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How to Make Font Packs that Work with ICS (including bold and bold-italic variants)

Main thread: http://rootzwiki.com/topic/15077-ho...-ics-including-bold-and-bold-italic-variants/
If you're into theming, you may have replaced Roboto-Regular with a different font, but noticed that Gingerbread-friendly font packs that replace Roboto-Bold.ttf usually cause ICS to bootloop. Tools like Font Installer and FontChanger are cool (props to the devs) but kind of a drag because they don't replace the Bold/Italic/Bold Italic versions of the fonts. The reason is because ICS pays attention to the font metadata in ways that Gingerbread does not, and many fonts don't have the correct weight/classification/family metadata.
To make a working font pack you must edit the metadata of the Bold, Italic and Bold-Italic fonts themselves to reflect their proper weight and design. Note: these instructions are for making font packs for AOSP builds of ICS. These are not for MIUI!
Disclaimer: follow these instructions and use my font packs at your own risk! I've tested them myself, but I cannot be held responsible for anything that happens as a result of following these instructions or flashing my font packs! Do you feel me?
I suppose you could use a different app, but I used FontCreator 6.0 Pro, so this guide is for FC6P.
Open the font in FC6P.
Go to Format > Settings.
Under the Classification tab, make sure the weight is correct (Normal (Regular) for Regular and Italic, Bold for Bold and Bold Italic).
Make sure the Font Design (Windows) and Mac Style are correct (Regular for Regular, Bold for Bold, Italic for Italic, Bold AND Italic for Bold Italic).
Click OK.
Go to Format > Naming.
Make sure all the fonts you want to use use the same Font Family ("Roboto" in the case of Roboto, etc).
Make sure Full Font Name and Postscript Name are correct ("Roboto Regular" for Roboto Regular, etc., "Roboto-Regular" etc. for Postscript Name)
Click OK.
PRO TIP: While you're here, clear out the glyph for .notdef. It's ugly and will show up in your launcher and potentially other places if the name of your homescreen item gets abbreviated.
Save the font.
Once you've done the above for each font, add the fonts to a folder called "fonts" and put that inside a folder called "system".
Put the "system" folder in the same folder as your META-INF folder (use an updater-script made for ICS).
Zip up the META-INF and system folders into a normal ZIP file.
Flash the zip using ClockworkMod or ROM Manager.
Profit!
And here is one font pack to get you started, my personal favourite, Nokia Pure, with the custom bold/italic/bold italic fonts I made myself: Now I'm going to get some sleep. UPDATED ZIP 2/4/2012:
FontPack-ICS-NokiaPure-ThugEsquire.zip
If you like this, hit Thanks!
I can do the work for you if you provide the font files necessary. If you do request a font pack, please consider making a small donation. I accept donations via Serve, Dwolla and Amazon Payments.
If you would like to donate to my creative Android fund via Serve, you may do so here. Otherwise contact me via PM.
Font Packs for ICS by ThugEsquire
Updated 2012-02-05
Recommended
Nokia Pure: http://minus.com/mbqQYRGXge
Segoe WP: http://minus.com/mqNhhM7AE
Ubuntu Light: http://minus.com/mICT4sg4O
Requested
Walkway Semibold: http://minus.com/mDJiFuO3A
Times New Roman: http://minus.com/mVdxnv4Io
Tork: http://minus.com/m0PQoheKh
Chococooky: http://minus.com/mbq0vqgQmA

Can you convert this for me, please. I have tried but cannot get Italic, Bold or Bold Italic to work.
I tried about 6 times and no luck... Any help would be appreciated...

ptfdmedic said:
Can you convert this for me, please. I have tried but cannot get Italic, Bold or Bold Italic to work.
I tried about 6 times and no luck... Any help would be appreciated...
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Hey there. I created a font pack based on Chococooky for you, and I hope you like it (see above). Do you think you could trim down your sig a bit? It's awfully large.

Thank you for this! finally got my fonts back!

Really good this thanks very much
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bad4u6669 said:
Thank you for this! finally got my fonts back!
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Schiehallion said:
Really good this thanks very much
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No problem. I'm on ROM Manager now, too. A bunch more fonts added there.

can somebody post a cwm flashable zip of the default roboto font in case we want to flash back? thanks

littleasian said:
can somebody post a cwm flashable zip of the default roboto font in case we want to flash back? thanks
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It's in the original thread:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/15077-ho...-ics-including-bold-and-bold-italic-variants/

any ss's of the actual fonts?

Nokia Pure is actually perfect, imo. Thanks for showing how to do it, for sharing the knowledge. Thanks again. Will be tryin do to it on my own, and searching on how to apply this to source directly, now that i know a little bit more about fonts in ics.

Phone Dialer Fonts
Does anyone know how to change the fonts in the Phone Dialer? I've tried several different things but was unsuccessful and I followed every link in this thread and some do mention changing the dialer font but only for HTC phones. They didn't talk about how to do for ICS.
I also think it would just top it all off and make my phone perfect if I could change the 4G/3G/1x and battery % numbers in the status bar to match my current font but I have a feeling these probably work different than the fonts everywhere else in the system like maybe they use .png images or something. Am I right?
Also, getting the Android Clock in the lockscreen to match my current font would be cool. In this I was successful by taking the modified Roboto-Regular.ttf file and copying and then renaming it to AndroidClock.ttf and then replacing it...or was it Clockopia?? Idk, I tried them one at a time until I got it to work but just can't remember which one it is.
Thanks in advance to anyone that can help me!

3colby3 said:
Does anyone know how to change the fonts in the Phone Dialer? I've tried several different things but was unsuccessful and I followed every link in this thread and some do mention changing the dialer font but only for HTC phones. They didn't talk about how to do for ICS.
I also think it would just top it all off and make my phone perfect if I could change the 4G/3G/1x and battery % numbers in the status bar to match my current font but I have a feeling these probably work different than the fonts everywhere else in the system like maybe they use .png images or something. Am I right?
Also, getting the Android Clock in the lockscreen to match my current font would be cool. In this I was successful by taking the modified Roboto-Regular.ttf file and copying and then renaming it to AndroidClock.ttf and then replacing it...or was it Clockopia?? Idk, I tried them one at a time until I got it to work but just can't remember which one it is.
Thanks in advance to anyone that can help me!
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I think your right about clocktopia for lock screen.
dialer buttons are in the phone.apk
3g/4g/1x are in the systemui.apk
battery should be in systemui but if not then framework (depends on rom/phone)
all are pngs.

bad4u6669 said:
I think your right about clocktopia for lock screen.
dialer buttons are in the phone.apk
3g/4g/1x are in the systemui.apk
battery should be in systemui but if not then framework (depends on rom/phone)
all are pngs.
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Yeah I figured they would be PNG files. Thanks though I appreciate it....do u know how hard would it be to change those for someone like me with very little knowledge about how to modify APKs and framework and sustemui files?maybe I should just leave it to the pros...lol....but if u know can easy fix I'd love to know!! Thanks

bad4u6669 said:
I think your right about clocktopia for lock screen.
dialer buttons are in the phone.apk
3g/4g/1x are in the systemui.apk
battery should be in systemui but if not then framework (depends on rom/phone)
all are pngs.
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i found out for sure now....it's AndroidClock_Highlight.ttf that alters the lockscreen clock font....

Thx,
you're my man!

hello,
i search for the FertigoPro font for ics (including Bold, Italic and BoldItalic).
can you change this?
thanks! Ronny

awesome! Nokiapure, like it.

Will it work with JB?

I am able to use Segoe UI as interface font by using modified system-font.xml in /etc and put the fonts into /system/fonts folder.
Root access is required of course.

mingkee said:
I am able to use Segoe UI as interface font by using modified system-font.xml in /etc and put the fonts into /system/fonts folder.
Root access is required of course.
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Hello,
I was wondering if you would be able to make a flashable pack for both of the fonts that I have attached in the zip file.
one is Patronne and the other is rosemary.
I have tried using the eval version of fontcreator but it refuses to let me save any changes in trial mode. I was able to get something done with the patronne where i could replace all of the 4 files but it still wouldnt bold the patronne font. It would appear in the font just wouldnt bold itself..
If you could work your magic on these two fonts I would greatly appreciate it. They are my favorite two to use.

[Q] ROM Toolbox Font Installer

I used the Font Installer on ROM toolbox to change the font on my GS3, but only some of the fonts changed. Could someone tell me why? Or tell me how I can apply the font to the entire phone?

Cosmic Phoenix said:
I used the Font Installer on ROM toolbox to change the font on my GS3, but only some of the fonts changed. Could someone tell me why? Or tell me how I can apply the font to the entire phone?
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Make sure you're on a deodexed ROM.
Most people with GS3 and ROM Toolbox eventually run into issues or boot loops down the road.
I wouldn't suggest using that app.

xxStarbucksxx said:
Make sure you're on a deodexed ROM.
Most people with GS3 and ROM Toolbox eventually run into issues or boot loops down the road.
I wouldn't suggest using that app.
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It's the MOAR ROM - I believe it's deodexed. Anyway, I just changed the font from the settings menu and it applied to the whole phone.
But what kind of issues do people run into?

You found a solution. If you aren't having any other issues and its working, I say stick with it and keep using what works.

Cosmic Phoenix said:
I used the Font Installer on ROM toolbox to change the font on my GS3, but only some of the fonts changed. Could someone tell me why? Or tell me how I can apply the font to the entire phone?
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try selecting all the fonts that will be replaced...by default, it only replaces roboto and clockopia...

[REQUEST] Roboto Font

Really would love to have this for the on my g3 anyone have a flash able file that will work on he g3
LGG3 and beyond

Me too anyone?
Sent from my LG-D851 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

use any font app that will support custom fonts like ifont..rom toolbox..etc..

hello00 said:
use any font app that will support custom fonts like ifont..rom toolbox..etc..
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i used ifont and changed the font to roboto condensed bold. now my phone is in boot loop. how to fix it?

cnn888 said:
i used ifont and changed the font to roboto condensed bold. now my phone is in boot loop. how to fix it?
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u were never rooted were u..just do a factory reset or flash ur backup

i tested this on my stock rooted g3 w/ twrp. it was the flashable roboto condensed font i created for my htc one m8 and it works fine, changes all the system font to roboto condensed. always nand just in case!

Thanks, the zip worked great! LG provided some truly awful typography choices.

hello00 said:
u were never rooted were u..just do a factory reset or flash ur backup
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it is rooted.

[Q] Change Font in Lenovo A1000

hey guys!
i used many font changer apps but none of works, even i tried to replace .ttf myself in system/fonts/ with -rw-r-r permissions and it makes boot loop.
Fonts tried to replace:[/B]
clockopia
droidsanse
droidsansebold
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Rosemary
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Change font

Hello Guys!
I don't know how to change font on this phone. I have installed some themes but nothing. How can I change font?
And another question.. can we change emoji without root?

Changing font is by default in samsung roms. But comes by root in other devuces
Sent from my LG-X160 using XDA-Developers mobile app

Guys I've founded on EMUI Italian Community (on G+) some fonts, they works nice
Look!

You must first apply DEFAULT theme , then we have to put any .

hi guys, I want to use this font, what's the process? how do I change EVERY SINGLE font on my phone with this one?
http://www.dafont.com/it/arpegius.font

What about some font changing apps from play store? ex:
Fonster
HiFont
and so on... there are plenty of those kind of apps.

tamaskurti said:
What about some font changing apps from play store? ex:
Fonster
HiFont
and so on... there are plenty of those kind of apps.
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yeah but which fonts exactly do I need to change?

tamaskurti said:
What about some font changing apps from play store? ex:
Fonster
HiFont
and so on... there are plenty of those kind of apps.
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I've tried both but nothing

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yeah but which fonts exactly do I need to change?
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Antox97 said:
I've tried both but nothing
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Hi guys. First u must be rooted.
Second: those apps change font system-wide: so for ex: fonster you fist download the preview for fonts, and after you chose what you prefer. After that apply, reboot and voila.

Antox97 said:
Guys I've founded on EMUI Italian Community (on G+) some fonts, they works nice
Look!
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Dear, I'm not a rooted user and i tried that font. They works

Guys I have founded another solution to change font on our P8 Lite:
- Just download this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mixapplications.themeeditor
-download font in ttf format
- go to that app and select a theme, then modify font into apposit section
- create a new theme, then go to "Themes" app and select it
-enjoy your favorite font!
I have try this with Roboto Condensed Font and it works!!

Can somebody help me? I have installed Hifont and a new font, but it's not compatible with Greek. Is there any way to remove it?
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In case someone has the same problem, you can download an app from Google play called "Font reset theme for emui".
Download, apply the new theme and select the desired theme.
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