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[Nexus One Themes and Apps] david1171:
If it is a morph, then unless it contains .xml or .dex files then it will work for Enomther's ROM as long as the .apk's are in the same location as specified in the .thm file of the morph.

To my knowledge, most of the major themes are available for Cyanogen's and Enomther's ROM.

The thread should say in the OP what ROMs it will work for and if is a flashable file, then the downloads should be separated by ROM, the same if it is morph that contains either .xml or .dex files.

You install morphs via MetaMorph. There is a sticky on morphs and discussions of them. There is a guide on how to install morphs via MetaMorph in one of them.

Flashable files are placed on the sdcard and flashed from recovery just like you flash a ROM, except, you do NOT wipe when flashing a theme UNLESS it is a full ROM, then there would be explicit warnings that the theme is actually a themed ROM with proper notices about wiping and such.

"good ones" is a relative term and can really only be determined by yourself. The screen shots are usually fairly low quality and don't truly give it justice to how it looks on the phone.

If you want to just test out a theme and don't know whether or not you will want to keep it on your phone for a period of time, then the best thing to do is make a nandroid in recovery before applying the morph of flashing the theme.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] SiNJiN76:
Yeah...I started with Kspec and then moved to Nextheme...but, I still use the Kspec battery icon!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] romanvail:
thank you all! i'll tried NexTheme. it's nice.

Any ideas how to change that default green highlight color so I can see the actual text (ie. opening up the browser).

Also, is there a good clock/weather widget (a large one?)
[Android Apps and Games] openback:
This app is for systems with root access only. It offers 3 main functions:

Apply selected TTF fonts to the system

Backup system fonts to /sdcard/Fonts

Restore backed up fonts from /sdcard/Fonts

Place any TTF files you have in /sdcard/Fonts for easiest access.

In order for Android to reload its system fonts, the system must be rebooted after applying. Also, most ROM updates will overwrite your fonts with the default ones while installing. To easily restore, simply find a set of fonts that work well for you and then select Backup fonts so that you can restore them later. Be aware that this simply overwrites any existing backup you have, so you may want to save the original fonts elsewhere if you think you may need them.

It can be downloaded from the Market, or directly from the Downloads section of the github repository

Screenshots:

Graphic and icon by minusbaby

Scan to install:
[Android Apps and Games] openback:
Also, I'd like for my app to reboot the system on its own, but programming for root seems to be a bit tricky at times. If anyone wants to lend a hand, all the code is up up at http://github.com/openback/Type-Fresh
[Android Apps and Games] joshuas_79:
really interesting.. thanks
[Android Apps and Games] SoCalSpecialist:
ill give it a shot and report back shortly

fyi im running a rooted Eris with the Evil Eris Rom V1.1
[Android Apps and Games] SoCalSpecialist:
i keep getting an error msg that says could not remount /system

please advise
[Android Apps and Games] openback:
The app logs errors, so could you post the relevant portion of your log?
[Android Apps and Games] SoCalSpecialist:
id love too buuuut, i have no idea how to.
[Android Apps and Games] openback:
Hehe. If you have adb installed, then run "adb logcat" and it will show you the log. Then you can run the app and see what it throws in there.
[Android Apps and Games] enatefox:
Hey OP, if you need help getting root, check out my app I made a while back. It gets root then runs raw shell commands. Should be what you need.. direct link. I posted the whole Eclipse workbench so you can see the code. There's more than enough comments to see what to do.
[Android Apps and Games] shizzy1427:
I got the error could not remount too.

I think this is the relevant section of the logcat

I/Type Fresh( 1619): Remounting /system rw
D/su ( 1628): 10107:10107 net.pixelpod.typefresh executing 0:0 /system/bin/
sh
E/Type Fresh( 1619): Error remounting: "Usage: mount [-r] [-w] [-o options] [-t
type] device directory"
E/Type Fresh( 1619): Could not remount, returning
I/NotificationService( 1033): enqueueToast pkg=net.pixelpod.typefresh callback=a
ndroid.app.ITransientNotification$Stub$Proxy@458ed0d0 duration=0
D/dalvikvm( 1107): GC freed 2286 objects / 120776 bytes in 118ms

Also, off-topic, what theme are you using for the notification bar in the screenshots? It's nice.
[Android Apps and Games] Ganii:
Would be a nice app,but I get the same errors! :(
[Android Apps and Games] jUgGsY:
I also get this with my Hero running Fresh 2.0d

I/Type Fresh( 1864): Remounting /system rw
D/su ( 1876): 10067:10067 net.pixelpod.typefresh executing 0:0 /system/bin/sh
E/Type Fresh( 1864): Error remounting: "Usage: mount [-r] [-w] [-o options] [-t type] device directory"
E/Type Fresh( 1864): Could not remount, returning
I/NotificationService( 79): enqueueToast pkg=net.pixelpod.typefresh callback=android.app.ITransientNotification$Stub$P
roxy@4502a400 duration=0

I also get a FC if I try to backup the fonts a second time.
[Android Apps and Games] suree_n:
Very good idea to have this kind of application.

I try with my rhodium android with SQUASH file system but failed.

It seems to allow to apply the replace font one font at a time when try to apply the second one, the program crashed. But even I apply one font and then exit and reapply the second font, so and so, there is still no change in the system fonts.

May be it cannot work with file system SQUASH ???
[Android Apps and Games] mineIsAlreadyTaken:
says it can't be installed on this device during installation :| Samsung Galaxy, GalaxHero Rom (root, android 1.5)
[Android Apps and Games] elupton:
Yeah, not working

So, I tried getting this from the download area directly on my phone, and I downloaded the .apk and loaded it via mounted SD Card.

Neither worked. During Packake Installer, it just says it can't be installed.

I've got root access (I frequently use WiFi Tether. When I use Terminal Emulator and type "su" I get the "#" response). I did this through the ADB method on unlockr.com

Does it only work on certain versions of Android? I'm running 1.5 on my Sprint HTC Hero.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] britoso:
found this via android spin. trying it out now...

Is this for font name to font-file mapping?

I get a FC on apply and restore.
[Android Apps and Games] openback:
Sorry for the late reply, I've been a bit busy the past couple of days!

Thanks! I believe I may have been a little too unspecific in my remount command. I should have an update rolling out tonight that should rectify that problem! And the theme is just a Black Bar Mod

I need to look into SQUASH, as this is actually the first I've heard of it. Hopefully I can get it working for you tonight as well.

As of right now, yes, sorry. I'll see if I can change that. I was under the impression that all rooted users would all be at 1.6 by now. I guess not!

All it does is overwrite the system fonts with whatever you're selecting. FC on either function? Could you show me what logcat says?
[Android Apps and Games] openback:
Double-post
[Android Apps and Games] matthenry87:
Awesome app! Worked great on my G1 running Super D. Anyone have a favorite font??
[Android Apps and Games] britoso:
OK tried todays version 0.9.2,

heres the error when I click "Apply"

E/Type Fresh( 1921): java.io.FileNotFoundException: /etc/fstab
D/su ( 2045): 10052:10052 net.pixelpod.typefresh executing 0:0 /system/bin/sh

The error popup said

Similar error on restore:

E/Type Fresh( 2062): java.io.FileNotFoundException: /etc/fstab
D/su ( 2144): 10052:10052 net.pixelpod.typefresh executing 0:0 /system/bin/sh

I did give it SU permission when I chose the new font. I'm on CM 5.0.6.1
[Android Apps and Games] openback:
Arrgh, you have a ROM without an fstab? Haha, I'll have another update tomorrow evening then. Thanks for the log posting!
[Android Apps and Games] openback:
I just pushed a new update that is a little more specific with the mount command. This should work for everyone, although I don't know about SQUASH. Let me know if there are any problems!
[Android Apps and Games] jakijal:
so... does it only support 'andexplorer'?

doesnt work with 'astro' right?
[Android Apps and Games] openback:
Right now, only AndExplorer. I have just emailed the maker's of Astro to see if I could use them, but as I've not seen any mention on the web, don't get your hopes up.
[Android Apps and Games] jakijal:
alright. na just wondering.
[Android Apps and Games] suree_n:
Dear Openback

Thanks for the new version. But I confirm that it will not work with SQSH file system because it is read only file system. The error said, it cannot remount the systyem or remount error something like this

....Thanks any way. :(
[Android Apps and Games] openback:
Oh, I'm silly, I didn't look up what SQUASHFS was. It's made to be read-only. You shouldn't be able to remount that read-write at all. Sorry.
[Android Apps and Games] PapaDocta:
excellent application and works great on Nexus One.. i just have one question...

i created a folder with a bunch of fonts and with their original names... and when i choose one and choose apply nothing happens.. now if i rename that font to the name of the original font that i want to replace then it works.. and applies it..!

is there a way to apply fonts without renaming them manually? it's really a pain to have to rename each font to the original's font name specially if you want to try more than one at a time.. !
[Android Apps and Games] openback:
What were the original file names?
[Android Apps and Games] PapaDocta:
they are random but say something like almwaheb by A4D.ttf or Motken Unicode Fostat.ttf and so on...
[Android Apps and Games] openback:
Ahh, ok. It's because of the spaces in the name. I'll have that fixed today :)
[Android Apps and Games] PapaDocta:
you are right.. i just tried removing the spaces and it worked fine...

you are the best man :)

thanks
[Android Apps and Games] smelian:
can we have some picture for nexus one with new fonts ?

and can we have some fonts so we can test the app by using it thank u

thank you dev for the great app
[Android Apps and Games] jakijal:
all you have to do is copy the .ttf font files that are in your 'Fonts' folder on your computer over to the Fonts folder on ur sdcard.
[Android Apps and Games] smelian:
i tried that but its only worked in ClockOpia

i want change the browser font message contacts .. etc

when i change Droidsansmono.ttf or droidserif-bold.tff then restart mobile its stopped in X screen
[Android Apps and Games] jakijal:
um... well i have only tried this once and i didnt really like the font that i had. it was too small, but...

if you change 'droidsans.ttf', it changes almost everything. im not too sure if thats what you were trying to get across in your post tho. it takes effect on almost everything on the phone.
[Android Apps and Games] pet4a:
can i change the font size? meanly the phone numbers shown on nexus one default contacts app
[Android Apps and Games] smelian:
jakijal

yes thats it thank you

can i change font size? i changed the font but its too too small

thank u
[Android Apps and Games] jakijal:
changing font size... no. or not that i am aware of at least.

lol. sry. unless you manually edit the actual characters in the font file or create your own.

i did read about a program that changes the font size of your system, but you have to pay for it.
[Android Apps and Games] openback:
Some fonts just aren't supported by Android. When an app attempts to use an unsupported font, it falls back to DroidSans, but if the system font is unsupported, it'll just fail to boot. (Which is one major reason for the NANdroid backups)
[Android Apps and Games] revolvrocelot:
Error Remounting: Could not remount /system

Same problem here, if it matters I am running Bugless Beast 0.9, maybe because the ROM overwrites the font, that has something to do with it.
[Android Apps and Games] PapaDocta:
happened to me today.. i just went and removed the root persmission and launched typefresh and clicked apply and the root persmission menu come on, chose allow and hit apply fonts a few times and worked..
[Android Apps and Games] openback:
Could you post the relevant portion of your log? I can't do anything without that :(
[Android Apps and Games] PapaDocta:
it happened to me when i tried to use a font with space in its name.. but after trying to hit apply for a few times it went through..!
[Android Apps and Games] efeeze:
Thank you openback this has got to be the sweetest app I ever encountered,I always enjoy making my phone purely mine and this lets me change to any font I desire not ones that come with a pack or some long drawn out edits. I enjoyed editing my cpr when I had a windows phone but this is so simple and easy best ever Thank you.
[Android Apps and Games] britoso:
TypeFresh-0.9.3.5 worked for me. It gave me an error saying "could not mount /system" twice, but the third time it worked.

Do you have a list of good font replacements?
[Android Apps and Games] rootbeer001:
how long....?

i just tried applying some fonts, and all i get is the "Applying Fonts" dialog box and the working icon for the past 5 minutes. no FC's, no error messages. any insight on this problem?

running this on a sprint hero with a modded 2.1 rom.

EDIT:

nvm - i rebooted the phone, and tried the process again, and this second time, it applied the fonts in a second and then prompted me to reboot. looks like a winner to me. awesome app!

quick question: can you tell me what portions of android the fonts listed affect? ie, which one affects the taskbar, widgets, etc.? thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] jakijal:
well, i havent messed around with this app too much, but i know one thing... the 'droidsans' part of this will replace almost everything on the phone.

sry if it wasnt too detailed bout the other options but i know that one for sure...
[Android Apps and Games] theprovidence:
hey open back im running nrodriguezstyle froyo nexus 1 rom, ive gotten it to work sometimes but i dont get why it doesnt work consistently...

here's my log:

IOexception : error running exec

command: [/sysstem/bin/su] working

directory: null enviroment

i dunno if thats exactly what you need but im trying
[Android Apps and Games] onlinespending:
after I apply my own fonts and reboot, the phone does not boot. It gets stuck at the "htc EVO 4G" initial bootup screen. I just tried replacing the DroidSerif fonts with my own. Do they have to be the same name? I figured the app would automatically rename my own fonts to be the names of the system font.
[Android Apps and Games] onlinespending:
OK, that didn't do it. Somehow on my EVO using this APP to change the DroidSans and DroidSerif fonts causes the system to hang upon reboot. I am forced to reflash each time.
[Android Apps and Games] openback:
I haven't messed with any Froyo ROMs yet, sorry. I'll be updating it soon. Probably as soon as there is a CM6 test ROM.
[Android Apps and Games] openback:
I haven't messed with any Froyo ROMs yet, sorry. I'll be updating it soon. Probably as soon as there is a CM6 test ROM.

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.
[Android Apps and Games] openback:
Actually, was this copied and pasted, or typed out by you? I'm wondering because of the "/sysstem/bin/su" which should be "/system/bin/su".
[Android Apps and Games] onlinespending:
Thanks for letting me know. Wonder if there's a way I can edit my TTF fonts to somehow get them to be compatible. Perhaps deconstruct them and rebuild them. I'm sort of hell bent on getting a particular font to work.
[Android Apps and Games] jjss75:
woo openbackkkkkk come backkkk
[Android Apps and Games] Keegan_P:
How soon? I'm very thankful for your service already, and I don't want to seem push, but I think a lot of people, including myself, would love a time estimation.
[Android Apps and Games] openback:
Yeeeessssss?? lol.

Oh not pushy at all! Sorry, I've been quite busy lately, but I now promise this weekend!
[Android Apps and Games] sunwee:
can you consider adding options to change the size of the fonts?
[Android Apps and Games] matthenry87:
Ya being able to increase font size would be great because almost all of the fonts I download end up being way too small =(
[Android Apps and Games] rjmjr69:
please unless someone has links to good fonts this is a must
[Android Apps and Games] fracmo2000:
Hi, This app sounds awesome but im having a problem getting it setup. I have put fonts into sdcard/fonts but they dont appear in Type Fresh...where am I going wrong?
[Android Apps and Games] DJ!:
galaxy s? (vibrant)

i am trying to run this on a vibrant. i get to the point where i restart the phone but font doesn't change. i was just wondering if this works on the galaxy s phones.
[Android Apps and Games] fracmo2000:
Nobody...?
[Android Apps and Games] johnsonab:
I got it to work flawlessly on a Galaxy S.

Need a list of good fonts to try out though.

Comfortaa.ttf works well

Which other ones off DaFont.com are any good?
[Android Apps and Games] xDanVitox:
if i uninstall this app will it set the defaults back? and if not are the android default fonts the same for every device? if so could someone give me a copy of the original DroidSans.ttf and DroidSans-Bold.ttf i forgot to back up :( i have a Droid X
[Android Apps and Games] :
Is it possible to have this scan for installed font packs like the ones for Handcent? I've become really attached to "Black Chancery" but I can't seem to get it over to Type Fresh.
[Android Apps and Games] wingnutta:
Just tried installing on Desire running DeFrost 2.4d I receive no su command prompts and then the app tells me su command error - am i rooted! Well yes i am but the app doesnt ask for superuser permissions! Argh!!!!!
[Android Apps and Games] 71baker:
Hiya. Now that the X10mini is rooted i wanted to change the font with Type Fresh. I installed it , installed andexplorer and put a font on the sdcard. Loaded up typefresh and i get no errors installing them and applying them. (i have done the same on my Tattoo both before and to double check again after i tried on the X10.

As i said no errors. Reboot phone and the default fonts are still applied....

I checked the files in the phone and this is how it looks like (from DDMS)

(i only copied the DroidSans.ttf line cause i couldnt copy it from the window it seems.)

Name Size Date Time Permissions Info
DroidSans.ttf 190044 2010-05-21 17:42 -rw-r--r--

Now i am no Androidguru , but doesn't this mean they cannot be deleted? Is this the problem i am having and how do i fix it?

Edit: I investigated some more and found out via logcat that cp was failing. Now i know the file i was copying from was available so i tried issuing just the cp command , and it did not work. So i googled i have no cp command in android , and found a thread describing how to enable 'hardlinks' from busybox. (go to the folder where busybox is installed and issue ./busybox --install)

After that cp responded as it should and then TypeFresh worked again! I changed fonts and got a bit scared at first cause the fonts in the popup where the app asks if i want to reboot was in a chinese or something typeface. But it booted up and the font i chose was installed !
[Android Apps and Games] kadajawi:
Look into the DarkStar theme. That one has an awesome font, I _think_ it is the font from WebOS, but I haven't looked closely to check. It's pretty and very readable. Helvetica looks great too, but has some issues with the distance between lines (at least the version I've tried...).
[Android Apps and Games] sblum:
I am using Neue Helvetica - it is amazing. In some widgets (CalWidget, for example) it makes some <?> looking characters instead of what should probably be a bullet. Is this just a limitation of the font I am using? Any way around this? Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] Lasy:
greet.

this work my vodafone 845 phone.
[Android Apps and Games] Cryptor68:
Work like a charme, many thanks openback for the great tool

good Fonts can find here dafont.com
[Android Apps and Games] DirtyDre:
i have the same issue it says fonts applied but when i restart the phone nothing happens
[Android Apps and Games] burgessa23:
I can't get any fonts to apply... using rooted aria
[Android Apps and Games] rori~:
Type Fresh - change your fonts and f.color would be cool!
[Android Apps and Games] CaseV8:
Font Size Check-in

Let me first say this app is truly awesome. I'm thoroughly enjoying my custom font(ed) Droid X. However, (unlike most posts I've seen) my font is just a bit too BIG. Curious if it will be possible to change in a future release. Of course I could probably just edit the .TTF and make it smaller but figured I'd ask...

Thanks again!
[Android Apps and Games] smartsreenath:
i am using azure cyanogen mod6........for me showing.....my mobile not rooted:confused::confused::confused:
[Android Apps and Games] r0ark:
Great app by the way. It was working on Nexus One CM6-rc3, but now does not work on CM6 stable release. The problem is with the SU and mounting...

I uninstalled. Re-installed again, but this time it didn't ask for SuperUser permission.

Here's my logcat when I tried to backup the fonts or apply any changes:

E/Type Fresh< 5386>: java.io.

IOexception : error running exec<>.

Command: [/system/bin/su]

Working directory: null

Enviroment: null
[Android Apps and Games] sblum:
Agreed, same exact thing on the Evo.
[Android Apps and Games] hello00:
Doesn't work on Froyo 2.2
[Android Apps and Games] jameskever:
Please help...

This application was the main reason I rooted my phone. I have a t-mobile Vibrant. However, it's not working at all.

I've tried renaming the font to the name of the font in the typefresh list that it's replacing and still a no go.

Does anyone have any other suggestions? I would really really like to get this working.
[Android Apps and Games] jameskever:
More information

I've been researching this app because I really want it to work and it's totally NOT working for me.

I've gone into settings and have selected the default font.

I've installed AndExplorer.

I've installed TypeFresh.

Using TypeFresh, I backed up the fonts.

I plugged in the USB and mounted, and copied a ttf font into the fonts folder that TypeFresh created. (I did not see any other file in there... although I thought TypeFresh placed a back up file in there.)

I changed the path for DroidSans-Bold.ttf to the font I put in the font folder.

Using TypeFresh, I applied font.

I rebooted.

NOTHING

I changed the path for DroidSans-bold.ttf to the font I put in the font folder.

I changed the path for DroidSans.ttf to the font I put in the font folder.

I rebooted.

NOTHING

Can someone please offer some suggestions on what I'm doing wrong?
[Android Apps and Games] duryard:
A dummies guide how to use would be really usefull
[Android Apps and Games] 71baker:
HTC Desire or Wildfire ?
[Android Apps and Games] jameskever:
Samsung Vibrant. T-Mobile.
[Android Apps and Games] 71baker:
Ok then i am not sure , maybe it is like Desire or Wildfire? I have used TypeFresh on HTC Tattoo and SE X10mini without problems but it would not work on my Wildfire. It seems now that something in the system prevents anything from getting changed while it's booted into the system , so to change font i had to start up in recovery and either push the files in via ADB , or use This Tool.

Note , i am not 100% sure that this is the problem but it MIGHT be.
[Android Apps and Games] sblum:
This program does not even ask for superuser rights anymore... WTF? It worked so well before. Update pls :)
[Android Apps and Games] ArchaosAngel:
where do i get fonts from??
[Android Apps and Games] TrietHocNhanSinh:
Do I have to install a set of fonts pack prior changing fonts with TypeFresh or something?