NeoTech Custom Font for iPhone 2.0
by gaurav on Jul.26, 2008, under iPhone
hi all..
i’m really pleased with myself right now.. i finally managed to put this custom font together for my iPhone..
i had this font on my 1.1.4 iPhone and absolutely loved it but the Helvetica fonts that came with 2.0 have a lot more glyphs [2000+] and thus the old custom fonts dint work with it..
so i made my own..
here’s the file NeoTech Custom Font iPhone 2.0 (6326)
installation:
CAUTION: If you do not know what OpenSSH, WinSCP, root , alpine are or if you haven’t used them before, you probably shouldn’t be doing this anyway..
Step 1: Install OpenSSH from Cydia (found easily in featured apps)
Step 2: Restart iPhone
Step 3: Use WinSCP to connect to the iPhone via your IP address Username:root Password: alpine
Step 4: Download this file NeoTech Font iPhone 2.0 and extract it to your desktop
Step 5: Navigate to the following folders on your iPhone using WinSCP or FUGU and rename the following files, adding .bak at the end [this is just a precautionary measure, you don't ever wanna lose your original files]
/System/Library/Fonts/Cache/Helvetica.ttf
/System/Library/Fonts/Cache/HelveticaBold.ttf
copy the files in the archive in these folders, make sure each file goes where it belongs.
Step 6: Restart iPhone
Step 7: Enjoy!
EDIT:
as some people may still be on 1.1.4 here’s the font for iPhone 1.1.4 NeoTech Font iPhone 1.1.4 (828)
UPDATE [08.23]:
the bug which caused password dots to not show has been fixed. please redownload and reinstall.. 
July 27th, 2008 on 4:19 am
u know wht,
The time u take to write one blogpost = Time taken to make 2 joints.
So next time, instead of two posts write one, cause the remaining one will give u the time to make two joints and these two joints will give you the feel to write the 1 blogpost.. so r we clear
1 Blogpost = 2 joints
July 27th, 2008 on 5:03 am
THANKS !!!!
I was very frustated when I could use the same on my 1.4 iPhone
Thanks again !!
July 28th, 2008 on 5:37 am
hi, awesome job! I would really appreciate it if u told us how u did it though as I need to write a custom font to display characters in a different language. It will be much appreciated :).
July 31st, 2008 on 11:04 am
Do you think you could do the same thing for the font Marker Felt?
Or maybe write a tut. on how to do what you did? plz and thanks:)
July 31st, 2008 on 2:07 pm
This is so cool…. Thanks !…
I think fonts must be optimized for iphone, we can’t use every font… So i’ll be glad if you’d share cool fonts like this sometimes…
August 1st, 2008 on 7:33 am
Very cool, I love the NeoTech font, it looks great on print, also.
Some more fonts for iPhone 2.0: http://www.modmyifone.com/forums/file-mods/265181-2-0-custom-fonts-iphone-2-0-a.html#post1672421
And for 1.1.4: http://www.modmyifone.com/forums/file-mods/146561-iphone-fonts-suck-so-i-changed-them-nokia-s60-post927601.html#post927601
August 2nd, 2008 on 1:02 am
thank you
I also had the same thing on my 1.1.4 phone.
I have one question there are some custom fonts for the clock on the lock screen, do you think you can get them working too.
I can supply the files if you need.
thanks again
August 2nd, 2008 on 2:11 am
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August 5th, 2008 on 10:28 am
Yeah ok i switched the files an everything…but how do you make the font change? i still have my original font, sorry if this is a stupid question but im confused, Thanks
August 6th, 2008 on 12:14 am
Thanks, i love it!
August 6th, 2008 on 7:28 pm
@Josh: make sure the fonts have been replaced properly by comparing the filesize in bytes.. you can easily do this in WinSCP or Fugu. then make sure you Reboot the iPhone, Respring will not work for font change.
August 7th, 2008 on 2:36 am
Cool… changing right now on my 1.1.4…
and it has the ñ ^^ … i had one in Thai whit strange chars. thx man.
August 7th, 2008 on 8:50 am
I made MarkerFelt fonts.
Download here http://rapidshare.com/files/135439343/Fonts.zip.html
August 7th, 2008 on 9:04 am
Love the ability to have a different font… who knew?! Thank you very much.
August 11th, 2008 on 3:50 pm
Okay i am willing to pay if someone can tell me how to make the fonts compatible with 2.0 what is 2000 glyph mean…please help
August 12th, 2008 on 2:56 am
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August 12th, 2008 on 3:16 am
Can this work for any font on our system? I was curious if Myriad was an option or futura? I tried the renaming and reupdating on the iphone, but it just came up with blank icons with no text. Thanks for any help!
August 12th, 2008 on 3:32 am
Guarav, this font is amazing, however there is no carachter for the bullet for password fields so it just shows up blank, otherwise this is great, please mod this to include that if possible
August 12th, 2008 on 1:11 pm
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August 14th, 2008 on 5:25 pm
+1 DrTaru, use the iPhone with this font is realy cool but it’s hard to type the PIN password because there is no carachter for the bullet for password fields. Thanks Guarav for this mod.
August 16th, 2008 on 2:08 pm
So good, I love the NeoTech font, it looks great than original font.
Do you think you could do the same thing for the font Nokia Sans?
I’m love tis font too…
August 17th, 2008 on 6:58 pm
love it, but intelliscreen doesn’t love it. crashes at boot… unfortunately intelliscreen wins, but would love to use the font.
August 19th, 2008 on 5:44 pm
It fits perfectly!
Thanks!
August 24th, 2008 on 8:11 am
I LOVE IT!!! thank you so much, this font is beautiful.
August 26th, 2008 on 7:07 pm
Anybody know how can i put the vodafone logo in my iPhone 3G (mine is italian!)
August 26th, 2008 on 10:52 pm
@b4rtman:
you can put the logos in the folder “/System/Library/Carrier Bundles/Vodafone_it.bundle”
the black n white logo should be named FSO_CARRIER_Vodafone IT.png
and the color one should be named Default_CARRIER_Vodafone IT.png
September 9th, 2008 on 2:00 am
Hello there
i tried to install it via Cydia, but its not working, even if i reboot the phoen the font do not show up :/// any idea ??? (i dont use intelliscreen)
September 9th, 2008 on 2:25 pm
ok found why :), its not the font itself , just the keyboard image :/
September 14th, 2008 on 10:52 am
Anyone using this on 2.1? (I am using the updated version) I’m losing a tiny bit of the font labels on the bottom. The g is cut off on Settings, for example.
September 14th, 2008 on 11:39 am
NM. Turned out to be a bad plist in the “font colors” app from cydia. They defaulted it to 13px instead of 12px.
September 15th, 2008 on 12:15 pm
Is there a way to do this via Winterboard instead of copying over the font?
September 15th, 2008 on 11:14 pm
@aznblur: nope.. not right now.. and i don’t think it’ll be implemented through WB ever.. i hope i’m wrong..
September 16th, 2008 on 1:50 am
everytime i try to get into the font directory
it wont let me
any ideas?
September 16th, 2008 on 2:26 pm
@stephen: are you using WinSCP?
September 16th, 2008 on 3:04 pm
I’m so happy with this font. Apple has done a great job with all other stuff such as Icons but this font kicks ass.
I want to use it on my Mac as well but it gives a conflict with Trebuchet because that is the Full Name. Any change of offering this font for Mac as well?
Keep it up!
Roland
September 29th, 2008 on 12:47 am
great font, thanks a lot.
October 3rd, 2008 on 6:57 pm
I cannot access the “/System/Library/Fonts/Cache” on my iphone (2.1 firmware). The folder “fonts” doesn’t exist…. Any ideas? I’m using Cyberduck.
October 4th, 2008 on 8:31 pm
@dowork: i haven’t had this issue with WinSCP.. you could try browsing to the folder using MobileTerminal on the iPhone and if that works you could overwrite the font files from the terminal itself.
October 5th, 2008 on 9:12 am
I have this for 1.1.4 works perfectly but on 2.1 the clock disappers and numeric battery does not display properly
Anyone having the same problems?
October 5th, 2008 on 5:44 pm
@ckman9: I just replaced the fonts and all is propely displayed including the clock and the numeric battery. So it should work on fw 2.1. Have no idea what’s causing the issue for you, sorry ’bout that.
October 12th, 2008 on 12:14 am
I installed the fonts in right folder on 2.1 firmware
however all applications’ tites had dissappeared + all apps crash when i try to enter them including settings ( i cant access any app)
November 5th, 2008 on 4:18 pm
Same at Mohamed i have 1.21 and works but cant open any app….. any fix for that?
November 17th, 2008 on 6:27 am
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