[CWM][MOD] Missing Indian languages fonts for KitKat / JellyBean / ICS

[intelprakash]

Only working in browser not in apps

Thank you very much. Tamil fonts are rendering correctly on Galaxy mini CM 9.2 ICS (4.0.4) :good:

Its only rendering correctly in stock browser, not in other browsers (Such as Opera mini) and apps

Font in Browser looking good

Font in Facebook app out of place

 

[siffar]

Its only rendering correctly in stock browser, not in other browsers (Such as Opera mini) and apps

Font in Browser looking good

Font in Facebook app out of place

Can't do much there buddy. Rendering engine is broke.

Sent from Nexus 5

 

[priteshp108]

How to change the font to your own

Hi, thanks for this. I'm using this on my Nexus 5 and is great.

Question though. I don't particularly like Lohit-Gujarati. How can I modify the zip so that I can change that Gujarati font of my own? I want to use SamsungGujarati.ttf.

(I tried removing Lohit-Gujarati.ttf and adding SamsungGujarati.ttf. Then I modified fallback_fonts.xml and changed it to SamsungGujarati.ttf. However, after rezipping and flashing, it failed in TWRP. Only the original file seems to be flashable.)

Thanks.

 

[priteshp108]

Got it working

Nevermind. I was able to modify the zip to install my own font.

I modified the xml file to change the font file name to Shruti.ttf. And I added Shruti.ttf to the font folder and it works perfectly.

Thanks!

I tried this in my rooted Samsung Galaxy Player 5 US version which is based on Gingerbread 2.3.6 and it didn't work although the ZIP flashed successfully. Problem might be that Gingerbread doesn't support Hindi or Gujarati at all.

Thanks.

 

[siffar]

for GingerBread - all you have to do is to overwrite FallbackSans.tff with the required glyphs

 

[divyangdave]

For LG L5

New File uploaded for KitKat

Instructions
-Download the zip of your desired font
-Boot into recovery
-Make a nandroid backup (Optional)
-Flash the zip
-Reboot

I have a rooted LG L5 now running AOSP 4.4.2, build aosp_e610-eng 4.4.2 KOT49H eng.ron.20131212 test-keys.Will zip work on this?

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I tried. It worked.I can read indic languages in my apps and browser.
Input may require external app like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kl.ime.oh
Thanks, http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=2757996

 

[siffar]

I have a rooted LG L5 now running AOSP 4.4.2, build aosp_e610-eng 4.4.2 KOT49H eng.ron.20131212 test-keys.Will zip work on this?

---------- Post added at 11:25 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:53 AM ----------

I tried. It worked.I can read indic languages in my apps and browser.
Input may require external app like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kl.ime.oh
Thanks, http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=2757996

Yes it will

 

[DEVINDER1995]

Please merge these ttf files

I want to merge these two ttf files. One has indian languauges and other has defalut language pack from Micromax canvas 2. I want font from these two files. plz merge this. And tell me how to merge these files

 

[Maya2009]

Nice works great for me many thanks having trouble with nexus ROM now all Indian fonts are visible

 

[sandeepparekh9]

many thanks

Thank you very much.

 

[siffar]

Welcome guys. If anyone knows to submit patches to AOSP, kindly submit patch with all these fonts

 

[ravib21]

Manually replacing fonts and fallback_fonts.xml not working

Hi,

I tried to replace fallback_fonts.xml to /etc directory and all given fonts to /system/fonts directory and restarted my phone. But still it isn't showing "Gujarati" fonts. Other fonts I didn't verified.

*Edit*
Another try, I boot to recovery mode and selected "install zip" and choose the .zip file provided.
It gave me message, "install successfull" on CWM Recovery v6.0.4.9

But still its not showing me Gujaratin messages on any application (FB, WhatsApp etc.)

My phone is Xperia L (running on Cyanogenmod kitkat 4.4.3)

Please let me know, how to solve issue.

 

[siffar]

Hi,

I tried to replace fallback_fonts.xml to /etc directory and all given fonts to /system/fonts directory and restarted my phone. But still it isn't showing "Gujarati" fonts. Other fonts I didn't verified.

*Edit*
Another try, I boot to recovery mode and selected "install zip" and choose the .zip file provided.
It gave me message, "install successfull" on CWM Recovery v6.0.4.9

But still its not showing me Gujaratin messages on any application (FB, WhatsApp etc.)

My phone is Xperia L (running on Cyanogenmod kitkat 4.4.3)

Please let me know, how to solve issue.

Request - Can you ADB pull and post both folders?

 

[ravib21]

Request - Can you ADB pull and post both folders?

Hi,
Can you be a bit more specific?
Sorry, newbie here..

 

[fast_rizwaan]

Hindi font Anandmurti.ttf for Android kitkat 4.4.4 (aokp rom)

I was having trouble of setting my font Gurumaa as default hindi font in android kitkat 4.4.4 on nexus 5 (aokp rom), now I made it bold like notosansdevanagari, looks good, thanks for the tip on rw-r-r

Here's the screenshot:

Scaled down version (font looks good on phone)


Download font and fallback_fonts.xml
View attachment anandmurti-hindi-font.zip

copy the anandmurti.ttf to /system/fonts/ and change permission to rw-rw-r

copy the fallback_fonts.xml to /system/etc/ (overwrite or just at the end
add this line to the file):

<family>
    <fileset>
         <file lang="hi">anandmurti.ttf</file>
     </fileset>
</family>

notice the lang=hi is a must else other text will not show up (then we need to reinstall rom's zip and gapps zip) to fix the font error.

thanks.

 

[siffar]

Hi,
Can you be a bit more specific?
Sorry, newbie here..

You have to use command

adb pull /system/fonts .

and

adb pull /system/etc .

to copy the files from phone to PC.
(in different folders)

 

[ilaiyaraja1977]

Changing font

I was having trouble of setting my font Gurumaa as default hindi font in android kitkat 4.4.4 on nexus 5 (aokp rom), now I made it bold like notosansdevanagari, looks good, thanks for the tip on rw-r-r

Here's the screenshot:
View attachment 2921038
Scaled down version (font looks good on phone)
View attachment 2921039

Download font and fallback_fonts.xml
View attachment 2921023

copy the anandmurti.ttf to /system/fonts/ and change permission to rw-rw-r

copy the fallback_fonts.xml to /system/etc/ (overwrite or just at the end
add this line to the file):

<family>
    <fileset>
         <file lang="hi">anandmurti.ttf</file>
     </fileset>
</family>

notice the lang=hi is a must else other text will not show up (then we need to reinstall rom's zip and gapps zip) to fix the font error.

thanks.

No need to work hard like this. Delete the existing Hindi font. Name your font that you want to replace the system font name. Copy to / system/font. Fix petmissions rwrr. Reboot. That's it.

 

[dsingh300]

updated fonts for Android 5.0 lollipop

Hi everyone,

Could someone please suggest a method to have these fonts (specifically punjabi) on the latest version of android (5.0 lollipop on a nexus 5).

Would really appreciate any help....

 

[ankurpatel]

Hi everyone,

Could someone please suggest a method to have these fonts (specifically punjabi) on the latest version of android (5.0 lollipop on a nexus 5).

Would really appreciate any help....

I think it is pre-installed. before on kitkat i had to flash this font to read Gujarati, but ever since i upgraded to lollipop i can read Gujarati clearly without flashing any extra font.

and i just tried to read some web site in Punjabi, i can see clearly. i don't think so you need to flash anything.

Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

 

[dsingh300]

I think it is pre-installed. before on kitkat i had to flash this font to read Gujarati, but ever since i upgraded to lollipop i can read Gujarati clearly without flashing any extra font.

and i just tried to read some web site in Punjabi, i can see clearly. i don't think so you need to flash anything.

Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

oh yeah I realised that after my post. You are right. There was just a few apps that weren't working a 100%....