yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Themes] lilithpro:
This is a nice one too:

http://www.dafont.com/london-between.font

Font installation can also be made without an update.zip:

-rename font files to DroidSans.ttf and DroidSans-Bold.ttf, place in subfolder (e.g. london/) on sdcard.

- Boot to recovery

- Alt+X

- press enter

- write:

mount sdcard
mount system
cp sdcard/london/* system/fonts #change folder here if different
umount sdcard
umount system
reboot

Enjoy new font!

preview:
[Android Themes] DeadBody79:
Neo-Tech Font for G1:

KLICK
[Android Themes] jamesd86:
Thanks man, was worried it might get lost along the way =P
[Android Themes] anddep:
Way to go! more fonts:D not installing it but will store it on my phone when i feel the need of change.
[Android Themes] Beast84:
Can anyone confirm that this process works?

EDIT: Just tried it & it works.

On that note, I tried it with ComicSans, as I have always liked that font, but can someone resize it for me? It looks good on the phone but when you slide up the apps tab, it shows some of the app names cut off. And some of them have weird characters on them now. If someone could fix this, that would be awesome!
[Android Themes] manup456:
Here is the font I'm using nice and BIG looks cool. :cool:

Link: http://www.4shared.com/file/90049824/fd758737/Font-update.html
[Android Themes] uberingram:
Reminds me of Freespace. :)
[Android Themes] thulinhlun:
Hey! Release the themes already :D :D :D :D :D
[Android Themes] AroundTheWorld:
When I type in "mount sdcard" I get a message that says theres no such file or something. Does that mean I'm doing something wrong? Also, what format should it be in? I tried it on both FAT and FAT32 and both got the same message.
[Android Themes] Beast84:
Just wondering if someone could do this for me? Or perhaps someone is already looking into it? Maybe Stericson??? I know you mentioned a font editor before. Just need it resized, as I already know how to install it
[Android Themes] AroundTheWorld:
What format did u have ur sdcard when u did it? I can't seem to get it to work because when i type in "mount sdcard" it would say that theres no existing directory or file...

Oh yeah, I'm using JF's RC33 1.41
[Android Themes] kickfliprock13:
How to Change Font on The T-Mobile G1

Just go here and follow this tutorial http://jerrysfreakinblog.blogspot.com/
[Android Themes] MontAlbert:
do these fonts require a certain firmware like the themes do- ie. RC33 or ADP1.1?

the tutorial at jerry's freakinblogspot seems a bit too easy? Sizing of fonts an issue maybe?

thanks
[Android Themes] manup456:
If you have installed a theme already than you can apply the fonts and you don't have to resize the fonts.
[Android Themes] xcallibur:
Not sure if I'm late on this, didn't read everything in this topic yet, but I just replaced the two font files in a font update zip I found in one of the themes (can't remember who's), resigned it with JF Auto sign and Flash it as an update (Boot with Home + Power Key)...BAM!!! New fonts

I haven't tried resizing them just yet, but I try to use ones that have a readable size 12 and they work fine. I'll post some screen shots in a bit...:D:D:D
[Android Themes] smackiesfunkies:
that calendar/date widget type thing on ur desktop

what is that app?! ive been trying to find that everywhere

help me haha
[Android Themes] dandaninc:
Sorry for not helping or being around.

I'm sorry. I haven't been around... I have been wicked busy with work. I really wanted to get into making something for the G1 but I am just too damn busy. It's cool that this thread got stickied and again sorry. :(

The fonts do kick so much ass!! THANK YOU!
[Android Themes] noes0104:
can some make a post on how to install the themes or change the fonts. i am new at this. all the other phones i've owned are nokias
[Android Themes] dom2684:
seacrh.........
[Android Themes] kickfliprock13:
change font on g1

just go to http://jerrysfreakinblog.blogspot.com/ and follow the directions there and it tells you step by step exactly how to change the font
[Android Themes] JDMr2:
Just did this process. Very simple and easier than above and didn't need to update.
[Android Themes] G1gurl:
Can someone please tell what am I doing wrong? I just tried this and my font did not change.

entered the following:

mount sdcard

mount system

cp sdcard/london/* system/fonts #change folder here if different

umount sdcard

umount system

reboot

am I suppose to entered the part in BOLD?

Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong?
[Android Themes] AroundTheWorld:
You do put in "system/fonts"

Also, when you type "cp sdcard/[name of subfolder with fonts]" you just fill in that gap with whatever the name of the file you put it in.
[Android Themes] G1gurl:
mount sdcard

mount system

cp sdcard/london/* system/fonts

umount sdcard

umount system

reboot

I did this and my font did not change nor did I get any errors.

What am I doing wrong?
[Android Themes] shaneaus:
Remove "reboot" from the end and watch the error message you get from the terminal emulator.

I am having a similar problem and here is what the terminal displayed when I ran the script:

mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 on /sdcard failed: Device or resource busy

mount: mounting /dev/block/mtdblock3 on /system failed: Device or resource busy

cp: cannot create 'system/fonts/DroidSans-Bold.ttf': Read-only file system

cp: cannot create 'system/fonts/DroidSans.ttf': Read-only file system

unmount: not found

unmount: not found

Anyone have any suggestions? I ran Advanced Task Manager and closed all the apps - same result. I rebooted - same result.

Seems like I get this error from time to time about my sdcard being read only... Don't know why.

UPDATE:

It appeared to me that there was an issue with the read/write mount with the sdcard and the system. So, I did some researching earlier in this thread and came across some advise on mounting them with read/write ability. I changed the code to the following:

mount -o rw,remount /sdcard

mount -o rw,remount /system

cp sdcard/london/* system/fonts

umount sdcard

umount system

reboot

AND, viola! it worked! Cool, now I'm going to change my font like six times as I downloaded about seven fonts!

Use the above code at your own risk! I know almost NOTHING about writing scripts and only copied something from what someone else wrote. It made sense to me... And, it worked for me... BUT, there IS something wrong with the code as I got some sort of error about the unmount commands.

Hopefully, someone can adjust what I have above. After that is done and I confirm that it works I'll edit this post again.

FINALLY - upon reboot this took about a whole minute for my phone to boot up. Wait for it! I almost gave up and pulled my battery to reflash!

NOTE: Sansation font looks AWESOME with MoonDust!
[Android Themes] JDMr2:
make sure you're using the correct file path where your font is located. "London" was used in the example. If you put the fonts in a folder called "Fonts" in your sdcard, then you should type the following:

cp sdcard/Fonts/* system/fonts
[Android Themes] sianaka:
issues with calculator

Every time I install a font, the multiply and subtract icons disappear from my calculator, is anyone else having this issue? Is there any way to fix it?
[Android Themes] jleake:
i have the same issue with the calculator. the only font that i've gotten to give me all the icons is the one with manup put alongside the moondust theme. but it is still missing the subtract button. dunno why it does this.
[Android Themes] shaneaus:
I'm using the Sansation font with MoonDust and my calc doesn't show either the multiplication or the subtract symbols. Man, I forgot just how good of a job he did on changing the calc!

I use Hanycalc as my calculator. The only symbol that doesn't show there is the division symbol.
[Android Themes] AroundTheWorld:
I think the only reason that certain characters are missing is that the font you download doesnt have the characters. Thats just a guess... =/
[Android Themes] cevatt:
did a LOT of experimenting but ended up with these two fonts. haven't found any missing characters and they look great on all apps so far.

http://www.dafont.com/take-out-the-garbage.font

http://www.dafont.com/catalogue.font
[Android Themes] sgolson88:
The take out the garbage one says not signed.... haven't tried the other
[Android Themes] iancdp:
Can someone please make this into an update.zip i tried doing it through the command center but for some reason it didint work it says i need to rename both files to something like this DroidSans-Bold.ttf and the other one to something else but i see three files so that might have been where i mest up.
[Android Themes] AsaSpades:
I love the Sansation font, but the letter "J" is messed up, and same with some of the spacing, and the multplication symbol on the handi calc app, can this be fixed?
[Android Themes] xcallibur:
Huxtable...

update Huxtable.zip
[Android Themes] anddep:
nah it cant be done, i posted it but i did not make the actual font..

i made the update.zip but not sansation.ttf. i found the font while searching for "COOL FONTS"
[Android Themes] G1gurl:
Can someone plz tell me why this command doesn't work for me? I've tried it several times and yet my font doesn't change. I have a them installed could that be the reason why it doesn't work. Theme I have is Vekktor by randum access.

Can someone please tell what's the problem why my font won't install?
[Android Themes] AsaSpades:
damn...thanks though
[Android Themes] anddep:
no problem cuzz
[Android Themes] jleake:
anyone tried fonts on the Haykuros Magic ROMs?
[Android Themes] d474rpr:
I've used custom fonts on Haykuros 5.0.2h and 5.0.1g ROM's and had no issues at all. I used the same update file that I have been for all of JF's ROM's as well.
[Android Themes] Lieu10ant:
i like this one myself http://www.dafont.com/andrew-script.font
[Android Themes] beagz:
Works with dudes .8 also
[Android Themes] supersize:
if i change my font and dont like it and want to change it back to the default font will a wipe do this for me or no?
[Android Themes] d474rpr:
A wipe will not revert the font, however, if you just reinstall the firmware you have (which will do the same as a wipe just takes a few extra minutes) it will revert the font to the default systems font.
[Android Themes] :
will it work with jfs new rom the old update files.
[Android Themes] :
can you post an update file for this please.
[Android Themes] :
What files do you rename most of the fonts I download only have one file in them?
[Android Themes] :
What files theres only one file.
[Android Themes] cdi90:
On the cp line a errormsg came:

cp: cannot stat 'sdcard/london/*': No such file or directory

BUT the directory exists definitely and its called london! Its locatet on the sdcard. Wth, where is the problem? xD I hope someone want to help me.

best g. from austria
[Android Themes] androidd:
Here is the Font and Icons I made/altered/added to my G1
[Android Themes] JDMr2:
Well, one should be regular type font and the other would be the bold type font. If there's only one file, you probably only have the regular type font. What you can do is use the same file for both DroidSans.ttf and DroidSans-Bold.ttf. Dont worry about the bold file not actually being the bold type because the phone will still display bold font as bold.
[Android Themes] androidd:
Yeah All I did to get my font was rename the modified font to the same name that is in the fonts folder replaced the original with the new and the system did the rest. Real easy!
[Android Themes] nathan.tran:
Update on the procedure to replace system fonts

My G1 has JF1.5 firmware. I had some problem with the procedure to replace system fonts in the (recovery) console. After some research, I got it working. Here is an update on the procedure.

- Rename font files to DroidSans.ttf and DroidSans-Bold.ttf, place in a subfolder on sdcard. In this example, the subfolder name is newfont.

- Boot to recovery

- Press Alt+X to get into console mode

- Press <Enter>

- Type the following commands:

mount -rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

mount -rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /sdcard

cp /sdcard/newfont/* /system/fonts

umount sdcard

umount system

reboot

Nathan
[Android Themes] mannyb:
Oh, wow, that's pretty damn cool. A definite keeper.
[Android Themes] Beast84:
Can't see the pic but I'll have to throw it on the phone to check it out. Thanks
[Android Themes] ei8htohms:
sorry 'bout that

Messed up the image link when I edited, should be better now.
[Android Themes] Beast84:
Any screenshots of how it looks on the phone?
[Android Themes] ei8htohms:
I haven't tried the screenshots via ADB thing yet

Just noticed that the new Screenshots app works with Android 1.5.
[Android Themes] nolageek:
AWESOME work. Can we get this stickied? :)
[Android Themes] DeadBody79:
Please, someone make a update.zip for JF1.5 !!

@ei8htohms:

Does your Font has symbols like ä ö ü € ?
[Android Themes] ei8htohms:
yes

It should have every symbol that the original DroidSans fonts have, but I can't guarantee that I don't need to tweak a few of them. They were automatically created by Fontforge using the new letters, so the orientation and positioning of the various modifiers might not be ideal.
[Android Themes] LatinSilEighty:
found this i don't know if maybe you guys have seen this yet or not but here it is anyways there's no bolds but who cares anyways i would just make two files with the same font one saying bold and one not

http://www.webpagepublicity.com/free-fonts-x.html
[Android Themes] SoTacMatt:
+1 Worked perfectly!

Now I have my Star Trek movie font!! (for now!)
[Android Themes] burton14e7:
Am I understanding correctly that I can use any TT font and rename it and follow the instructions for the Home+Power button reboot?
[Android Themes] SoTacMatt:
I use the three buttons to reboot, then hold down the home button.

Then follow those instructions. I have multiple folders on my card, all the names renamed. You can put two copies of the font in there; and rename one DroidSans.ttf and rename the other DroidSans-Bold.ttf

Yes, use what ttf you want. Not all come out clear when small.
[Android Themes] anddep:
Here's Droid Logo font as an update.zip... avoid typing :) credit goes to ei8htohms for posting the .tff file.
[Android Themes] JackD3ath:
Great font!

I really like this font. I have been using it since you posted it and I really enjoy looking at the phone now.
[Android Themes] ei8htohms:
awesome

Fantastic, thanks! I keep tweaking it and updating the files, but this version seems to work fine for now. I'll let you know when I've made an incremental improvement that warrants a new update.zip (if you don't mind, maybe I'll have even figured out how to create such a thing myself by that point!).

It makes me smile to think about other folks out there using this font on their G1. Thanks for the feedback and screenshots!

I'm working on two refinements of the fonts right now:

1.) I need to double check all the math and points locations for consistency of character height and stroke width, etc. The version I'm using right now has some inherited discrepancies in that regard (from resizing it several times) that cause some weird formatting issues every once in awhile. Not catastrophic, but could be better. I plan to apply these fixes to the latest versions of the font already uploaded to make it look cleaner and more consistent across the widest possible range of sizes, etc. I've also fixed some of the oddball characters with accents, umlauts, etc.

2.) I'm going back to the original logo images I can get my hands on and measuring the letter heights, widths and stroke sizes and will generate a new font based explicitly on these dimensions. The goal with this font would be to create a font that when the word "ANDROID" was presented in bold, it would look exactly like the official ANDROID logo, and all other letters would be consistent with those metrics. This will likely be a larger project and may not be all that useful on the phone for a daily driver font (so to speak).

Glad to see some folks are finding it fun/useful!
[Android Themes] anddep:
take the update.zip that i posted and extract the 2 folder to the desktop or whatever works for u.. then just replace the droidsans.ttf and droidsans-bold.ttf in "Your_using_Stericsons_fonts" folder with ur font. take them 2 folders and zip them up.. then sign the zip file.

shouts to Stericsons for posting the template.:)
[Android Themes] ei8htohms:
excellent

That work great, thanks! And thanks also to Stericson of course! I'll add it to my first post.
[Android Themes] bootleg16:
love this font man!

thanks.

installed
[Android Themes] somuchsoul:
very nubbish question... in recovery mode, whenever I press Alt + X nothing happens.. is there something i'm missing? To get to recovery mode it's Home + Power button, right?

Thanks in advance.
[Android Themes] ei8htohms:
are you using the JF modified recovery partition?

This does require a rooted phone with a modified recovery partition, but then, yes: Home + Power then Alt-X (for recovery terminal).
[Android Themes] somuchsoul:
TY for your quick reply! I have JF1.5. Shouldn't that mean I have a modified recovery image? I'm pretty sure I went through the process when I was installing JF1.5. Is there anything I can do without going through the whole process of downgrading and then upgrading again?
[Android Themes] anddep:
yea i dont have the Alt-x too
[Android Themes] ei8htohms:
a couple ideas

If you're using JF or any of the hacked builds you should have the JF recovery image UNLESS you flashed the official HTC ADP ROM at some point, which writes over the recovery partition. You can always restore the JF image with Nandroid however if you have a restore point saved. Just flash the recovery.img just like you would system, data and boot. When you boot into recovery mode you should get the scrolling sideways text and then the JF Recovery info, are you getting that or an exclamation icon with a phone lying down (the HTC recovery screen)?

If you can't get to console from recovery (and that would worry me more than loading a font frankly! :) ), then you can always run the same commands from Terminal Emulator. I do this all the time, but I have to use DroidSans Tools to remount the system as read/write first because I can never get the SU mount instructions to take through terminal alone (if anyone has a recommendation about that I'm all ears). You also have to reboot after copying the files over to /system/fonts before the new fonts will show up. Make sure to save the original fonts somewhere (or download Stericsons original fonts update.zip) so you can go back whenever you want.
[Android Themes] anddep:
someone posted this font in this thread somewhere in the front, i really liked it so i made an update.zip
[Android Themes] bboy_201:
when i resart my g1 i hold home and power button

than i press alt + x

i than see ==

Press <enter>mount

so i press enter than i see

/#

i add mount sdcard and it says

mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 on /sdcard failed: No such file or directory

i know the g1 and my computer can read the sdcard

also i have adp1 1.5 update

any solutions?
[Android Themes] bboy_201:
///

i changed the fonts in your folder and when i try to use it as an update it dosent work

it says its bad
[Android Themes] anddep:
did u sign it?
[Android Themes] bboy_201:
what do you mean buy sign it?????
[Android Themes] anddep:
u mist sign the zip file b4 u flash ur own update.zip

i know theres alot to read but u can get the signing stuff here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=471586
[Android Themes] matthewngsm:
Post erased
[Android Themes] anakin908:
MAN i love Droid Logo! thanks a lot! xD
[Android Themes] ei8htohms:
glad to hear it

Thanks!

Filler...
[Android Themes] DaUub:
question. do the fonts work with ANY rom? or there is a font for each rom? and some 1 please provide me with the original font
[Android Themes] IronFly:
original JF 1.5 fonts attached.

BTW is simple to backup with ADB:

cp /system/fonts/* /sdcard
[Android Themes] DaUub:
Thanks! Is that file already signed ? i dont know how 2 sign them
[Android Themes] bboy_201:
is this apossible way to change the font??

right now im in my micro sd card that in my g1 using my pc.

im in F:\system\font and i see the DroidSans.ttf & DroidSans-Bold.ttf. i was wondering if i just changed the font here would it work??? it sounds to easy but lets see!!

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does not do a thing lol....

the font stays the same
[Android Themes] ei8htohms:
if you mean via ADB, then yes, that should work

Not sure how you would get into /system/font otherwise. But you'd have to reboot to see the change.
[Android Themes] g1junky:
hey can someone make a font update of the VTKS REVOLT font on this site

http://www.dafont.com/top.php

OR CAN SUMBODY EXPLAIN TO ME HOW TO DO IT
[Android Themes] ei8htohms:
it's already a ttf

Just download the zip, unzip it, and follow the other instructions in this thread to copy, rename and install.
[Android Themes] g1junky:
where are the instructions?
[Android Themes] Fisherman619:
Does anyone know if you can make a font bigger?? I flashed this font i like but its really small now. I can barely read it. Or is that just the way it is?
[Android Themes] ei8htohms:
um... all over this thread?

Seriously, just start on page 1 and read. There are instructions that can be used from Terminal, Recovery Console or ADB and even links to ways to create Update.zips of font change packages. etc.
[Android Themes] bethel03:
update error

I have taken some of the update.zip files on here, unzipped, replaced with .ttf files I wanted, zipped and then re-sign. But when I try to apply it in recovery mode it says it cannot find the update path. I do not change any of the file/folder names or paths. What am I doing wrong?
[Android Themes] crotalusfreak:
Here is the font you want just unzip it,put font folder on root of sd card,run provided script by unzipping it and putting it on root of your sd card.Go into terminal and type:

su

sh /sdcard/font.sh

Phone will reboot and your font will be installed though it is unfinished and kinda ugly when scaled down here is a screenshot of the one you wanted and one I have installed that fits a little better and of another that I liked and fit good.

I have also attached the other two fonts unzip the one you want and stick the font folder on the root of your sd card use attached script with the above command in terminal your phone will reboot and you will have your new font.

*****Update:Make sure you have put the font folder on root of sd card it should already be named font you dont have to do any renaming.It should just consist of two files inside DroidSans-Bold.ttf and DroidSans.ttf if you just rename ghostmeatfont folder to font its gonna go wrong as inside of the ghostmeatfont folder is the font folder that should have been put on root of your sd card.The directory to folder should just be /sdcard/font not /sdcard/font/font or script will erase your internal font and wont be able to replace fonts as the directory to new fonts has changed from whats in the script and you will have to reflash your current rom or adb push the erased font files back to/system/fonts.***********

Edit:I improved the script a little to create a backup of your original font on your sd card in a folder it will create named FontBackup so if you wanna restore that easily you can.
[Android Themes] bboy_201:
im trying it now lets see what happens!!

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my phone would hang on the second splash screen. damn it..

i had update it to the way it was before..

did i do something wrong.

i had the folder with the font name and also named it fonts on it...

and had the font.sh file...

hmmmm..

i know before it reboots it says something.. all i can read is the begining saying can't find.....