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Request; Low Vision themes or larger/bolder fonts for visually impaired?

Hello to all,
Just found this site and I'm really impressed! This is definitely what the internet is all about; the free exchange of ideas and spreading the love worldwide =)
I have a request for the GURUS; I am visually impaired and hate using the clumsy & cumbersome magnification tools available for WM6 (even mobile speak/mobile magnifier are booty at $90/each!).
My plan is to install Touch-it or Open-Touch (how cool is that!!!!) and the other assorted goodies available for my new wing but was wondering if anyone has designed a theme for low vision/easy viewing?
To be honest I would be happy with larger, bolder fonts and easy to read coloration; can anyone recommend a theme or possibly help by making one for me?
All help & suggestions are welcome, and links are great because searching through threads with my vision can be frustrating or near impossible at times.
Thanks to all & keep up the good work

I assume you have already changed the text size from within the system settings. I re,member seeing a thread somewhere on xda-devs (do a search) where you could install and use different fonts. I remember that some of the fonts avaliable where alot clearer, bolder, larger etc.
Sorry I couldnt be more helpful.

I'll check around, the larger setting on the fonts helped a little but I need a bolder font for sure =)
Thanks!

bugsy714 said:
I'll check around, the larger setting on the fonts helped a little but I need a bolder font for sure =)
Thanks!
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found some cabs I downloaded from the thread I found, I still cant remember where the thread was! All the fonts are best viewed with cleartype on.

Right on! Thanks for the help, I had driven myself nuts looking for the right thread =)
So I uploaded the .cab's and ran them, where can I change the font style on my wing? I checked in the settings/system/screen but didn't find any way to toggle them...

bugsy714 said:
Right on! Thanks for the help, I had driven myself nuts looking for the right thread =)
So I uploaded the .cab's and ran them, where can I change the font style on my wing? I checked in the settings/system/screen but didn't find any way to toggle them...
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By installing the cabs you effectively changed the system font to whatever the cab font is. You can only really tell the difference when you enable clear type and change the font size. Sart -> settings -> screen its all in there.

Good deal, now that I installed them one at a time & watched closely I can definitely tell the difference. I'm using Segoe UI and it's way better!!!
Thanks for all of the help =)

[FONT] Updated Roboto font from Galaxy Nexus system dump

Most of us are using the Roboto font from the Ice Cream Sandwich SDK. Here is what Roboto's designer, Christian Robertson, said after the SDK release:
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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Source: Roboto is a Four-headed Frankenfont - the article title is by a blogger, not Christian Robertson (who likes his font just fine)
So if all those kerning issues and diacritical misalignments have been pissing you off, here is the final shipped version of the Roboto font from a Galaxy Nexus system dump by el3ctrik. (Full system dump at this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19476970&postcount=10)
This is not a flashable zip. These are just the original TTF files. You can install it with an app like Font Changer, or alternatively, replace the files in your /system/fonts folder manually.

This font looks great, love it. Thanks a lot for this!
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can't see any differences from the one from the SDK, and they're both labeled as v1.0 when I preview them...

I couldn't tell you what the differences are either. However the file sizes are definitely different (the Galaxy Nexus fonts are about 10k smaller than the SDK). And when I check the font properties in FontCreator, there are some slight differences in the number of glyphs, etc.
Anyway I assume there are differences because the font designer said so. But probably nobody will notice them unless you use use a language with diacritics.

I think the fix is ​​for users of accents (in French, ..) as: é, ù, ç, è,..
A check! (I test as soon as I can).
EDIT :
Well, it's the accents

plz, post CWM version !

brenopapito said:
plz, post CWM version !
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Better go in market and get font installer. .more easy than cwm.
Thanks man.
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I had this in the older version as well...but on this font, when I get new Gmail messages, my entire Gmail inbox becomes bold until I force close the app. I only get it on this font, but someone else had mentioned to me that it happens on Helvetica as well...problem with the font, or Gmail and the way it handles fonts?

can you post the clocktopia font as well...

thebeardedchild said:
I had this in the older version as well...but on this font, when I get new Gmail messages, my entire Gmail inbox becomes bold until I force close the app. I only get it on this font, but someone else had mentioned to me that it happens on Helvetica as well...problem with the font, or Gmail and the way it handles fonts?
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It might be something wrong with the way you installed the font. If you're using the Font Changer app, go to the "Advanced" tab and check what fonts are set for DroidSans-Bold.ttf and DroidSans.ttf. If you're using some other font app, make sure you have Roboto-Regular.ttf as the DroidSans equivalent and Robot-Bold.ttf as the DroidSans-Bold equivalent.
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can you post the clocktopia font as well...
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I don't think there is any update to the numbers. Just get the Clockopia font from my signature.

Thanks. I was reading about this font and rip-offs thing all night. It's my Western font in Firefox
Please keep us updated always!

[RESOLVED] Changing HTC One Font

Hello, I have been trying to change my HTC One's GE font to iOS 7's. I cannot get it looking the same why and many times have resulted in the text be very hard to read and somewhat cut off at the top and bottom. I want it to change everything in the system, keyboard, bolded fonts etc.
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Use the search feature
Check http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2233992 - it has a large list, including iOS 7 font (Helvetica Neue iOS7 Tall/Bold v1).

ankanb said:
Check http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2233992 - it has a large list, including iOS 7 font (Helvetica Neue iOS7 Tall/Bold v1).
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Thanks bro, exactly what i was looking for ! +repped

[FONT][Magisk Module] Google Sans font - systemlessly

Hello,
This is a module to install Google Sans font (aka Product Sans) systemlessly through Magisk.
You say: "Yet another Google Sans module"
Well sure, except that I made an important correction in the font design, read below...
So I wanted to install Google Sans font on my device.
You might know that is is not free to use...
All copies I could find on XDA and other places had the same issue.
The issue is that when you place a digit before a linebreak, if you click at the end of the line, the cursor is shown in the middle of the digit (see attached). I don't know if this glitch is only present on OnePlus 3T, but it drove me crazy...
Then I spent hours trying to find different copies of that font....
All copies had the same glitch on my device...
So I tried looking for the issue in the font files themselves... and I finally found that the linebreak character (unicode U+0A) had a width defined at 0... whereas in any other font, it has a non-0 value (value depends on the font).
I corrected this issue and now it is working perfect!!!
:good:
Also I corrected the colon for the lockscreen time (U+EE01 in Roboto-light).
So attached is what I believe to be the only Google Sans (aka Product Sans) font module that doesn't have this issue...
Tested only on my OnePlus 3T.
As usual: make backups... blah blah.... I cannot be held responsible... blah blah....
Donations:
www.paypal.me/bulotchka
Thanks to my generous donators:
@matheuseduardo
GitHub:
Repository: https://github.com/Looki75/looki75productsansfont
Report an issue / a bug: https://github.com/Looki75/looki75productsansfont/issues/new
Releases: https://github.com/Looki75/looki75productsansfont/releases/latest
Changelog:
* V20: Thicker underlining line
* V19: Solving underlining issues
* V18: Solved some hyphens alignment issues
* V17: Compatibility with Magisk 20.2
* V16: Correcting the glitches introduced in V15. V16 was generated with my PC which resulted in much lighter files and (hopefully) solving the V15 glitches
* V15: Improved compatibility with latest versions of MIUI roms + fixed south-east and south-west arrows
* V14: Getting back to V10 because I found yet other bugs which just add to the list of issues due to the switch from V10 to V11
* V13: Integrating missing glyphes that I forgot to merge from V10 to V11
* V12: Correcting lockscreen colon issue on certain ROMs
* V11: Updated with latest Google Sans font versions + definitely removed EMOJIs from both Magisk and TWRP zip files
* V10: Correction of small issues with the font itself + removed EMOJIs (the EMOJIs from your ROM will be preserved)
* V9: Additional fonts RobotoCondensed-Medium, RobotoCondensed-MediumItalic, RobotoNum-3L, RobotoNum-3R
* V8: Underline FIX for all weights of font (thanks @rocketsauce83)
* V7: Missing glyphes imported from usual ROBOTO
How to properly install
First of all:
- Install module in Magisk
- Reboot
- On some phones (eg OnePlus), there is the possibility to choose a system-wide font from a selection. In this case, you need to make sure you select "default font" or "Roboto".
How to check if the module works
1. Open Gboard keyboard and look for capitalized letters Q and O. If they look like perfect circles, the module is probably applied correctly.
2. Still in Gboard keyboard, look for figures 6 and 9. If they look like a small perfect circle with added straight line, the module is probably applied correctly.
If checks 1 and 2 failed, double check you did properly install the module.
If you cannot apply the module, then send me:
* a screenshot of Gboard "CAPS" and "figures" screens
* a zip file with the content of your /system/fonts folder
If there is a font that I didn't take into account, I might be able to identify it and patch my module.
If the module seems to be applied correctly, then go further:
3. Look elsewhere in your system. If somewhere Q, O, 6 and 9 don't look like in Gboard, it means a specific font is used in that specific screen/app.
If you think a specific font is used somewhere, then send me:
* a screenshot of the place you where you found a specific font is used
* a zip file with the content of your /system/fonts folder
If there is a font that I didn't take into account, I might be able to identify it and patch my module.
Apps known to use a specific font: aCalendar
Have fun!
Cheers

Works fine on Xiaomi Mi Mix 2s and Redmi S2. Thanks
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Just wanted to add that if anyone has suggestions to further improve, please suggest.
Depending on the suggestion, I might decline (if too much work or if above my competence).
Cheers

Looki75 said:
Just wanted to add that if anyone has suggestions to further improve, please suggest.
Depending on the suggestion, I might decline (if too much work or if above my competence).
Cheers
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Thanks.
Maybe you can make a customized "Condensed" font style? IMO it will look better on some areas like the QS panel and the app drawer.
Also, is DroidSansFallback still needed? It's not mentioned on my ROM's fonts.xml, and I removed it from your module and it still works.
Sent from my Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 using XDA Labs

Update: I just customized the module and removed the condensed font files. I think I prefer this. (But I guess more people who installed this module would prefer Google Sans everywhere)
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VincentJoshuaET said:
Thanks.
Maybe you can make a customized "Condensed" font style? IMO it will look better on some areas like the QS panel and the app drawer.
Also, is DroidSansFallback still needed? It's not mentioned on my ROM's fonts.xml, and I removed it from your module and it still works.
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You're right, DroidSansFallback is probably not needed, but I included it just in case...
And, this is true: I couldn't find any condensed version of Google Sans / Product Sans so I just re-used the regular one.
The thing is: I am not a font designer, so I cannot design it. In FontForge, I could apply a 90% factor in the x-values, but then letter width would not be uniform depending if the line is horizontal, oblique or vertical...
If anyone can find and give me the condensed version of this font t(+variants italic, bold, bolditalic...) , I would be more than happy to rework it and include it in my module.

Looki75 said:
You're right, DroidSansFallback is probably not needed, but I included it just in case...
And, this is true: I couldn't find any condensed version of Google Sans / Product Sans so I just re-used the regular one.
The thing is: I am not a font designer, so I cannot design it. In FontForge, I could apply a 90% factor in the x-values, but then letter width would not be uniform depending if the line is horizontal, oblique or vertical...
If anyone can find and give me the condensed version of this font t(+variants italic, bold, bolditalic...) , I would be more than happy to rework it and include it in my module.
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I guess a good solution is to create another module that still uses the Roboto Condensed fonts (not replacing these fonts)? I already did it myself though, thanks.
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For comparison:
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VincentJoshuaET said:
For comparison:
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How can I do this?

Do I install this or this magisk module?
Which works best for Resurrection Remix 6.2.0?

UPDATE: V7 with all missing glyphes imported from usual ROBOTO.

Looki75 said:
UPDATE: V7 with all missing glyphes imported from usual ROBOTO.
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how did you merge , when i was merging from one font family to othere i was getting offset mismatch and suitable invalids errors
and unicode mismatching acc to glyph name

cpt.macp said:
how did you merge , when i was merging from one font family to othere i was getting offset mismatch and suitable invalids errors
and unicode mismatching acc to glyph name
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I used FontForge. At first, the merge process ended up with a mess, with Roboto glyphes being GIANTS compared to GoogleSans'...
On a FontForge, forum I learned that the main parameter to adapt is in "Element/Font info/General/EM".
In order to have a nice merge, this parameter has to have the same value in both fonts.
GoogleSans had 1000, Roboto had 2048.
I changed Roboto's to 1000 (at this point FontForge scales all glyphes), generated the modified version.
Then opened GoogleSans, "Element/Merge fonts" then selected the modified Roboto and FontForge integretad all glyphes of Roboto that were not defined in GoogleSans... No error whatsoever, glyphes with same "overall" size.
Of course its not perfect, because of fonts styles being different...
For example upscript figures of Roboto don't fall exactly in the same place than the one of GoogleSans (only ^4 was defined in GoogleSans)... but anyway it's better than what I had before: some weird characters were missing in GoogleSans and - some of my apps using these weird characters - they were displayed as "squares"...
Hope I could help you.

Looki75 said:
I used FontForge. At first, the merge process ended up with a mess, with Roboto glyphes being GIANTS compared to GoogleSans'...
On a FontForge, forum I learned that the main parameter to adapt is in "Element/Font info/General/EM".
In order to have a nice merge, this parameter has to have the same value in both fonts.
GoogleSans had 1000, Roboto had 2048.
I changed Roboto's to 1000 (at this point FontForge scales all glyphes), generated the modified version.
Then opened GoogleSans, "Element/Merge fonts" then selected the modified Roboto and FontForge integretad all glyphes of Roboto that were not defined in GoogleSans... No error whatsoever, glyphes with same "overall" size.
Of course its not perfect, because of fonts styles being different...
For example upscript figures of Roboto don't fall exactly in the same place than the one of GoogleSans (only ^4 was defined in GoogleSans)... but anyway it's better than what I had before: some weird characters were missing in GoogleSans and - some of my apps using these weird characters - they were displayed as "squares"...
Hope I could help you.
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if you are rescaling the roboto then i think some characters might be oddly looking because they are resized now
also you can just deodex the apk and see what all character it uses in resources and just copy those gylphs , but yes it will take time
boxes are bascially " .notdef" so missing glyphs are shows as that box or (5 horizontal lines parallel together )

Amazing Work! All works in AOSPExtended 8.1.0 September Build :B thanks a lot!

Hello, I wanna know what is the difference between Roboto fonts and GoogleSans fonts here : https://github.com/Magisk-Modules-Repo/Pixel-Experience-Magisk/tree/master/system/fonts
I have compared between them, it seems their versions are different. Are they the same?

taxuezju18 said:
Hello, I wanna know what is the difference between Roboto fonts and GoogleSans fonts here : https://github.com/Magisk-Modules-Repo/Pixel-Experience-Magisk/tree/master/system/fonts
I have compared between them, it seems their versions are different. Are they the same?
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Read the OP for understanding

Thanks for this very complete font module! I noticed the cursor issue too and some missing glyphs but now it's fixed and works perfectly. I'd recommend this module to anybody who asks about it!

Aijen said:
Read the OP for understanding
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I have read the OP，I have known this module fixed a problem. When I extract this module, I found the fonts named Roboto, not GoogleSans, and compared with them, find their versions are different. GoogleSans is newer than Roboto, I want to know whether Roboto is the GoogleSans in Android P.

Thanks works great for Z5 Compact

Question Changes to the way Android 12 (or MIUI 13) handles system fonts AND EMOJIS, and where can I get a copy of SF Pro VARIABLE font .ttf?

Have some info followed by a question - geared more towards people with rooted Mi 11's:
Back when I was still using MIUI 10, then 11, then 12, they all had the same mechanism for picking the system font to be displayed. You use the font files of your choice, rename them as Roboto<whatever>.ttf (There are 20 or so of these files), replace the original ones in /system/fonts with these files, reboot, and you are done. A simple magisk module makes it much easier to bypass system restrictions to accomplish the font file replacements.
With MIUI 13 some changes become necessary, mainly because Google is now using VARIABLE FONTS. So we now only have 2 files to replace (on top of the emoji font file, that is):
Roboto-Regular.ttf --> This single .ttf now should now be a VARIABLE font, and should contain a rich set of font variations e.g. bold, italic, condensed, etc. all within this single file.
RobotoStatic-Regular.ttf --> This file provides backward compatibility for some apps that still require the traditional Roboto Regular font.
RobotoStatic-Regular.ttf is easy as it is the exact same thing as the previous Roboto-Regular.ttf in previous versions of MIUI. But for the new Roboto-Regular.ttf, I have no "variable font" version of the font that I have been using as my substitution of Roboto.
For now I have managed to download and use the new Google Product Sans font which is a variable font, and it actually looks pretty good. But my choice is still to use the same font I have been using for years - SF Pro Display (i.e. the iphone default font).
Anyone who knows where a copy of SF Pro Display "variable" font can be downloaded please let me know. Either that, or how to create a variable font .ttf file from a whole bunch of non-variable font files that belong to the same font family?
Thanks so much !!!
EDIT: Realized my emoji font substitution broke too, did some research, and figured out why. See my #3 response below

Found it.... https://github.com/sahibjotsaggu/San-Francisco-Pro-Fonts

Emoji broke too. This explains why:
Android 12 Will Get Out Emojis and Fonts From System Updates
Android 12 will get out emojis and fonts from system updates and this would be awesome. Both me and the rest of the world are waiting for this to happen.
www.whatfontis.com
Quick solution - if you can find your emoji file under /data/fonts/files/<whatever>, do your replacement there. It will get sucked into /system/fonts/

seemebreakthis said:
Emoji broke too. This explains why:
Android 12 Will Get Out Emojis and Fonts From System Updates
Android 12 will get out emojis and fonts from system updates and this would be awesome. Both me and the rest of the world are waiting for this to happen.
www.whatfontis.com
Quick solution - if you can find your emoji file under /data/fonts/files/<whatever>, do your replacement there. It will get sucked into /system/fonts/
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Any chance you can share a Magisk module for these processes?

seemebreakthis said:
Found it.... https://github.com/sahibjotsaggu/San-Francisco-Pro-Fonts
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Does it contain SfProVF?

[MODULE] Oh My Font — Google Sans Prime — Custom Font Installer
Oh My Font Improve Android Typography GitLab OMF is the most advanced font module ever made. It is a collection of typefaces which are believed to improve the overall Android Typography experience.
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There's this which works very well (for those who know how to customize) but idk how to use it to get all iPhone fonts.

seemebreakthis said:
Found it.... https://github.com/sahibjotsaggu/San-Francisco-Pro-Fo I think he removed the attached files. When downloaded from Apple's site, it also downloads with the DMG extension. Where can I find SF-Pro full?
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Unknown.Guy said:
[MODULE] Oh My Font — Google Sans Prime — Custom Font Installer
Oh My Font Improve Android Typography GitLab OMF is the most advanced font module ever made. It is a collection of typefaces which are believed to improve the overall Android Typography experience.
forum.xda-developers.com
There's this which works very well (for those who know how to customize) but idk how to use it to get all iPhone fonts.
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It doesn't work on MIUI 13/A12.