yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire Themes and Apps] Moe5508:
v1.4 and all below...
[Desire Themes and Apps] Moe5508:
Sadly am in a country where we do not have PAID apps in Market yet...or at least can't purchase.
[Desire Themes and Apps] StuMcBill:
Just thought I would let you know, the missing letters [boxes] seems to be an ADW Launcher issue.

I downloaded LauncherPro and everything displays properly.

Edit

If I change ADW Launcher to 5 icons instead of 6 it displays properly.

Sent from my Amiga 500 using Workbench
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
Okie... here's what I would try in your place:

1) Uninstall the Font Changer application from the Settings, or whatever other method you can use

2) Remove any fonts that you might have stored in /sdcard/.fontchanger (it's possible that you maybe put some fonts there which are causing it to crash)

3) Apply the remove zip update from recovery, and apply either the basic or full install update.

4) Install Font Changer, and if all went well then you should be able to use it.
[Desire Themes and Apps] nick w:
Im getting an error now after doing a fresh flash of LeeDroid 2.2b

"this application Font Changer (process com.mbella.fontchanger has stopped unexpectedly) please try again

Any ideas?
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
Any modifications which were done by the update zip files have been removed by flashing the new ROM over as it does a wipe. You will need to re-appply the zip from recovery.
[Desire Themes and Apps] nick w:
Sorry, i was in pleb mode and didnt read the instructions on your original post.

Sorry

All working :)
[Desire Themes and Apps] nick w:
I must add this is one of the best changes to do on android i think. Thanks very much!
[Desire Themes and Apps] umd:
I couldn't make the flashable version work on AuraxtSense 8.0. After choosing font, it reboots but font doesn't change :(
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
Try applying the remove zip, reboot and don't run Font Changer, go back into recovery and apply one of the install zip files, reboot and try Font Changer again. Hope this helps.

@nick w: Thanks. Google could really allows us to do these customisations without having to mess with our devices too much... let's just hope that they might be listening :)
[Desire Themes and Apps] FaithCry:
so does this version require me to have my S-OFF or can can i have S-ON?
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
1.4 works with S-ON.
[Desire Themes and Apps] ocihc80:
Thank you for your ROM but have some issues...

Good day Martino,

I tried to installed your rom and got some issues, here is my HTC desire descriptions:

-clockworkmod recovery: v2.5.0.7

-Android version: 2.2

-Baseband version:32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27

-Kernel version: 2.6.32.15-froyo_bravo_v5

-Software number: Alex-V 1.7

-Browser version: Webkit 3.1

-S-off

After installing/flashing your ROM: FontChanger_update_full_v1.2 (Before installing the .apk) using clockwork recovery all files were installed succesfully so I made a reboot with my phone then after that I was stocked in the HTC logo and continuously repeating that part for 15-20mins. I tried to reset my phone but nothing is working (Only solution is by removing the battery) so I removed it for now...

Can you or someone else please confirm if this will work with Alex-v 1.7 rom? If yes what would be the proper procedure becasue if I am not mistaken no one confirm/answer it on the previous post...

Note: FYI, I did not install any similar ROM before...

Thank you once again for your awesome ROM, I would love to try it if this applicable to my setup...
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
Hi there, sounds a bit like some of the files weren't applied correctly if you got stuck in a boot loop. Try to use the remove zip, and then install the basic zip and see if your device will start fine. I have a feeling that maybe you don't have enough space to flash the full zip which is big.
[Desire Themes and Apps] ocihc80:
Thank you for your reply.

Before trying the basic zip, please confirm if the space i have is sufficient for the full zip (I used quick system app to get these values):

SD card storage, free:6.39 GB

A2SD, free: 349 MB

Internal storage, free: 134 MB

System storage, free: 349 MB

Memory, free: 193 MB

Lastly, please pardon fot this noob question, once I flash this zip file where do this file go? on SD? A2SD? Internal? Etc...

Many thanks again!
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
That's a lot of free space... how the hell... Anyway, even though that looks like a lot of free space I would still suggest installing the basic one to see if that works.

When you flash the basic zip it goes nowhere. But it changes two files in /system/fonts and adds four files in /data/data/local.

No problem.
[Desire Themes and Apps] Pard0ned:
I've got the same, although it works fine with me... :confused:
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
Maybe it has something to do with the SYSRW feature of the ROM, as I see no other reason. There is a possiblity that SYSRW and S-OFF/S-ON cause some strange behaviour, after all SYSRW is more like a hack than a proper solution (if I'm correct).
[Desire Themes and Apps] dkawa:
It does not work with my stock HTC Desire ROM.... why not??
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
Stock HTC Desire ROM makes it sound like you have neither root or busybox.

I need more information than that I'm afraid. Are you rooted? Do you have busybox? What ROM? What Font Changer version? What does "not working" actually mean? Force close? Font won't change?
[Desire Themes and Apps] dkawa:
I have rooted my desire with Unrevoked. I can manage Titanium Backup so this means that I also have Busybox...

I can install the zip file with Clockworkmod Recovery. I also can install the FOntchanger 1.4 apk file. I also can set the font I want. Then my phone needs to reboot. but after reboot, the same STOCK font is there..

What am I doing wrong??
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
Please download a terminal emulator from the Market, there should be a few out, just pick any of them. Then type "readlink /system/fonts/DroidSans.ttf" into a terminal, press enter, and let me know what it outputs.
[Desire Themes and Apps] dkawa:
It says:

readlink /system/fonts/DroidSans.ttf:not found

????
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
Makes it seem like you don't have busybox (or it wasn't installed properly), because the 'readlink' command was not found. Most ROMs link the commands from busybox to '/system/xbin', and that's what Font Changer 1.4 uses.
[Desire Themes and Apps] codeXcalibur:
I had the same problem with LeeDroid 2.2f. It was a fresh install (so I assume there was enough free space) and I just got into recovery and installed the 7mb basic file, and then got stuck at the htc logo.

What can I do to get it work?
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
The basic file is not 7MB, that's the full file. Which one was it then?

If you installed the full one then I would suggest doing the same that I suggested to the person that you referenced. Last time I had LeeDroid on my device I remember the ROM was so bloated I barely had any space left...
[Desire Themes and Apps] codeXcalibur:
Sorry, it was the full file.

Yeah, this acutally works, thanks! Maybe you could write a warning or something for people with "bloated" ROMs in your start post.
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
Well, I mention already that people need at least 15MB free space (or w/e it actually is). I guess I should be more specific then...
[Desire Themes and Apps] Software Guru:
Works fine on my Desire HD running LeeDroid HD v1.2 custom rom

Thanks
[Desire Themes and Apps] live_0978:
Can anybody tell me why all my fonts are listed twice?
[Desire Themes and Apps] live_0978:
1.4 and it says fonts are stored on SD but I don't know where.
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
Right, they are stored in /sdcard/.fontchanger (mentioned in the first post). Anyway, try uninstalling the Font Changer apk and installing it again. I never had this error happen, but it's making me think it could have been just a database bug.
[Desire Themes and Apps] webwatcher:
1.4 is working on Oxygen 0.2.2.

Thank you for this mod.
[Desire Themes and Apps] memphisuklf:
Trying to add new fonts but can't find the fontchanger folder. All I have in adcard folder is a folder called Fonts. Putting them in this folder doesn't seem to do anything?

Edit

Doesn't matter sorted it
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
Good to know that, hopefully you won't come across any force closes...

The dot in the folder name is probably not very visible. I decided to add the dot because I come from a Linux background, and that way the folder becomes hidden. I really hate how applications store their files in normal folders, and then when I mount the SD card on my PC I see a bazillion of folders, none if which are of interest to me. Anyway, end of rant. I will be adding a feature to change the folder name in the future.
[Desire Themes and Apps] tamere22:
Hi !

I just bought your app from android market

I used density increaser to increase the size of all the phone (its my wife phone, she don't see very good on it, so I tried your app).

But now the phone is too big, I can't even enter the pin code !

The phone is lg gt540

I tried factory reset + removing sd card, not working...

Any help please ? Thanks
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
There was no need to wipe... that doesn't do anything on the /system partition.

Reinstall the same ROM you've got at the moment over from recovery. No need to wipe, so you won't loose anything, apart from any custom themes and fonts that you may have applied (since they go to /system). Do a nandroid backup beforehand, just in case.

Other approach is if you send me the file build.prop from /system and I'll give you the fixed one. But that's not as straightforward as the above approach.
[Desire Themes and Apps] tamere22:
Sorry for my panic

I didnt understand what you said... I flashed the firmware and now everything is back to normal :) :)

I need to be more carefull now
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
You understood the most important part which is the main thing. Just out of interest, did you change the screen density to a high value straight away or did you raise it little by little?
[Desire Themes and Apps] tamere22:
I checked the lowest, seen it changed but not very much, so I tried the highest, and I guess it was very stupid of me ... But errors make me learn :)

edit :

I just tried 200 as a test, and its close to be too big for the "ok" button to be viewable when you enter pin code. So I'm not sure that "240" is the "default" as you say in the program :)
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
OK, thank you for letting me know.

Apologies for the inconvenience caused. I'll make a change to stop people from changing the value by too much at a time. That should hopefully minimise any future problems.
[Desire Themes and Apps] tamere22:
Yeah would be nice. I'll try to find some font files tomorrow.

I updated my post btw (about suposed density default)
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
OK, I noticed that just now. That value is wrong I think. It maybe has something to do with the fact that you did a wipe, and also reflashed the firmware. Looks like a bug to me. Anyway, given the resolution of the screen for the LG GT640 the default should be 160 if I remember correctly.
[Desire Themes and Apps] tamere22:
Hi,

Ok so I did a fresh install, installed superuser, fonts from here* (extracted in my sdcard/.fontchanger/).

I start font changer, it gets superuser rights, it show me all the fonts I added.

But when I choose one, I click preview, and it doesn't change anything, even if I make apply, it then reboots the phone but no changes.

Am I missing something? LG gt540, 2.1 naked europe version, z4root for root.

I think it's not going to work damn because I also tried "fontsize" from another creator (paid too -_-) and it's not working :(

Thanks :)

edit : Do you think it's possible to find a ttf font with big characters so it increase the overall size of fonts ?

*Couln't add links to my post

Its mediafire dot com / ?4q8k5m2e8b5g9k7
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
Sorry that I couldn't get to this earlier, but I had other commitments today.

Does changing the screen density work? If you can change the screen density successfully then changing the font should work too. And of course you need to hit "Apply", the preview is just a preview. Maybe it would be worth restarting your phone manually too.

The application you mentioned does the same as the density changer in Font Changer by the way, looking at the submitted screenshots (easy way to tell is that pictures got bigger too, not just the text).

You might try searching for a bigger font, however I don't think that you will have much luck. Most fonts are made to fit a standard size, apart from artistic fonts which are not so nice on something like Android. If you find a slightly bigger font, and increase the screen density slightly, I think that might give you the effect you would like.
[Desire Themes and Apps] tamere22:
Hi,

Yes increasing density works, I went from 160 to 170.

Things are not "bigger" I'd say, well in fact they are, but they look after a "blur" filter on photoshop.

Font change not working at all. Really :)
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
The blurring I think has something to do with how Android scales the graphic resources. It probably uses some simple resizing algorithms for the sake of speed which ends up producing the blurring effect.

Looking at the font package you posted it all seems fine. It's really strange why it isn't working, and to be honest I'm lost as to where the fault could be. All I can ask is whether you tried different looking fonts, in case you weren't just setting fonts which looked similar. Apart from that, feel free to PM me your order number and I'll refund it.
[Desire Themes and Apps] tamere22:
As you want, or I can be your tester ;)

Maybe you can send me a apk version which create a log file of everything happening, and I can send you this log ?

I'd really like this to work, I dont want my gf be sad because, I did choose this phone for her :mad:
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
You didn't need to PM me the proof lol, I believe you :)

Well, the choice is yours really. I don't mind trying to figure out what the actual issue is, however it won't be as quick as if I had a similar phone next to me, so count with the fact that it may take a few days. Anyway, if you want to go ahead with it then please email me to mandroidsupp@gmail.com and we can take the next steps from there (which will most likely include a modified apk as you mentioned already). It will be easier using email, at least for me.

Haha, my girlfriend is hard-headed and she wanted an iPhone no matter what (and she got one too in the end). I guess that makes things simpler for me, although it doesn't make me entirely happy ;)
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
Just a small update for people to whom this may be of interest, but the market version has been updated to be compatible with MIUI ROMs. Tested only on MIUI-Au so far, so I hope it works on other versions too.
[Desire Themes and Apps] tamere22:
Mailed ! :)
[Desire Themes and Apps] CreaB:
has anybody experienced the same problems with data2ext and fontchanger? since i changed my rom to auraxtsense 8.1.4 with data2ext, abter installing the fiontchanger update.zip, my device pauses at the wihite htc-screen
[Desire Themes and Apps] bluelavender:
Yes, i can confirm that.

data2ext / data2sd will not work with Martino's automatic font changer. However, traditional app2sd / app2sd+ will. So all the traditional app2sd roms work with this fantastic tool. However, if you use data2ext, your best bet will be... adb push :)

BL
[Desire Themes and Apps] CreaB:
mmhh..you''ve said adb push. do you have a hint for me, how to install the fontchanger basic package via adb, what i have to push? the update-script gave me not the right answers, i guess =)
[Desire Themes and Apps] bluelavender:
Oh, no...you cannot install fontchanger anymore once you use data2ext (unless somebody else find the way). I mean , you have to push the font using adb to /system/font folder.. :)

1) go to recovery

2) adb shell mount /system

3) adb push yourfont.ttf /system/fonts/DroidSans.ttf

4) adb push yourfont-bold.ttf /system/fonts/DroidSans-Bold.ttf

(remember, you *must* have the regular & bold version of the font to be installed)

5) adb shell umount /system

6) adb reboot.

BL
[Desire Themes and Apps] CreaB:
ahh ok, i'll try. till now fontchanger always announced force close..i'll give it a try.

thank you! =)
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
Data shouldn't really be placed on external storage, but if that's what people decide to do then that's up to them. Anyway, for 1.4 there's no way around it and the FCs are just normal given the circumstances. The market version works just fine either way.
[Desire Themes and Apps] Ninolina:
I can confirm that the market version works great with both... RCMixHD_v014b_D2Ext and !AuraxTSense_8.1.4 D2Ext.. :-) :-) :-)
[Desire Themes and Apps] CreaB:
ok, but with aurax 8.1.4 and the market version, is there still a need to flash the update package?
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
No, but I strongly recommend you flash the remove package before installing the market version.
[Desire Themes and Apps] CreaB:
thats a good hint, but for me thers no need to do this, because i havent got a modified update-script to work and removed all rests of the script by hand, so it should be "font-changer-clean" when i install the market version =)
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
I have released a lite (free) version with some functionality removed. For more information on how, why, etc, you can check the link posted on the front post, or my signature if it appears underneath this post.
[Desire Themes and Apps] CreaB:
I've tested the free version and it works very good. Thanks a lot! =)
[Desire Themes and Apps] dkawa:
I have installed the basic Zip file and I would like to have some fonts. Does anyone have a link to some fonts?
[Desire Themes and Apps] CreaB:
use the free version from market and the full upgrade package. in there are some fonts, which are recognized when copied to /sdcard/.fontchanger
[Desire Themes and Apps] MistaJae:
Will this app be ported or updated to work with Gingerbread???

The fonts look sooo cool on my Desire & I'd love to have the same ones on my Nexus S!

Thanks in advance
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
I don't see why it shouldn't work with Gingerbread, but I don't recommend using 1.4 any more.
[Desire Themes and Apps] SkyDX:
Say martino, do you know if the 1.4 version would work on a Erasesize 40000 S-ON Desire running eMIUI_0.12.18?
[Desire Themes and Apps] dkawa:
Can somebody please send me some .ttf fonts? I would like to use them with the basic fontchanger file..
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
Sorry but 1.4 won't work on MIUI.
[Desire Themes and Apps] harisled:
I think you should start with Ubuntu fonts, they are great!:D
[Desire Themes and Apps] cybermessiah:
Just wondering if this works OK with HD sense based roms and what version is best?
[Desire Themes and Apps] dkawa:
how can I add these in the .fontchanger directory?

Can somebody please share me some fonts?

I am looking for China cat font..
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
It works. I'm running non-1.4 versions myself on HD Sense (I have S-OFF).
[Desire Themes and Apps] dkawa:
HI Martino

Can you send me some .ttf fonts?

Thank you
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
You can get some fonts from the full zip file.
[Desire Themes and Apps] sedinix:
Hello

I buy donate version and after install I don't have folder Fonchanger so I create it manualy and try add there fonts but this not working I put folder on internal storage and my sd card.

My phone Samsung Galaxy S I9000 and my sd card named external_sd.
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
Hi, there is no need to create the folder as Font Changer will create it automatically, so you are putting them in the wrong place. The folder is ".fontchanger" without the quotes of course, and please note the dot at the beginning.
[Desire Themes and Apps] Milamber:
I installed this on Villain ROM and I cant see any fonts at all when I launch the app, I downloaded both zips and installed
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
Both zips? You're meant to grab only one, and I removed the full one anyway. If you have S-OFF/NAND unlocked just use the remove zip and use the version from the market.
[Desire Themes and Apps] luhu:
Same here. I'm not s-off and have flashed the .zip from the first post. But I can't see any fonts in font changer app...
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
Because it doesn't contain any...
[Desire Themes and Apps] luhu:
But there are 4 files in the folder data/local/fonts
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
- The files that you should never touch, hence why they are not shown. Those don't count, as they are just the current and default fonts.
[Desire Themes and Apps] luhu:
ah ok, thank you. Now I have copied some ttf files in the folder and the font changer apk is now force closing... I got the files from the site before (Ubuntu font).
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
1.4 is buggy, that's all I can say I'm afraid. Try to make sure you have two fonts for each, and don't add too many at a time.
[Desire Themes and Apps] nitsuajd:
moved to the correct thread, sorry
[Desire Themes and Apps] Amphor:
thanks for the mod!
[Desire Themes and Apps] harisled:
does anyone else have a problem with oxygen 2.0.1?

after the restart, my phone is stuck at the splash screen :confused:
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
Flash your Oxygen ROM again (no wipe needed), it'll solve your problem. If you have S-OFF then try using the Market version, otherwise I don't personally recommend using this old version any more.
[Desire Themes and Apps] SpeedBlue47:
Thanks, but we have a problem...

Hey, thank you so much for putting this out there. I've been looking for a way to play with fonts easily for awhile. Works as advertised....until I restart. I have a T-Mo G2 with CM7(S-OFF) and I loaded the Segoe WP base and bold fonts from my PC to the SD Card and then used Adao File Manager to place the fonts into the .fontchanger directory. I then restarted and CM got stuck on splash screen. I then removed the battery and put it back in and did a hard reboot with ClockworkMOD and CM is STILL stuck on splash screen.

I'm going to recover the image and try again, but any hints on what I did wrong?
[Desire Themes and Apps] ernest33:
Just a little question, but did you use CM7 HBOOT from Alfarev ? Look at the space free on your "/system"...use "df" from terminal console.

I just got this problem yesterday because of /system full (Seem that FontChanger don't check free space before copying fonts to /system/font/. That result with a partial font copied)

To solve that i flashed "Data++" from Alfarev ;-)
[Desire Themes and Apps] martino2k6:
That is the most likely reason. The Market versions will soon have the space check enabled, but there is nothing in place at the moment as ernest33 already pointed out.
[Desire Themes and Apps] ernest33:
Until martino2k6 enable 'space check' :-), if get into trouble just connect your phone via usb. Using adb or Droid Explorer just replace the fonts in /system/fonts with original fonts...the startup will continue normaly after that ;-) (It work too if you play with Metamorph...)
[Desire Themes and Apps] SpeedBlue47:
Appreciate the help

I appreciate all the assistance, but it seems to be a more general problem with my CM7 install. Even without using Font Manager, any reboot causes it to stick on the splash screen. I have posted a thread on Q&A:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=13090270
[Desire Themes and Apps] j.a.tutul:
Can I install Bangla font
[Desire Themes and Apps] rogermorse:
Hello sorry everything works ok for me....even TOO much. I used one 'western' font, which is nice. The problem is that everything uses that font now, even the browser (???). The browser should stay with the original font of the web page, just like on the desktop pc where windows uses one font, but still every website has its own font.

How can i fix this?