Make FontSwap Fonts for your iPhone / iPod touch

Have you ever before needed to use your very own fonts on your iDevice? Nicely, now you can! Following studying this how-to, You'll be in a position to port almost any font to FontSwap so you can use it on your Jailbroken idevice.

Right here is a video clip tutorial:

http://www.youtube.com/view?v=Jq6lIqeRMEA

Issues You will Need

A Jailbroken iDevice with FontSwap (accessible in Cydia) CygWin (on windows) FontForge

If you do not have it currently, set up FontForge in Cygwin. If you need assist undertaking this, Right here is a tutorial:

http://fontforge.sourceforge.internet/ms-set up.html

Notice: This is only for windows. If you have a mac, you never need Cygwin and can merely download the proper model of FontForge.

Download the font template from this website link:

http://www.mediafire.com/?nyu2gmyaitm

Extract the files to your Cygwin residence directory (typically C:\cygwin\residence\username) or into your Paperwork directory on a Mac.

Duplicate the font you Need to set on your iDevice into the very same directory that has the extracted template saved. For this tutorial, I am making use of AcidDream as my font.

Open Commence - Plans - Cygwin-X - XWin Server. In the prompt that arrives up, sort "fontforge" (without having estimates) to start FontForge. On a mac, just start FontForge. When FontForge loads up, open the font you would like to set on your iDevice. When this is open, click on File - Open, and open Helvetica.ttf, then HelveticaBold.ttf from the extracted template.

In the window with the font you Require to port, click on Edit > Pick > Pick All. Then, click on edit - Duplicate. Move above to the window with Helvetica.ttf and click on Edit - Decide on - Pick All, followed by Edit - Paste. The moment carried out, do the very same factor in the HelveticaBold.ttf window. Have persistence, youthful grasshopper - this might consider up to 5 minutes for every font to paste.

You'll now near out your font (AcidDream in this situation). Subsequent, click on File - Create Fonts in Helvetica.ttf. Maintain the name Helveica.ttf and save it in the template folder. As soon as prompted, click on change. If any mistakes arrive up, Choose save anyway. Do the identical factor for HelveticaBold.ttf. Once carried out, near out all the windows and click on never save if prompted - we previously stored it.

Congrats! The most difficult component is above! Give your self a pat on the back again. Now, let us install the font info for FontSwap. Open Data.plst in a text editor and replace the Name String to your name, along with URL with your Website tackle. If you have no Website, depart this string empty.

Now, we Need to know what our font seems like in the iDevice, do not we? Open preview.png in an picture editor like Photoshop or GIMP. Consider out the current text and sort the name of the font IN the font with the text instrument. Notice: the font need to be put in on your personal computer to do this. Once pleased, save the picture.

Now for the previous phase taken on the personal computer. Rename the folder with all 4 files one thing descriptive.font (AcidDream.font in this situation). Then, transfer the complete folder to //var/cellular/Library/FontSwap/Applications/Method Fonts on the iDevice.

On your iDevice, open FontSwap and go to Method Fonts. If all went Properly, you need to see your font. Once you tap it, it will request if you happen to be positive you Need to use the font; that is if you did every little thing correct. If the font isn't really there or there is a metadata error, you did one thing incorrect. Depart a comment and perhaps somebody can aid you. If every little thing is OK, tap Set up & Respring.

On the respring, your new font need to be in use. If it is not, Generate positive other fonts work. If that is not the issue, once again depart a comment and possibly an individual can assist you. Appreciate your new discovered fonting (it is a phrase) energy!