[Q] Custom fonts via APKs - G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

[Q] Custom fonts via APKs - G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi
I found out, that the fonts installed throught SmardWorld are APKs.
I extracted one of these APKs, extracted, replaced font.ttf, even renamed them
inside FontForge, compressed it, sign it and installed. The font is not inside the selection.
Do anyone have any ideas how to get this working?
-New user, me
edit1: I want to get Roboto Condesed font.

Extract it, extract in fact all fonts you like - create a flashable zip or let me create a small font installer for it. Or seek for font installer, it might actually exist

I have a strange feeling, that it will void my warranty, am I right? I don't want to root my phone yet.
Sent from my LG-D802 using XDA Free mobile app

Related

REQUESTING HELP Editing and creating NEW flipfont APKs

I have been working on this issue for most of the day over in the Vibrant forums.
I am posting here in hopes of getting someone who knows more about apk editing and fonts then I do to help out.
Link to the post on the XDA Vibrant forum here
Please post your response there. Once the issue is solved I will repost a walk-through on all Galaxy S forums.
Here is the start of my thread, please read the link to see the progress.
I am aware that there are other ways to edit the fonts on our phone, by replacing renaming the default font. This is NOT what I would like to accomplish.
Since the Galaxy S is the first android phone to use Flipfont, I think we should take advantage of it. It gives us a nice preview of the font in the built in menu option and is thus superior to the other methods.
I originally purchased the Bauhaus font from the market and made a backup of it through ASTRO. After pulling the file from my phone and putting it on the computer I started editing the file with Apk Manager 4.8 found here
Steps preformed
Copied original apk into place-apk-here-for-modding folder
Run script.bat and choose option 9 ***this maybe where the issue is as I may need to choose option 10 and include the dependancy if there is one for the flipfont apk.
replace bauhaus.ttf with a .ttf font of my choosing
edit all XML, yml and smali files to include the font name or font.ttf depending on the entry in the original file *** I did not change any of the other coding so again this maybe where the problem is, as I may need to change something else to have the font act properly.
Edit the last folder name in the smali folder tree from bauhaus to the name of my font
Replace font with custom font and replace the preview image with my own
Compile apk
Sign apk
Rename apk
install apk on my phone
After putting the apk on my phone and installing the file, it shows up as expected in settings>Sound and Display>Font style. The font thumbnail shows up properly as does the font preview. The preview does show up a little larger then the other fonts and may be a sign that the font is not optimized properly or that I missed something in the XML.
After applying the font and restarting, the phone is extremely slow, freezing quite often and the font does not show up, it shows the default font instead.
If anyone that knows more about XML or apk editing/creation can help it would be great.
I have included the edited font apk if you would like to download it and run it through Apk Manager 4.8. If you want to try it with the bauhaus or one of the other fonts you will need to buy it from the market and back it up. (trying not to break any rules here.)
[EDIT][More info] Ok I took a closer look at the font that came with the Bauhaus akp
In the discription of the font it list:
OpenType Layout, Digitally Signed, TrueType Outlines
I know that opentype is a new format and that alot of the fonts for OpenType that I find are made by Monotype, the same people that make the fonts available for download. I think this may have something to do with it or maybe Im just grasping. :ºp
Any font guys out there have any info on this?
CAUTION THE FOLLOWING FILE IS NOT MEANT FOR USE AND WILL CAUSE YOUR PHONE TO RUN SLOW!!!
Download Font APK

REQUESTING HELP Editing and creating NEW flipfont APKs

You only can use .ttf (true type font) any other type will not work,if you have a font u want to use but is not in .ttf then you need to convert it to .ttf, btw i prefer the Type Fresh app to manage and change my fonts is easier than the method you described.

Also, make sure the font has a full latin library. I learned the hard way from the TypeFresh app (which is a way better solution IMO). In its instructions which I only read the second time, one font (i believe its called DroidSansFallback.ttf) needs to have a COMPLETE set, including latin, I believe for certain coding going on somewhere. I bricked my phone within two hours of rooting it. Took three to get it back. (Backup people!)
Anyways, now I use TypeFresh, it gives you options on which system font to replace, and I never replace that one.
Hope this helps.

[Q] picking and choosing what you want from a theme?

hey guys,
just curious if you could some how choose what you want to have in the theme and if you can mix themes, if so how? for example i installed epic unleashed 2.5 and i loved the battery indicator and i installed the 982dark theme for the droid 2 and it's great with a couple exceptions... personally I think i'm going back to the Kangerade Blue for the Droid2 but i still want the original battery indicator from the epic rom.
thanks
-Jim

As far as I know, we don't have this level of customizability on D2 as of now. However, we are starting to see this. Like this, for example:
http://www.xda-developers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=784855
I used to use a ROM for the old Touch CDMA that did in fact have this level of customizability - there was a thread that had pretty much every individual piece available to customize. But again, I haven't seen this for D2 yet.

damn... ok well hopefully we get there eventually... until then I'll just stick with the theme I overall like the best lol

I have this problem with themes too, and the solution is simple. Take the theme that you are going to install, open the zip, and just remove the apps, fonts, or framework you don't want altered.
For example, I despise the font changes alot of themes force on you. Makes my twitter streams unreadable, so I just open the zip, and delete the fonts folder. That way it won't override the stock fonts. I've never tried deleting individual files, but that method should work for icons as well.
Just open the framework.res (rename the .res to .zip or .rar if you have WINRAR installed, or just use the "open with or choose default program" option) goto the res folder, then drawable-hdpi and just delete the battery images from the folder before you install the theme.
An easy way to do this, is to make a copy of the zip first so you'll have a proper version of the theme to view. Open it up with winzip, WINRAR or whatever archiving tool you use on your computer. Then browse the files in thumbnail view to find the images you want to get rid of. Make a note of their file names, then open up the other zip, locate the files in question, right click, delete em.

I'm not quite understanding what you're saying Natty
For example, right now I'm using the Revolution Remix theme. If I unzip it, there are 2 folders: META-INF and system.
Under system there are 3 folders: app, fonts, and framework. In the framework file there are 2 .apk files (framework-res.apk and blur-res.apk) and the systems.jar file.
In the app folder there are all .apk files, and the font folders are all .ttf
I'm not seeing any pictures to be deleted, unless you mean to actually delete the respective app .apk files (for example, I dislike the Talk app icon and the Market app icon)
Edit:
So I guess you're supposed to just rename the .apk to .zip, but for some reason the files are not allowing me...Could these files be locked? (I don't know if that's a stupid question or not lol)
Edit #2:
So I got 7zip (yay for google), but when I go to open the .png files they don't want to open...an application opens to view them, but it just sits there saying "loading"

Natty_lite said:
I have this problem with themes too, and the solution is simple. Take the theme that you are going to install, open the zip, and just remove the apps, fonts, or framework you don't want altered.
For example, I despise the font changes alot of themes force on you. Makes my twitter streams unreadable, so I just open the zip, and delete the fonts folder. That way it won't override the stock fonts. I've never tried deleting individual files, but that method should work for icons as well.
Just open the framework.res (rename the .res to .zip or .rar if you have WINRAR installed, or just use the "open with or choose default program" option) goto the res folder, then drawable-hdpi and just delete the battery images from the folder before you install the theme.
An easy way to do this, is to make a copy of the zip first so you'll have a proper version of the theme to view. Open it up with winzip, WINRAR or whatever archiving tool you use on your computer. Then browse the files in thumbnail view to find the images you want to get rid of. Make a note of their file names, then open up the other zip, locate the files in question, right click, delete em.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm not sure if that would work for png files inside of framework-res.apk.... I would think that would cause a bootloop
It will work for the fonts folder and for any app you dont want to get altered in /system/app.

So just remove the app from the system/app folder? That's what I'm somewhat confused about.

DGalt11 said:
So just remove the app from the system/app folder? That's what I'm somewhat confused about.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you dont want a themed app to overwrite your current app, then just delete the apk file from /system/app inside of the themed zip file. Or if you dont want a themed font to overwrite ur current font, then just delete the fonts folder inside of the themed zip file.
But deleting files from inside the framework-res.apk... I doubt that would work.

Any idea how to edit the Market? It's not under system/app.
Edit: Never mind, didn't know "market" was actually vending.

removing the png specifically will cause an issue however if you have another png that you would like you use you can just replace this and it will not overwrite then.

theecho said:
removing the png specifically will cause an issue however if you have another png that you would like you use you can just replace this and it will not overwrite then.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yeah that's what I did. just copy / replace.

DGalt11 said:
yeah that's what I did. just copy / replace.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So did the install go smoothly without the M logo freeze or bootloops? I hope so.
I'm Glad others came to pick up my pieces, lol. That's why this forum is so great. To summarize for those joining the party late, just take the .png's from another theme, and replace the unwanted images with those. Don't just delete them

It's working fine, no reboots or stuck in boot loop or anything. Didn't even need to wipe data / cache.
Now if I could just figure out a way to remove the font they used from just the browser and my apps and nothing else (b/c it looks really nice in the notification bar, the menus, on the widgets, etc. but makes reading email or reading stuff in the browser really difficult) I'd be golden.

So I started removing one font at a time, nothing changed.
So I removed the whole fonts folder, and still didn't get any change in the fonts in the theme.
Ideas?

Thats exactly why I got rid of it. What good is a font that you can't read? I'm not sure if you can just remove it from the statusbar specifically.
Remember, removing them prevents it from changing the fonts that are currently installed. So if they're already different, then they'll just stay that way when you install the edited version of the theme. You're gonna need to flash to the stock theme first, then flash to another theme (like the NexTheme for example) with all the edits that you made.

I see, so those files in the fonts folder aren't actually fonts. They're more like...where the fonts you want get stored. So you need to actually replace the file.
From what I've figured out, the majority of the fonts are derived from DroidSans. If you change that, you change most of the fonts including those in the apps, widgets, etc. So is there no way to specifically change a font in, lets say, apps vs. widgets? And what are all those other files in the fonts folder for

I have no idea. I just deleted the whole folder prior to installing to ensure I kept all stock fonts.

How do you change font?

I see font size but not font style.
Sent from my ZTE A2017U using XDA-Developers mobile app

Anyone?
Sent from my ZTE A2017U using XDA-Developers mobile app

You have to be rooted and have a custom recovery installed, then find a flashable font you like (here on XDA). It's been a few years since I've downloaded the one I use, but I believe this is the correct thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/themes/fonts-flashable-zips-t3219827
I may be a little behind the times and doing an "old school" thing with mine. I have a font I downloaded about 4 years ago, but when Marshmallow was released there was some issues with it not formatting correctly and overlapping in some areas, so someone made a flashable fix you flashed after you flashed the font (if it didn't line up correctly), called "DeJavuFonts". You may not need to do this using the correct Android version of fonts (from the above link).
That's how I changed my font, and have for the last 4 or 5 years.
There's also a flashable XDA font package (also an installable apk file) floating around somewhere, that has like 1000+ fonts... (found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2176490 .). Once you flash that, you need a font installer from the playstore (like Fontster). You chose your font, then reboot and it's set. Once again, you have to be rooted to change it this way. I don't do it this way, because some things don't seem to get the new font this way. I can't remember what(?), but there's a reason I keep flashing the way I've been doing it.
If you aren't rooted, have a custom recovery (TWRP) installed, and run the scrip to make changes permanent..... you can't change your fonts.
ALWAYS back up before flashing a new font (or have a recent backup available)..... If for some reason it doesn't "take", you will have no fonts or it will be a bunch of jumbled up stuff you can't read.

Is there a simple launcher that's not bombarded with ads, that will allow the user to change the font(s)? I don't want to root but would love a new font.

tele_jas said:
You have to be rooted and have a custom recovery installed, then find a flashable font you like (here on XDA). It's been a few years since I've downloaded the one I use, but I believe this is the correct thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/themes/fonts-flashable-zips-t3219827
I may be a little behind the times and doing an "old school" thing with mine. I have a font I downloaded about 4 years ago, but when Marshmallow was released there was some issues with it not formatting correctly and overlapping in some areas, so someone made a flashable fix you flashed after you flashed the font (if it didn't line up correctly), called "DeJavuFonts". You may not need to do this using the correct Android version of fonts (from the above link).
That's how I changed my font, and have for the last 4 or 5 years.
There's also a flashable XDA font package (also an installable apk file) floating around somewhere, that has like 1000+ fonts... (found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2176490 .). Once you flash that, you need a font installer from the playstore (like Fontster). You chose your font, then reboot and it's set. Once again, you have to be rooted to change it this way. I don't do it this way, because some things don't seem to get the new font this way. I can't remember what(?), but there's a reason I keep flashing the way I've been doing it.
If you aren't rooted, have a custom recovery (TWRP) installed, and run the scrip to make changes permanent..... you can't change your fonts.
ALWAYS back up before flashing a new font (or have a recent backup available)..... If for some reason it doesn't "take", you will have no fonts or it will be a bunch of jumbled up stuff you can't read.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks so much for that detailed response!
Sent from my LG-H910 using XDA-Developers mobile app

tranemonk33 said:
Is there a simple launcher that's not bombarded with ads, that will allow the user to change the font(s)? I don't want to root but would love a new font.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I just seen a review for this launcher? FX Launcher > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.java.launcher&hl=en

How to change fonts on OOS 10?

hello!
the title says it all,
how can I change the font in latest oos 10?
i mean custom fonts, not just those two.
back in oos 9, I used type face font changer, it was working flawlessly, after oos 10 it's not working anymore.
I've also tried font changer module from magisk, but the dev deleted it and it was a server-based module, so I can't even use previous builds.
so.. can anyone suggest a working way to change the default font to a one of my choice?

Hi install this via the play store zfont https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mgngoe.zfont you can create your own magisk module with your font I put a link http://dl.free.fr/k6oqzkanw to my font to install via magisk then restart then go to the fonts of the oneplus 5 and choose Noto Sans that's it

Ssmiles said:
Hi install this via the play store zfont https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mgngoe.zfont you can create your own magisk module with your font I put a link http://dl.free.fr/k6oqzkanw to my font to install via magisk then restart then go to the fonts of the oneplus 5 and choose Noto Sans that's it
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
thanks man!
can u please guide me through this?
i mean a step by step, I don't want to brick my device doing this x)

which font do you want?

Ssmiles said:
which font do you want?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I've managed to successfully create my magisk font!
btw, when selecting what type of font to change, should I just use "Regular" or all?
cuz when I used regular, i got some squares on "Bold" font type.
what do you suggest?
oh man we use same accent color!

Here look this is my current font and look at the tutorial in the folder a .txt file
PS: Make a backup of your original fonts folder before http://dl.free.fr/oga3ekP2E
My pack 9 fonts: http://dl.free.fr/bb6mbmeCi

Awesome work Ssmiles! Wondering if you could walk me thru how you made all the different .tff files? I had font changer module, but it's been taken down.... I have some knowledge in rooting and such, but haven't fooled around in a while. Just wondering about the font I want to use, can I just use the one .tff file and rename it all of the roboto*.tff files I need? Thanks in advance!
Op7
Rooted
Magisk
10.3.7 GM57AA
Att
Sent from my GM1900 using Tapatalk

Hi, back up your original fonts folder in / system / fonts before you copy paste the 18 files of each font and overwrite the old files to restore your original fonts folder the day you want to go back! I use ChocoCooky or Galette or Jolly as a font.
Extract the compressed file then open it and select all the fonts then copy them then paste them in / system / fonts / then restart the phone then go to settings then personalization then fonts and choose the 1st Noto Sans font and validate that's it.
Screenshots : Font ChocoCooky

Ssmiles said:
Hi, back up your original fonts folder in / system / fonts before you copy paste the 18 files of each font and overwrite the old files to restore your original fonts folder the day you want to go back! I use ChocoCooky or Galette or Jolly as a font.
Extract the compressed file then open it and select all the fonts then copy them then paste them in / system / fonts / then restart the phone then go to settings then personalization then fonts and choose the 1st Noto Sans font and validate that's it.
Screenshots : Font ChocoCooky
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes, I got that much. I would like to use either rosemary or f*ckbeans font. I'm wondering how to make all 18 files from either rosemary.tff or f*ckbeans.tff. can I use one of those to make the 18 files? Thanks again buddy!
Sent from my GM1900 using Tapatalk

► SYSTEM FONTS • Roboto-Regular.ttf: This font is the most widely used. It can be found almost everywhere, from application labels to menu texts. • Roboto-Bold.ttf: This is the "bold" version of Roboto. Unlike the classic version, we see it very little. • Roboto-Italic.ttf: This is the "italic" version of Roboto. • Roboto-BoldItalic.ttf: Some “bold” and “italics” from Roboto. All of these fonts are stored in the / system / fonts folder. For starters, it's best to tackle the Roboto-Regular.ttf file as this is the most common font. The general idea is to replace the system font files with new font files while keeping the same file names as the originals. The font characters in the file are different, but the name of the file is exactly the same. For example, if you want to use a TTF font file named Times_New_Roman.ttf instead of Roboto-Regular.ttf, you will need to rename Times_New_Roman.ttf to Roboto-Regular.ttf and then copy the renamed file to / system / fonts. IMPORTANT: always make a system or original file backup before any manipulation. If something goes wrong, you can always go back. Renaming the original file by adding the .bak extension will make it usable, it stays in the same directory and you can remove this extension to make it operational again.
---------- Post added at 07:22 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:59 AM ----------
Rosemary-Fonts-ModuleMagic-v1.0_Sskulls.zip http://dl.free.fr/ijknBwSyP

Database Users

welcome