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Changing Fonts on X10 [Rooted]

Today i have found out that the android font changing app "Type Fresh" available on the market works with our X10 too.
I have attached the screens with changed font from my rooted X10.

Below are the simple steps
1.Root your X10 and install SuperUser.
2.Install TypeFresh from market and grant super user permission.
3.Install AndExplorer from market(Type Fresh needs this for browsing files)
4.Before proceeding further Back up existing fonts using Type Fresh and Save the files in /sdcrd/fonts.
5.Add your desired .ttf file to /sdcard/fonts and apply using Type Fresh
Reboot the phone and you are done with changing the font
Thanks to XperiaX10iuser for the screens
Open up TypeFresh, and tap DroidSans-Bold...
...open up your desired font folder, and select the font you wish to use, so you now need to select DroidSans-Bold and press "ok".
...once you have done that for both DroidSans-Bold & DroidSans, it should look like this...
...then press the menu button, tap "Apply Fonts", and you should see...
...reboot, and enjoy your new font...
Simples

Thanks Bro!!! Another great reason too root! Wingdings, here I come!

Nice one.
Can go wrong though, i changed the fonts two times.
First time no problem, second time however the phone refused to boot further then the SE logo. Had to reflash and reroot.

Phone gets stuck at boot screen if the ttf is not compatible.
Below is the reply from the dev on the same context.
"As the README states, Android itself does not support all TTF fonts, so you probably have one that it doesn't like. Your only option is to just try a different one. I'm going to have a font viewer out VERY soon to make the selection easier."

Heres a link for the sony ericsson font
http://www.4shared.com/get/NGapMTNy...sionid=51B93ACEBB71EA17438490A08CA5DF9D.dc211

Is there any way to use the fonts from the Handcent Font packs?? Just a thought as these would all obviously be compatible with our phones.

Been doing some more reading on the topic or using fonts from downloaded apk's and it seems tricky. More specifically....out of my league.
I also can't seem to get my downloaded fonts to install. I have TypeFresh and AndExplorer and superuser has permissions. When I open typefresh it just shows a list of fonts there (that were already there I assume) and the only option I have is to backup? I can't find my other fonts. Anyone have any ideas?
Maybe there is a way to apply them using better terminal? Im still learning how to use it so If anyone knows how I could apply my downloaded fonts with it, it would be sincerely appreciated.
thanks again

Could we get a list together on the first post of the fonts that do work with the X10 and download paths for the ttfs?

The font in the first post is desyrel.ttf
I have tried 3 fonts and all of them worked well,the fonts are desyrel.ttf,chinacat.ttf and lacartooniere.ttf
brunswick000- If you have installed all the 3 apps (type Fresh,Andexplorer and superuser) , then you should be able to apply the downloaded fonts.
-In TypeFresh Just click on "Droid_Sans.ttf" from the list of font u are seeing and just browser to your ttf file in the opened browser.
Once done,just open the menu and select "Apply Font".

@jassired, thanks for the help. I got the new font working. Downloaded the Droid Logo font. Its pretty sweet looking. Now I just want to change my framework res pak to get rid of the SE blue every where. Learning so much already since we got root. I have to say I love android

The easiest way to change fonts is with the above files.
Tried and worked well.Have fun

Can i just use any (.ttf) font files i find?

sim-value said:
Can i just use any (.ttf) font files i find?
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Like jassired said :
jassired said:
Phone gets stuck at boot screen if the ttf is not compatible.
Below is the reply from the dev on the same context.
"As the README states, Android itself does not support all TTF fonts, so you probably have one that it doesn't like. Your only option is to just try a different one. I'm going to have a font viewer out VERY soon to make the selection easier."
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No,so be careful ^^x
Very interesting post.
The better way to avoid many flash of the phone to anyone, it's to make a list of the good TTF files.

Hey guys I just wanted to aks if you know where I can find the font from the Demo video included in any X10. I simply can't understand why Sony didn't let the phone with this font. it looks cooler and it's more interesting.
So can you help?

How do you know if a font is compatible?

xenkato said:
The easiest way to change fonts is with the above files.
Tried and worked well.Have fun
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Tried but it says it is missing "theme conrtol file can not be read or missing"
Any help on this?

J had this problem with the latest version of metamorph.
This one in my post works well for me.
Sorry mate can't help you.Maybe if you install it again?

xenkato said:
Sorry mate can't help you.Maybe if you install it again?
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Guess what? I installed it again after removing it and it worked. Thanks for the advice and files.
Cheers,

So anybody got the earlier stage X10 font ?

[Q] Replace system fonts?

I would like the change the fonts (if possible), on my lockscreen clock, battery indicator, and possibly some fonts on my calwidget and beautiful widgets clock/weather widget.
Is this possible?
Let's say I find a font pack I like, called "coolfont.ttf". How would I go about doing this?

Ok, I found an app called fontchanger that works well...I only need to find fonts online and add them to the folder.
But the lockscreen clock in CM7 isn't affected. Anyone know how to change that font?

involves rooting and using a root file explorer app (ie root explorer)
yes, but does require root and TrueType fonts (ie .TTF). i personally use the Unique.ttf from Apple's Mac OS X SL and love it. has a futuristic but readable look.
System fonts are located here:
/system/fonts
I just rename the unique.ttf font to SansDroid.ttf (this is the main default system font thats used throughout the android ui). I rename the original one w/a .orig file extension before doing this. Bad fonts can cause boot loops and in turn you will have to boot to recovery mode and then use ADB Shell command to rename the original system font back or push it if you copy from your device.
link to a guide i wrote at tech-recipes.com
http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/1057...the-default-system-font-requires-root-or-adb/
screenshots from my nexus one but same on the G2x

Hey SeaMonkey,
Where do I find the Unique.ttf?? I really like that look on your screenshots

I use Absolute System to change fonts. There are like 1000 fonts to choose from and you don't have to do any work. Just choose the font, reboot and there it is. Love it.
Sent from my LG G2x

seamonkey420 said:
yes, but does require root and TrueType fonts (ie .TTF). i personally use the Unique.ttf from Apple's Mac OS X SL and love it. has a futuristic but readable look.
System fonts are located here:
/system/fonts
I just rename the unique.ttf font to SansDroid.ttf (this is the main default system font thats used throughout the android ui). I rename the original one w/a .orig file extension before doing this. Bad fonts can cause boot loops and in turn you will have to boot to recovery mode and then use ADB Shell command to rename the original system font back or push it if you copy from your device.
link to a guide i wrote at tech-recipes.com
http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/1057...the-default-system-font-requires-root-or-adb/
screenshots from my nexus one but same on the G2x
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Yes, can you either upload the Unique.ttf font for us, or point us in the right direction of where we can download it? I really like that font, but can't find it anywhere.

MMAPCPRO,
After a pretty good deal of searching many of the free font sites, I'm with you.
Any help or hints, or a zipped up .ttf file would sure help on this one.
Thanks!

tjbunch1228 said:
i use absolute system to change fonts. There are like 1000 fonts to choose from and you don't have to do any work. Just choose the font, reboot and there it is. Love it.
Sent from my lg g2x
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never knew this was there thanks

Just paid for and downloaded Absolute System.
Its AWESOME! WELL WORTH the $1.99.
Highly recommended for the font peeps in this thread.

[HOW TO] Add Custom Fonts for GO SMS Pro

Ever wonder, how to add your OWN font for your GO SMS?
You found a nice font on dafont.com, and you want it to be your SMS font. BUT... you don't know how?
So, you searched... and then found out that you need to go to GO SMS Settings > Apperance Settings > Scan font packages... BUT... it did not find your font.
So, you improvised... you put your font on sdcard/external_sd/gosms/fonts/... BUT... that what just plain hilarious if you did that
So, you searched the market for a font you can install with your GO SMS Pro. You found Fonts Bundled 1, Fonts Bundled 2, etc etc... BUT... they are all ugly. What you need is the font you found on dafont.com.
So, you have lost hope. BUT then... you have found this post.
If you wanna add your OWN CUSTOM FONT, then you need to have your OWN CUSTOM THEME with that OWN CUSTOM FONT.
HOW???
Easy, first, download the GO SMS Theme Maker for your laptop: http://61.145.124.93/soft/gosms/theme/GOSmsProThemeMakerEnV2_2.rar.
Then, decompress the file that you just downloaded.
Open ThemeTool.bat from it. It will open the Easy Theme Maker.
Enter any name and version you would want your custom theme to have.
Then, from the folder you found where ThemeTool.bat, open assets folder.
Inside that folder, make a new folder and name it fonts.
Put inside the OWN CUSTOM FONT you found. Be sure that the font is a true-type font, having an extenstion of ttf. And be sure that the extension on small letters, i.e. customfont.ttf and not customfont.TTF.
And back to the Easy Theme Maker, click Generate APK File.
From the folder you found where ThemeTool.bat, there should be a new file _signed.apk.
Install that to your phone, that is your OWN CUSTOM THEME with OWN CUSTOM FONT.
Go to GO SMS Pro > Settings > Appearance Settings > Scan font packages.
Then, ENJOY customizing your SMS fonts! BUT... This time no more BUTs.
I just got bored so I made this guide and I made my new sig... that's why
Hihihih
Hope this helps.

pancit said:
So, you improvised... you put your font on sdcard/external_sd/gosms/fonts/... BUT... that what just plain hilarious if you did that
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actually, all you have to do is put your font.ttf in the sdcard/gosms/fonts folder and your new font will be at the end of the list when you go to change it.

Darth **** said:
actually, all you have to do is put your font.ttf in the sdcard/gosms/fonts folder and your new font will be at the end of the list when you go to change it.
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I haven't tried this yet but is what you said above true? The other method seems too laborious just to add a font to your system.

Cjax2011 said:
I haven't tried this yet but is what you said above true? The other method seems too laborious just to add a font to your system.
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Yes absolutely. Very simple. I did leave out one obvious, easy step though. You have to go into the GOsms menu> advanced settings> appearance>"scan font packages"
Let me know if it worked for you. Please hit the Thanks button if it helped

I am sorry but the time I made this thread GO SMS Pro didn't support the feature mentioned above just to put the font to sdcard/gosms/fonts and it will recognized it, that is why I made this thread.
Well, anyways its good that it now support external fonts.

RAR File is no longer there
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W/ the last update, they've just about stripped out every feature in the appearance settings, you could change the font and font type in each theme and save it.

Flashable Fonts

Hi, with most of my phones I have been able to flash font zips in TWRP to change the Roboto font family used in the UI. For some reason on the pixel they appear to flash but no change once I boot in. I think the system needs to be made writable before the flash if that makes any sense? I am on Pure Nexus rom.
The font zips are from this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/themes/fonts-flashable-zips-t3219827
I have been able to use some apps to change the font but it only changes the regular font and not the rest so I prefer the zips.
Any ideas on how to get this working?

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Hi, with most of my phones I have been able to flash font zips in TWRP to change the Roboto font family used in the UI. For some reason on the pixel they appear to flash but no change once I boot in. I think the system needs to be made writable before the flash if that makes any sense? I am on Pure Nexus rom.
The font zips are from this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/themes/fonts-flashable-zips-t3219827
I have been able to use some apps to change the font but it only changes the regular font and not the rest so I prefer the zips.
Any ideas on how to get this working?
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You will need to change the updater scripts in the zips from package_extract_dir("system", "/system"); to package_extract_dir("system", "/system/system");

Put the fonts you want from that thread into the font folder of this zip and flash it. It should work.

THANK YOU!

@jets76, did that zip work?
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@jets76, did that zip work?
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I edited my script file. The zip works too. Just make sure you open the zip and drag the files in and then save.

jets76 said:
I edited my script file. The zip works too. Just make sure you open the zip and drag the files in and then save.
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When I open the zip, there's only the META-INF folder. Tried twice, I should just add the font folder?
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jesssiii said:
When I open the zip, there's only the META-INF folder. Tried twice, I should just add the font folder?
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Try this one. Just replace the fonts.

:silly:

Microsoft YaHei
I am looking for a flashable Microsoft YaHei Font.
Someone, please help.

bush911 said:
I am looking for a flashable Microsoft YaHei Font.
Someone, please help.
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I actually have the regular and bold versions of that font. I also have the ttc (not ttf) versions that have secondary "UI" sub fonts in them but I think they require specialized software to utilize them. There's also no italic/condensed versions so if adding to the zip for android the regular and bold is as good as it will get. In addition to all these I found a monospace ttf variant of the font I have. These fonts are massive due to the glyphs so I am not sure if the system will choke so make a nandroid before flashing! Most ttf files in are small around 150KB - the Yahei fonts are 14MB each or so!
The ttf versions are in zip attached. What I did was replaced all Roboto fonts with 'bold' to Yahei bold and the rest are the Yahei regular version.
DOWNLOAD HERE

Can u share Ubuntu Font flashable file please

Tulsadiver said:
Try this one. Just replace the fonts.
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So I moved the Trebuchet MS TTF files from the original folder to the installer. No errors, YAY!
Not all of the fonts changed. How can I replace all fonts in phone with Trebuchet MS?
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Scottay5150 said:
So I moved the Trebuchet MS TTF files from the original folder to the installer. No errors, YAY!
Not all of the fonts changed. How can I replace all fonts in phone with Trebuchet MS?
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If you moved all of those over, that is about the best you can do.

Scottay5150 said:
So I moved the Trebuchet MS TTF files from the original folder to the installer. No errors, YAY!
Not all of the fonts changed. How can I replace all fonts in phone with Trebuchet MS?
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One additional one you can change is the clock. Copy off the one you want the clock to be and change it to AndroidClock then copy it back.
Also maybe NotoSerif.Bold, Bolditalic, Italic, and regular.

Google Sans Project Font for MIUI 10

Can anyone help with flashing Google Sans Project Font on MIUI 10. I followed the procedures from this link - https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-max-2/themes/font-android-oreo-8-1-google-sans-t3694864
But, after flashing the MIUI_TWRP zip, after rebooting to the system there is not change. Can anyone try it on MIUI 10 and provide a workaround for this.
Trying the normal procedure of applying through Themes app doesn't work for Bold and Italic alphabets. Also, the wallpapers keep getting reset.
Thank you

camsamurai said:
Can anyone help with flashing Google Sans Project Font on MIUI 10. I followed the procedures from this link - https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-max-2/themes/font-android-oreo-8-1-google-sans-t3694864
But, after flashing the MIUI_TWRP zip, after rebooting to the system there is not change. Can anyone try it on MIUI 10 and provide a workaround for this.
Trying the normal procedure of applying through Themes app doesn't work for Bold and Italic alphabets. Also, the wallpapers keep getting reset.
Thank you
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Ok, found the workaround. This post was incomplete and not detailed, your phone needs to be rooted first to have it work. This should have been mentioned in the prerequisites.

camsamurai said:
Ok, found the workaround. This post was incomplete and not detailed, your phone needs to be rooted first to have it work. This should have been mentioned in the prerequisites.
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I have Roboto Condensed font for Miui no need root. If I like another font just rename font files and replace files inside zip then flash

Zanr Zij said:
I have Roboto Condensed font for Miui no need root. If I like another font just rename font files and replace files inside zip then flash
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Can you please share your zip file? Thanks.

I can't get to the system/font folder to get the file names to replace, anyone got the folder/ttf files structures inside for all arabic and english fonts?

Zanr Zij said:
I have Roboto Condensed font for Miui no need root. If I like another font just rename font files and replace files inside zip then flash
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can you share me that zip?
Got problems with vietnamese

Mi 8 MIUI 10
Hello, is this working now? when I change my font to Google Sans it will turn back to default after a few minutes. Is there any way to change it without going back to default and with rooting the phone? Help

I'm on MIUI 10 and rooted and it doesn't work. How to solve this?