[AROMA][Flashable][Custom_ROMs][User_Request]Flashable Fonts :)

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Pee_kee said:

# Ubuntu font
# Rose Mary (s3 font) (my fav)

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Ubuntu Font was easy to get, all the bold, bold italic, and italic styles, from http://font.ubuntu.com/, so, it will be more... clear sorta. difference between bold, bold italic styles and all. :angel: :victory:

but, in the case of rosemary, I could get only the *regular* style. So, all the fonts would be the same, with no difference in bold, bold italic styles and all. p.s. got the rosemary font from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1688716

Anyways, links:

Ubuntu:

• font_data.zip: http://www.mediafire.com/download/zw84w0cumw3inii/font_data.zip
• font_system.zip: http://www.mediafire.com/download/m1hdkfnwd8aeo0k/font_system.zip

Rosemary:

• font_data.zip: http://www.mediafire.com/download/x9r5kpnm17uueqa/font_data.zip
• font_system.zip: http://www.mediafire.com/download/06geli8z16gdd36/font_system.zip

small note: i didn't test it because my poor pico's digitizer broke :crying: take a backup (just in case)...

finally...

ks2793 said:

well i tried doing this...but firstly Cyanogen team strongly advises against installing any custom fonts through an app and secondly when i installed this app it worked fine a couple of times then it started getting stuck and i had to reboot my phone and it got stuck on the reboot screen. So i guess we should avoid using it.

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even though you are correct, lemme muddle up things... (even I too am not too clear about it...)

There are ~25-30 fonts in Android (29 in cm10.1) with each font having a specific purpose. (example: androidclock.ttf for clock) and so on... When you use a *so-called* font installer app, it either replaces only one of the fonts, or doesn't set permissions correctly, or sometimes, even both. That is where this (flash-font) might come in handy.

what does a flashable zip contain?
fonts (d'uh)
and, the meta-inf folder which has the updater-script.
the updater script plays an important role...

what does flashing a zip do?

• mounts the partition
• deletes the previous fonts
• extracts new fonts
• symlinks fonts (takes up lesser space on symlinking)
• sets permissions (new update in flash-font. have to push changes... what's flashfont? this)
• exits

so, pretty self explanatory. all fonts are replaced (*some fonts are symlinked, but nevertheless...). so, possibility of errors is less. as for permissions is concerned, it usually doesn't create a problem, but, i have to include it in the updater script for safety in the flashfont project (soon). so, i hope people now understand why they should switch over from *font-installing* apps to such flashable zips.

and, yes, that update for flash-font is sure due for sometime now