, yours looks wider than it is taller.
Thanks a lot.. I found the same at the post. I was just eager to get Weather update on my VOX...So got carried away...
Thanks
Loku
frauhottelmann said:
Is it possible to fix the problem with portrait?? That is the last thing, that keeps me from donating.
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Well if you put it that way, you'll definitely NOT get me to fix the portrait layouts. How about.. "here's a small donation and small request... I would really appreciate it if you could work on the portrait layouts(which is a major PITA) so this works properly on my phone".
Well then I Only wanted to know if it is possible to do it. But I can live without it. I can look outside to see the weather. You know I made a lot of stuff for the Vox...but I never received ANY donation!!!
works beatifull. got no issues with any layout (i'm using plain black background). excellent job!
the only question i have is if it is possible to manually edit order of appearance on home screen somehow as i could do it in standard homescreens in _home.xml file?
frauhottelmann said:
Well then I Only wanted to know if it is possible to do it. But I can live without it. I can look outside to see the weather. You know I made a lot of stuff for the Vox...but I never received ANY donation!!!
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This is definitely NOT what I wanted to happen here. I worked with Organic M to get this app to work with our phone models and he was nice enough to help us out.
This is far from the thanks that he deserves, since the app is designed for an entirely different model.
Why so serious? can't we all just... get along?
tepss said:
works beatifull. got no issues with any layout (i'm using plain black background). excellent job!
the only question i have is if it is possible to manually edit order of appearance on home screen somehow as i could do it in standard homescreens in _home.xml file?
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I think the Chome Configurator will allow you to change the order of Slides on your Home Screen.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=393104
polarbair said:
Davis,
From your post, it looks like that screen is in ladscape mode. Portrait is taller than wider, yours looks wider than it is taller.
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I have no idea what you are talking about....
???
As I said I only wanted to know if it is posible nothing more. And I just wanted to clarify that people here are not thankful! I really do apreciate his work. And the work of all the other coders and cookers! I hope you understand my point!
Does this plugin use necessarily the whole width of the screen, or is it possible to customize its size or layout (present conditions, 2-days forecasts, 5-days forecasts...)?
At present I'm using Fizz Weather with Orange plugin on my Wings, in order to show an analoug clock and weather forecasts next to it (see here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=89987&d=1212446950); will it be possible to make the same thing with Chome Weather?
So... is anyone still interested in making this work better with the Vox ? Maybe ask some of your ROM cookers to look at the policies in the registry and ask them remove the restricts that don't allow cab files to copy files to the \windows directory ? Then I wouldn't have to make two separate .cab files when I released a new version That, and if anybody wants to help test the portrait layouts, we can make this happen.
Yes it would be great to see the weather plugin fully working on the Vox...that thing about the restrictions I never understood that because after checking myself the registry many times, I saw that the restrictions were disabled and the thing about installing files in the windows folder still remains a problem...

[REQ] Anyone up for a challenge?

http://gizmodo.com/5734113/i-wish-i-could-run-qlocktwo-app-as-my-iphone-lock-screen
Looks pretty cool. Anyone up for it? Maybe as a widget instead of a lock screen? A full page widget our luck screen. Doesn't really matter...
-Z
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http://gizmodo.com/5734113/i-wish-i-could-run-qlocktwo-app-as-my-iphone-lock-screen
Looks pretty cool. Anyone up for it? Maybe as a widget instead of a lock screen? A full page widget our luck screen. Doesn't really matter...
-Z
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I think a Live Wallpaper would be better.
Do you mean something like this?
That looks good. It's a widget, right? What's the name?
Search market for wordclock, there are widgets and livewallpapers
It's my widget - One More Clock. However, I'm in the middle of a rewrite (from XML to JSON) and this theme is using the new format.
Here, use this apk and pick the "Clock Too" theme... it defaults to 4x2 but you can resize to any size you want if you have launcherPro/ADW.
Leave me feedback so I can incorporate them into the next version of OMC!
Definitely need a lockscreen AND a livewallpaper of the one at Gizmodo. It's pretty awesome.
@PhilDsT: Searched according to your suggestion but couldn't find anything that looks really like the Qlocktwo. Only more or less "ugly" copies.
@xaffron: Thanks alot! After changing the background color to black, it looks almost like the original! And I now think that this is better as widget instead as LWP, because if it's an LWP, you could hardly read the time depending on how the desktop is arranged. So yes, this is really great!
What I notice on my Dell Streak is that loading the widget takes quite a long time (something like 15 seconds or so) after unlocking. Not really an issue for me, but maybe interesting for you.
If I may, I'd like to ask one question: Do you think you could also add a german version? The letter layout would need to look like on the real Qlocktwo as seen here. I would of course help you with a translation matrix if required.
Many TIA!
Thanks for the feedback, BigBlue007! Turn on Foreground Mode for now for best responsiveness. I'm working on the part that gives faster updates on screen-on.
Here's the German version. I've been telling anyone who would listen that OMC skins well, so might as well put my money where my mouth is
Unzip to your SD Card, under the /OMC directory (so that it is /OMC/Clock2German).
the Clock2 German theme will now be available. I don't know German so this is just a guess - let me know what to tweak!
Cool! Thanks alot! Will check it right now and will come back to you with corrective suggestions if there are any.
OK, first of all, the letter matrix is 100% correct. F*cking awesome mate! Thanks again!
Now for the first correction: The current time right now would read as:
"ES IST VIERTEL VOR EINS"
What's missing is the "S" at the end of the word "EINS" (which is "ONE"). The "S" is there, but it's not lit.
edit: I took a look into the .json file and I think I am able to fix it myself my replacing the two occurances of "E I N" in lines 479 and 491 by "E I N S". From what I can see in that file, everything else should be correct.
edit2: Yes, modifying the .json file had the desired effect.
Enabling the foreground option does indeed solve the issue that it took long for the widget to redraw after unlock. What still take some time is redrawing it after changing from portrait to landscape mode or vice versa. But I'm sure this will be sorted out during the further development, and as said it's not really a big deal for me.
After looking into that .json file, I would say that I might indeed had been able to create a german version myself, so sorry for bothering you with that...
Thanks, glad you figured out the JSON yourself! Other languages should be pretty simple as well.
I'll change the theme and upload a new version once I get a few minutes.
Corrected Clock2German
Here's a fixed Clock2German theme.
- Changed default slate color from green to black.
- Fixed position of ZEHN and FUNF.
- Cleaned up overlay glass.
Just found OMC, and when flipping through the themes my yaw dropped at "Clock Too". AWESOME!!!!! My new favorite

iOS 7 Icon Pack!

Hey guys! This is Crutchcorn. This is my very first app! This will be updated as I am terrible at this as of now.
I kept getting sick and tired of not finding any good iOS 7 Icon Packs with the original icons! As this is a VERY new thing for me I have noticed some difficulties with applying the app theme in LauncherPro but my phone is running on 2.3.3 so that might have something to do with it. Please let me know how it works for you! :fingers-crossed: Hope it works!!!!
(Note: If applying a theme doesn't work for you try applying it manually using something like Icon Changer )
Version: 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.1
(Also noting: If a moderator moves or blocks this could they please PM me! I am VERY new (my first post!) to XDA so please lemme know what I'm doing wrong. No harm intended!)
Also, to be obious I did not make these icons, only made them into an APK. :highfive:
Welll.... This was a long time ago... Anyone want an update at all?
crutchcorn said:
Welll.... This was a long time ago... Anyone want an update at all?
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Hold on, I'm just trying it now... I'm newly switcher from iOS to Android.
babaroga73 said:
Hold on, I'm just trying it now... I'm newly switcher from iOS to Android.
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Hey there, you may also want to try to get root on your phone, and to get
Blurred System UI
Flat Styled Color Bar
Flat Style Module
And if you really want to get fancy you can also grab a CM11 ROM and install Flat Style Theme.
There's so much more I could put here, but I don't want to waste anyone's time if they don't want it
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Hey there, you may also want to try to get root on your phone, and to get
Blurred System UI
Flat Styled Color Bar
Flat Style Module
And if you really want to get fancy you can also grab a CM11 ROM and install Flat Style Theme.
There's so much more I could put here, but I don't want to waste anyone's time if they don't want it
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If I might say, I've been so bold to extract icons from apk, since I don't have any suitable launchers , but my LG g3 supports editing single icons and applying png files... Seem to me they're a bit on a small size, I'd like them to be like 3 pixels from the edge of the png, not smaller (with more transparent space on each size) ... if that makes sense ... besides that , all icons are "pitch perfect" iOS.
But at this moment , I went with ClickUI / PopUI style ...
anyways, great effort !!
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If I might say, I've been so bold to extract icons from apk, since I don't have any suitable launchers , but my LG g3 supports editing single icons and applying png files... Seem to me they're a bit on a small size, I'd like them to be like 3 pixels from the edge of the png, not smaller (with more transparent space on each size) ... if that makes sense ... besides that , all icons are "pitch perfect" iOS.
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No I know, and if I am to continue development I have very bold plans (to make a 1:1 clone of iOS as much as possible [only better ;D]) with support for many launchers and just a lot more than this. They are a bit small, but I did this in one evening so eh. It totally makes sense. That's cause it's extracted right from iOS firmware. I want to find someone with a rooted iPad Air 2 (so they can send me a pull of EVERYTHING on internal).... If you know anything like that I may consider getting back into developing this...
crutchcorn said:
No I know, and if I am to continue development I have very bold plans (to make a 1:1 clone of iOS as much as possible [only better ;D]) with support for many launchers and just a lot more than this. They are a bit small, but I did this in one evening so eh. It totally makes sense. That's cause it's extracted right from iOS firmware. I want to find someone with a rooted iPad Air 2 (so they can send me a pull of EVERYTHING on internal).... If you know anything like that I may consider getting back into developing this...
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I've got iPad mini 1 , and iPad 1 (for retro iOS6 icons) ... I'm guessing that these icons are on the smaller resolution size ... If it would help , I'll gladly extract them in a day or two ... do you know any paths for them etc. something of help ? That green felt is not something we entirely easy got rid of.
Oh, wait .... Damn, my iPad mini is still on iOS6 ...
babaroga73 said:
I've got iPad mini 1 , and iPad 1 (for retro iOS6 icons) ... I'm guessing that these icons are on the smaller resolution size ... If it would help , I'll gladly extract them in a day or two ... do you know any paths for them etc. something of help ? That green felt is not something we entirely easy got rid of.
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Oh sweet! Those both work! I could possibly do a bit with iOS 6 stuff as well. Oh jeez... It's been so long and I've sense removed my backups from the device.... I'm not sure but MAY (no promises) be able to get an Apple device for a bit to do a bit of reminding myself. It's okay if you Mini is iOS 6 I suppose... If you'd like I could help you get it onto iOS 7 and then root it, but if that's not an option I fully understand as well. TBH I did this a while ago. I had been part of the jailbreaking world sense iPhone OS 3 and I moved over to Android and gave away my iPod touch right before iOS 7 came out
There are some icons uploaded to deviantart... They are free, and I'm sure if you ask to borrow them the creator will gladly do so... As long as his/her work is acknowledged http://dtafalonso.deviantart.com/gallery/
Hope that helps! And I hope I'm not breaking any copyright rules... If I am, please delete this post, it's not my intention :angel:

Horrible UI on suggested words in Google keyboard

If you install the Google Keyboard, type a word and get the three suggested words up, then long-press on the middle word to get the extended list of suggested words up, do you get a few lines of words with a horrible choice of colours? Because I do. It would be a lot more pleasant were it a single colour background and a single text colour on top of that.
I've used Google Keyboard on Moto G and S3, Never had to long press any word to get more suggestions as my vocabulary is fairly simple.
However, I've just checked what you've mentioned, and I should say that it indeed is horrible. I'm not sure that I remember it correctly, but Moto G had nothing of this sort (or did it?).
I think we should put up with this issue until the next release, which will have a different keyboard altogether.
Just received a release with new Material Design UI from Google.
still the same issue..
trancelated said:
Just received a release with new Material Design UI from Google.
still the same issue..
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Yeah, the words get bolder towards the right and still with lines in between. On Lollipop (nexus 10) it's fine, so it's just the Z3 then, not the OS.
poldie said:
If you install the Google Keyboard, type a word and get the three suggested words up, then long-press on the middle word to get the extended list of suggested words up, do you get a few lines of words with a horrible choice of colours? Because I do. It would be a lot more pleasant were it a single colour background and a single text colour on top of that.
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Did you ever find a fix for this? I just installed the Google Keyboard but the color choices are horrible!!
Apoena said:
Did you ever find a fix for this? I just installed the Google Keyboard but the color choices are horrible!!
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No, I see this as a Sony bug. The same Google keyboard is fine on the S3 regardless of ROM, and Nexus 10 running stock lollipop. I never faff around with themes or anything so perhaps that'll change it, but themes never seem to change very much apart from the wallpaper and icons; maybe there's a theme that changes the suggested word colours. I'm sure you can change it on a rooted phone, but sadly that seems to be some way off on the Z3.

How change fonts?

I'm just kind of updated my mate 9 to pie, and I want to change the fonts. I don't like the way it's handling bold, and I'm actually not seeing colors on one of my widgets. For example first attachment of a widget shows examples of colors being used to show things are past due due tomorrow at cetera.
The next one shows the widget on this phone with no colors, even though it is set to apply colors.
I don't know if different fonts would fix the color problem, but I do not like the way it uses the font for bold as I find it a little bit hard to read.
Any suggestions?
I finally found some information, I must root the phone. I really hate that.
ewingr said:
I finally found some information, I must root the phone. I really hate that.
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Did you check the answer on rooting 9.1:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/help/current-root-method-c432e7r1p8patch03-t4049661
Do you try the application Font Manager for Huawei (Pubs inside and no guaranty from me)
Sorry guys for not replying. I had my email messed up on the profile and didn't get notices.
@zgfg...certainly, at this point, I'm sure you do know we have been communicating on that thread. Thanks so much for your help.
@Mh_EJC ... interesting. Yes, but it wants to side load something in order to apply, so I've uninstalled. But I have tonight found some that will install, even w/o root. Tried that, and tried one that required root too. Given zgfg's help, I am rooted now.
But it's interesting. Maybe my issues aren't related to fonts. I have a ToDo app installed, and on my Samsung Note 9, and earlier phones, I've been able to set colors in it for current, past due, etc tasks.
But on the Mate 9, it doesn't show colors, and in fact all letters on the phone that I think are bold are hard to read. I had expected a change of fonts to cure that. But the new fonts apply, but still no color and still the 'hollow' bold. BTW...same issues throughout the phone, so it's not a problem specific to the app.
Given that applying different fonts don't fix my problem, I may be stuck with this on the Mate 9, Unless someone has some ideas.
Example of the widget with colors and more readable bolds:
Example of one from Mate 9. This one is with a new font applied. The large picture here is easy to read, but on the phone, and if you add a lot of ambient light, it is difficult for that hollow text:

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