Change your fonts & still use Data Transfer mode!!

[porselinaheart]

Hey guys , thought i'd just post a summarized version for of different posts in the forum for easy reference, on how to change your font but still be able to use Data Transfer mode as well as how to adjust the font size :

1. Download this file :
FontRouter.LT.for.v9.Build20071109.opensigned.sis

sign it at symbian signed ( which is back up again ) using open signed online, and install it in your PHONE memory ( Important! Not memory card )

2. Using a file explorer like FExplorer or Y-browser, copy the font file into 'c:/data/fonts'

3. Restart your phone and, Voila!! your phone is displaying text in the new font.

TO CHANGE FONT AGAIN AFTER INITIAL CHANGE

1.You will need this file :
DEdit9.sis

Its called D-edit a file browser like Y-browser, but it allows you to edit hidden and system files. Install it to your phone ( Either phone memory or memory card, doesn't matter )

2. Open D-edit and go into 'c:/data/fonts' and find the file ' fontrouter.ini '

3.Change the line Enable= 1 to Enable= 0 , then save the file and restart the phone.

4.The font you initially put in 'c:/data/fonts' is no longer in use by the phone, so it can be removed and exchanged for a different one.

5.After changing the font, open up the 'fontrouter.ini' file again using Dedit.

6.Change the line Enable= 0 to Enable= 1 , then save the file and restart the phone.

7.Hey presto, your new font is in effect!

IF AFTER INSTALLING, THE FONT IT LOOKS TOO SMALL

1. Open D-edit and go into c:/data/fonts and find the file ' fontrouter.ini '

2. Open the file and look through the text to find the following lines :

; Global zoom ratio (by
percentage) and range of font
size to apply zooming to.
ZoomRatio=100
ZoomMinSize=0
ZoomMaxSize=48

3.Change the line ZoomRatio=100 to ZoomRatio=130 If that is too big , try ZoomRatio=110 or ZoomRatio=120

4. Change the line ZoomMaxSize=48 to ZoomMaxSize=50

5.Scroll down a little further and find the following text :

; Z Zoom ratio
by percentage (Default: 100)

6. Change the line by percentage (Default: 100) to match your value in the line in step 3, e.g. by percentage (Default: 130)

7. Save changes and restart your phone.

8. Tada! it should be a decent size now


WARNING THIS HAS ONLY BEEN TESTED ON N95 & N82, I HAVE NO IDEA OF THE EFFECT ON A N95 8gb

Edit :Supa credits to Mr. G for all his help, as i just compiled all his info, :)

[Mr G]

Nice update and added info even though i told you how to change fonts AND still use data transfer in the first place ;-)

[porselinaheart]

For those of you have non Truetype fonts and want to convert them to be able to used on your phone, here's a handy link :

Font Tools

[neraky]

Does this method also work on Nokia N95 8GB?

[neraky]

Disregard my previous post, I just finished reading your first after the size editing method

[porselinaheart]

Originally Posted by neraky

Disregard my previous post, I just finished reading your first after the size editing method

i'm not sure if it does, even though technically it should, thats why i put the disclaimer, cos i've yet to test the method on the N95 8gb, however if any n95 8gb owners are daring enough to give it a try, let me know if you're successful.

[twisted-pixel]

I've tried this method today...didn't work for me. (8GB version)

I downloaded a theme and then realised I needed to install a font.

used fontrouter and put the font in resources/fonts

rebooted phone and now have the new font, but in order to use data trasnfer mode, I need to move the fontrouter.ini file somewhere else and then reboot...which means I lose the font...to get it back I have to put the fontrouter.ini file back and reboot again...which means I lose the data transfer mode..etc etc..quite annoying really

[porselinaheart]

Originally Posted by Mr G

Nice update and added info even though i told you how to change fonts AND still use data transfer in the first place ;-)

i know, mr G., hehe :P post edited to add credit to you, :D

[porselinaheart]

Originally Posted by twisted-pixel

I've tried this method today...didn't work for me. (8GB version)

I downloaded a theme and then realised I needed to install a font.

used fontrouter and put the font in resources/fonts

rebooted phone and now have the new font, but in order to use data trasnfer mode, I need to move the fontrouter.ini file somewhere else and then reboot...which means I lose the font...to get it back I have to put the fontrouter.ini file back and reboot again...which means I lose the data transfer mode..etc etc..quite annoying really

did u download Dedit and try editing the fontrouter file ?? sorry if
i wasn't clear but you'll have to go thru the second part of my post :

TO CHANGE FONT AGAIN AFTER INITIAL CHANGE

and change the line Enable=1 to Enable=0 after you've changed the font. The phone will still display the same font until you reboot, so you can presumably use data transfer mode as the phone isn't accessing the fontrouter.ini . Let me know if this works for you.

[Sexyback]

isnt that a bit of a fussy method? Whats so wrong with simply placing the font onto the mem card. Simple enough, ive done that before. You can easily go bk to the original font by removing the font from the mem card.
Unless theres a reason not to?