Does anyone know how to change the system font? The font used throughout the system such as in the setting areas. The default font seems very unfinished.
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1) copy the fonts you want to use, to the NC (internal SD card, not external)
2) using adb, follow the steps below
Code:
D:\>adb shell
# su
# mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblkp2 /system
# cat /system/fonts/DroidSans.ttf > /media/Old-Droid-Fonts/DroidSans.ttf
# cat /system/fonts/DroidSans-Bold.ttf > /media/Old-Droid-Fonts/DroidSans-Bold.ttf
# cat /media/New-Droid-Fonts/DroidSans-Bold.ttf > /system/fonts/DroidSans-Bold.ttf
# cat /media/New-Droid-Fonts/DroidSans.ttf > /system/fonts/DroidSans.ttf
# mount -o ro,remount /dev/block/mmcblkp2 /system
# sync
# reboot
Let me know if you find a font that looks decent. I've tried both Segoe and the stock DroidSans fonts and neither made a big difference. DroidSans looks better than Segoe though.
I found a thread with a ton of fonts. It includes previews as well
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=801160
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I found a thread with a ton of fonts. It includes previews as well
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=801160
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How would one install the fonts found in those zip files if we unzip them to a new fonts directory on our sdcards? (IOW, what commands from above?)
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I found a thread with a ton of fonts. It includes previews as well
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=801160
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Great find, wretchedlocket. Tons of junk, but there are some pearls like Cardo, Calluna, etc. Actually, the NC font repertoir is not that bad. it's just stock ("system") Android (Ascender's) Droid[whatever] are bland and poor compared to refined, expensive fonts of iPad/WP7.
Some ideas about better tablet readability you may find in my blog http://fineoils.blogspot.com, just scroll down -- a lot, lol.
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How would one install the fonts found in those zip files if we unzip them to a new fonts directory on our sdcards? (IOW, what commands from above?)
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Download the zip file containing the fonts you choose and extract the fonts. Rename the regular and bold face fonts to DroidSans.ttf and DroidSans-bold.ttf. Copy to sdcard afterward.
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Great find, wretchedlocket. Tons of junk, but there are some pearls like Cardo, Calluna, etc. Actually, the NC font repertoir is not that bad. it's just stock ("system") Android (Ascender's) Droid[whatever] are bland and poor compared to refined, expensive fonts of iPad/WP7.
Some ideas about better tablet readability you may find in my blog http://fineoils.blogspot.com, just scroll down -- a lot, lol.
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I will have to read through you blog. I actually just discoverd the Zegoe font. Seems to render nicely on our displays. I certainly wouldn't recommend anything that strays too far away from a rounded Sans style font. They get old, real fast. The Zegoe font has good readability on most all of the standard Android UI. Beyond that, it appears that B&N forces their fonts to be used when it comes to the stock NC apps and UI.
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Yeah, Zegoe (Segoe for WP7) is a jem. Some may prefer Apple Helvetica of iPhone, and then, one needs to own iPhone, to kinda share it with NC. But for me, Helvetica is getting older and blander, Segoe (a tweaked Frutiger) is well-hinted and pre-kerned. "Free"/"donated" DroidSans by Ascender is quite poor and bland in comparison.
However, choice of Georgia for a default "ereader" serif in NC shows quite a taste of B&N designers. One day (and with the advent of Android 3.0) the choice of NC fonts will be wider and easier, plus hinting will become more sophisticated -- apart from present dumb "autohint" (stuck in light hinting for many Android devices of 2.0...2.2 versions)
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Yeah, Zegoe (Segoe for WP7) is a jem. Some may prefer Apple Helvetica of iPhone, and then, one needs to own iPhone, to kinda share it with NC. But for me, Helvetica is getting older and blander, Segoe (a tweaked Frutiger) is well-hinted and pre-kerned. "Free"/"donated" DroidSans by Ascender is quite poor and bland in comparison.
However, choice of Georgia for a default "ereader" serif in NC shows quite a taste of B&N designers. One day (and with the advent of Android 3.0) the choice of NC fonts will be wider and easier, plus hinting will become more sophisticated -- apart from present dumb "autohint" (stuck in light hinting for many Android devices of 2.0...2.2 versions)
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Android's font rendering reminds me of how Linux desktop distros in the old days. It's only been the last couple of years that font rendering started.to improve under gnome and KDE. Hopefully, Android will get there soon, as well. Hopefully, some decent design will start to take place within Android apps as well. I sometimes feel like Android app designers are afraid padding and margins.
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Android's font rendering reminds me of how Linux desktop distros in the old days. It's only been the last couple of years that font rendering started.to improve under gnome and KDE. Hopefully, Android will get there soon, as well. Hopefully, some decent design will start to take place within Android apps as well. I sometimes feel like Android app designers are afraid padding and margins.
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Yeah... those old days. I was into Linux fonts/readability since 2001. Worked on png fonts for extremely fast Links-hacked browser (was present in earlier versions of so called Damn Small Linux), re-cut around 400 glyphs for it. So I know a little about fonts. Tried to be helpful for my imaginary project of Google browser back in 2004 (I called it "Googler", it should be based on Google Earth, plus geolocation URL protocols), was rebuffed, wrote about in my older blog goolocalizations.blogspot.com -- together with a Nostradamus satire on Google -- got kicked out of AdWords, with >$200 in earnings confiscated. Access to it was reinstalled at its 5th anniversary though. But no AdWords though -- anymore. Oh well. So far, my predictions in my Goolocalization fossil of a blog are pretty close, so one day we might see Google Earth instead of Chrome, who knows?
As for the default Android Serif, I think it's a shame they use some obscure Ascender cutter with its bland product. They have a beautiful (if a tidbit "accidental") "Google" font (title of Google search engine), all it takes is ordering to some ITC, or Monotype to re-cut it into a full Unicode ~60,000 glyphs, and here we go, how is it difficult to understand. When someone has a brand worth of ~$200 bln, one needs the whole 9 yards, and not just swastika of their letter "G". Android 3.0 tablets (Xoom, and whatever else) will show up with 3 mln free Google books OCR'ed, what font they will be in?
Thank you for reading this far, but don't forget to visit my dead goolocalizations.blogspot.com blog.
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I was just testing fonts on my Android using an app called "Type Fresh" and bumped into a font called "Liberation", which I'm sure some of you are already familiar with.
I just wanted to point out that it looks incredibly good on Android, it feels native yet looks better than the original font Android ships with.
Attached are some screenshots, you can get the fonts here:
http://www.dafont.com/search.php?psize=m&q=liberation
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Very useful to have an overview, thanks. You can add chinacat.ttf as well. My wife uses this, works great.
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i would love the Nokia font...
Exactly what I was looking for.
I have tried Fairy Dust, Magic School and Nosferatu but none of them works with non English characters (i.e: ț ă ș).
I was suprised to find that these work on my HD2 running Froyo
I tried Worstfeld, Contrary Mary, Alex, and settled on Nosferatu...Thanks a lot
I really would like this rounded font that I see in a lot of the "post your homescreen" posts. (please see attachment)
if this is running on 2.2 milestone?
make the font bigger
Many thanks
I’m using “Sony Sketch” and it looks great. However little too small so how do I make the font size bigger?
Tried “spares parts” but doesn’t work and app called “Font Size” from the market is not free, so there any FREE APP that allows you to change Font Size or is there a way to do this with ADB?
if I actually want a smaller font.
and it can be used in all applications. eg its Home screen or browser.
thanks before n after. ur fonts tricky working fine. on my milestone 2.2 nice sharing. :thumbs:
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Thanks a many for the fonts....
10x XperiaX10user
how do you recognize that these icons work correctly?
so, can we use of any standard *.ttf font for it?!
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Many thanks
I’m using “Sony Sketch” and it looks great. However little too small so how do I make the font size bigger?
Tried “spares parts” but doesn’t work and app called “Font Size” from the market is not free, so there any FREE APP that allows you to change Font Size or is there a way to do this with ADB?
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+1 on this, I'd like to figure this out.
nice fonts.. thanks!!
Anybody here tried Ubuntu's new fonts already?
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Anybody here tried Ubuntu's new fonts already?
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Check it out here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=801160
Not sure if it's the new one...but it's for Ubuntu.
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+1 on this, I'd like to figure this out.
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Go to this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=717548&page=23
do i need to root my phone if i want to install one ot this fonts?
Just to let you know
Hi Love your thread
Have been mucking about with fonts all day.
What it doesn't mention in the thread is that you can goto any free font web site and download ANY .ttf file (as a zip, then extract and drop into the .fontchanger folder)
this means that the font choice is endless!!!! oh and be seriously cool.
Hope you don't mind, had to share the good news with my fellow streakies on the Dell Streak forum.
Thanks for the post has made my weekend (I know sad lol !)
It looks very nice and fluid on the xoom. I like the new lay out it has for Honeycomb. The new store front UI is very nice as well. I like the scrollable Recommended For You across the top, and layout in general. I do like how in the settings it now shows which device name it is labeled as so you can change it on the amazon website to correctly reflect which device is which. I think my only gripe is that you can't change the background to a sepia effect so its more comfortable to read on.
My xoom updated automatically. I went to my apps on my Nexus s and it wasn't showing it as available for update, I had to search for it manually to perform the update. So for anyone not seeing the update on possible other devices do try the manual search in the market.
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Nice, millions times better than before but it would be nice if they added page turning animation and soother scrolling.
Any screenshot ?
yeah, i played around with it for a while. its a little buggy still, but a definite improvement. at least there is negative space around text. it would be nice to have better animations, two column support, and better overall horizontal screen responsiveness. the store in particular is borderline useless in horizontal orientation. about 30% of the way there
APK please?
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Nice, millions times better than before but it would be nice if they added page turning animation and soother scrolling.
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yeah, i played around with it for a while. its a little buggy still, but a definite improvement. at least there is negative space around text. it would be nice to have better animations, two column support, and better overall horizontal screen responsiveness. the store in particular is borderline useless in horizontal orientation. about 30% of the way there
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I do tend to agree with both of you, while one of my main loves for Honeycomb is its drive to be very functional in landscape it does leave much to be desired in any apps as far as portrait goes.
Animations would be nice as would the two pages per screen, I guess owning a kindle myself it seems like they try to keep the app geared more like the device itself. I'm still surprised there aren't color options to increase ease of readability and provide longer battery options, two things the device itself captures but while Amazon designs the app to be more device like not just software like, fails to capture here.
I'm guessing the lack of these features leads to desire to want a kindle. Wouldn't want all the creature comforts and selling points in an app that could potentially steal your devices thunder.
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It looks very nice and fluid on the xoom. I like the new lay out it has for Honeycomb. The new store front UI is very nice as well. I like the scrollable Recommended For You across the top, and layout in general. I do like how in the settings it now shows which device name it is labeled as so you can change it on the amazon website to correctly reflect which device is which. I think my only gripe is that you can't change the background to a sepia effect so its more comfortable to read on.
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There are option in setting for you to set your background colour (white / sepia / black).
Great app, got me to finally purchase kindle books!
dj_ghosie said:
There are option in setting for you to set your background colour (white / sepia / black).
Great app, got me to finally purchase kindle books!
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Under my settings all I see is Deregister This Device.
Device Name
And the option to use the volume buttons to change pages
No color controls. If I'm missing something please show me. I'd love to change this. I know some of the other readers in the market have this option.
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sirius b said:
Under my settings all I see is Deregister This Device.
Device Name
And the option to use the volume buttons to change pages
No color controls. If I'm missing something please show me. I'd love to change this. I know some of the other readers in the market have this option.
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You should have a brightness icon in the action bar, fourth from the right. Color options are there.
Can you sideload books into the Kindle app? I tried copying a mobi file to the kindle directory but it doesn't work..
Yes I have sideloaded books to kindle. Specifically some mobi files on android development from commonsware. I just dropped them in the kindle folder and they showed up.
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I'm not a huge fan of the layout now with the size of the gap around the text, there is a huge ammount of real estate wasted.
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I'm not a huge fan of the layout now with the size of the gap around the text, there is a huge ammount of real estate wasted.
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Me neither! So I wrote a quick email to Amazon and here's their reply:
Hello,
I'm sorry, currently the option to display 2 pages with adequate font size is not available in Kindle for Android.
I’ve forwarded your concern and suggestions to our development team and we'll consider your feedback as we plan further improvements. We regularly update our Kindle and Kindle application software with added features. I've let the Kindle team know you're interested in this feature.
We'll consider your feedback as we plan further improvements. It is always important for us to hear how customers react to all aspects. Your valuable feedback will help us to improve the selection and service we provide and we're glad you took time to write to us.
We do value the feedback of our customers and make every attempt to integrate their comments or suggestions into our stores and procedures.
As always, please feel free to contact us should you have future suggestions, questions or comments. We have team of experts who takes into consideration each and every feedback of our customers and brings them into practice.
Thank you for using Kindle.
Best regards,
Kaliraja M.
Amazon.com
Your feedback is helping us build Earth's Most Customer-Centric Company.
I can almost see the Xerox marks on that email response.
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JanetPanic said:
Yes I have sideloaded books to kindle. Specifically some mobi files on android development from commonsware. I just dropped them in the kindle folder and they showed up.
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Ok finally got it working. I had to force stop the kindle app first and restarted it before it could see the new books.
Are you sure the kindle app automatically detects the books once you copy them over to the kindle folder?
nice app but I like more to read ebooks on my Kindle. better for my eyes
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Ok finally got it working. I had to force stop the kindle app first and restarted it before it could see the new books.
Are you sure the kindle app automatically detects the books once you copy them over to the kindle folder?
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No I am not sure of that. I may have not had the Kindle app running or I may have hit "sync and check for new items." I have a few books I need to add to my xoom so I will try again today and pay attention.
On a different note is anyone else having problems with text select? It used to be the kindle app had a magnification of the text so I could tell what was being selected. They did away with that but kept the crappy handles. If they shift to the honeycomb text select I am fine without the magnification but using the small (kindle specific) handles I can not tell where I am which makes it difficult to grab a precise section of text.
Edit: I should mention I am at the smallest font size. I read mostly technical books and the more text I can get on the screen at once the easier it is to follow. Particularly sample code. On large font sizes text selection is not as much of a problem.
Does anyone know if text to speech will come to the Android Kindle??
What Ver do you have? im on 3.2.0.35
I'm not a typography nut but I enjoy seeing how people nitpick over tiny details. Here is an interesting blog article titled Roboto is a Four-headed Frankenfont that criticizes the Roboto design. It also includes a response from Roboto's designer, Christian Robertson.
For those using Roboto fonts now (including me), this is an interesting quote from the designer:
Note that there are still some bugs in the font that has been extracted from the SDK. Many of these have been corrected already, and you can expect to see some fixes to minor kerning issues and some diacritical misalignments.
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with the exception of the major kerning issues with the lockscreen on older versions of android i really like the font, and though i do see what he's talking about i don't agree. And this is from someone who's just spent 6 months in a typography class.
i've only used 3 fonts on android. the default fonts, Zegoe (zune hd font) and now Roboto. And though certain things look a little better in Zegoe, overall i think roboto looks great and in many cases i do feel it's the easiest typeface i've seen on a phone as far as reading goes.
I just switched to Roboto from than33's modified Segoe, which I assume is more or less the same as the Zune's Zegoe. My opinion is pretty much the same as yours. Segoe had a little bit more immediate visual appeal and I kinda miss that. However Roboto looks clean and it is extremely easy to read, which is very helpful on my RSS feed widget.
What a pretentious "writer"...I'm guessing he didn't even try or see it on a phone screen.
Roboto is a joke and a ripoff.
http://bit.ly/oHa3UN
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Roboto is a joke and a ripoff.
http://bit.ly/oHa3UN
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It's not really bro.. and u should check out the response.. or try using it on your phone. Personally, i'm very 'font conscious' and find this much much easier on the eyes. I've probably tried over 100 fonts in android. In the end, no one's gonna care if the font is a ripoff or an inspiration... just what works well.
Google Sans Text Beta
In Google Design’s Best of 2019 page, Google used a new font called "Google Sans Text" (which is in beta as per the font name).
The page and the look of the font can be viewed here.
I really liked the leaner look of the font on my OnePlus 6 as compared to Google Sans and would like to share it with the community.
Currently there are only the Regular, Bold, Italic, Medium, BoldItalic and MediumItalic versions of the font and I could not find other variants.
I have made the basic correction of fixing the colon on lockscreen clock (Char U+EE01).
Two Options for attached files below:
Replace Full body fonts - MAGISK Google Sans Text Beta font.zip
Replace Headline fonts only - MAGISK Google Sans Text Beta Headline only.zip
Please remove other font modules, if installed, first before installing mine.
I have only tested and used English language on OnePlus 6 and found the font to be satisfactory for daily use.
Big thanks to @nongthaihoang for improving the font! Do check out his thread for multiple combinations and variations of the font along with the original Google Sans.
Can you make it so that only the headline font is replaced?
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Can you make it so that only the headline font is replaced?
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First post updated with headline fonts only version.
exelinguy said:
First post updated with headline fonts only version.
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Woah! Thanks!
Seems promising. Thank for the font.
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Seems promising. Thank for the font.
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Glad I could be of help. Awesome!
Best to leave it to the pro! Cam on anh!
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Glad I could be of help. Awesome!
Best to leave it to the pro! Cam on anh!
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You sounds like a Vietnamese. I like that.
What do you think of helping me maintain the font?
I'll teach you everything I know so you can took over me. I'm looking for someone like that.
Btw, I like to have GS + GS text on my phone. It can't be better.
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You sounds like a Vietnamese. I like that.
What do you think of helping me maintain the font?
I'll teach you everything I know so you can took over me. I'm looking for someone like that.
Btw, I like to have GS + GS text on my phone. It can't be better.
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I love Vietnam! It's a beautiful country.
Your offer is very tempting and I would love to learn and help out more but currently I am going through a very busy phase at work. May I reach out to you after March, if you are still looking for an intern then?
I really like GS as well. Used it for the longest time on my phone. Lato is my favorite on PC. But I also like the curvier and lighter look of GS Text. Makes text more readable for me, while keeping the spirit of GS. It's a subjective thing, that's why there are millions of fonts and that's the beauty of customization.
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I love Vietnam! It's a beautiful country.
Your offer is very tempting and I would love to learn and help out more but currently I am going through a very busy phase at work. May I reach out to you after March, if you are still looking for an intern then?
I really like GS as well. Used it for the longest time on my phone. Lato is my favorite on PC. But I also like the curvier and lighter look of GS Text. Makes text more readable for me, while keeping the spirit of GS. It's a subjective thing, that's why there are millions of fonts and that's the beauty of customization.
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- Thank you for you kind words about Vietnam.
- I took it as a Yes. Contact me whenever you have time my telegram.
- I'm using Ubuntu Linux and Lato is my favorite font too. What a coincidence!
I like GS for headline and your GSText for content. Can you send me your font (the untouched one) so I can make it fully compatible with android? I'll send it back to you when it's done.
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- Thank you for you kind words about Vietnam.
- I took it as a Yes. Contact me whenever you have time my telegram.
- I'm using Ubuntu Linux and Lato is my favorite font too. What a coincidence!
I like GS for headline and your GSText for content. Can you send me your font (the untouched one) so I can make it fully compatible with android? I'll send it back to you when it's done.
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Have DM'd.
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Have DM'd.
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Thank you. I've done it. Check your PM.
Testing the font, looks very good. Only thing is I still have the rectangle instead of the colon on the lockscreen watch.
Google Pixel 3a.
That's really nice! Maybe the future of Android 11's font
@exelinguy
This is how it may look like. (PM)
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This is how it may look like. (PM)
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Looks great! Please include this!
Have updated to v0.2 with more characters. Big thanks to @nongthaihoang for making the font much more robust.
j-a-d-z said:
Testing the font, looks very good. Only thing is I still have the rectangle instead of the colon on the lockscreen watch.
Google Pixel 3a.
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Have you selected the default font before installing the mod? Did you install any other font mods or maybe themes before installing mine that have not been removed? The clock font does not seem to have changed at all, judging by the digit for 2. Can you test with the attached file and let me know please? Thanks.
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Testing the font, looks very good. Only thing is I still have the rectangle instead of the colon on the lockscreen watch.
Google Pixel 3a.
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Have you selected the default font before installing the mod? Did you install any other font mods or maybe themes before installing mine that have not been removed? The clock font does not seem to have changed at all, judging by the digit for 2. Can you test with the attached file and let me know please? Thanks.
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Nah. There is no need for a separate zip. Everything will be fine with the new update.
You should also remove what so-called "colon issue" in the OP. It does not even exist.
The font should work from the day you install it until your phone die.
Yes, new 0.2 works without errors I think. Colon on lockscreen ok. Thanks!
is it possible to download it in .ttf or .otf format ?