gaurav’s rants

continuing the posts about fonts.. here’s how you can add extra fonts to your iPhone for use with WinterBoard and maybe other applications as well..

Advantages of adding extra fonts:

• Set your SpringBoard icon labels to the font of your choice [through WinterBoard]
• Get extended font support for viewing websites in Safari
• Get extended font support in applications, either as a user or a developer

For this tutorial I will add the Calibri font family to my iPhone, the following fonts of this family should be available on your computer by default

• Calibri
• Calibri Italic
• Calibri Bold
• Calibri Bold Italic

[i'm doing this on a Windows Vista system, if you're not using Vista some steps for obtaining the fonts may be different]
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i finally took the time to write the much awaited tutorial describing the process of porting fonts for iPhone.. this is important as iPhone users have many requests for fonts of their choice and as much as i’d like to, i simply don’t have the time to fulfill all these demands..
to cut a long story short..
“Give a man a fish, he’ll eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he’ll eat for a lifetime.”
haha..

Terms for this tutorial:
default font is the unmodified font that is present on your iPhone
custom font is the font that you are going to port for your iPhone
ported font is the result of the process that will be placed on your iPhone
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here’s the Calibri LockClock font to be used along with the Calibri system font..

Download: Calibri Custom Clock Font for iPhone 2.0.x (1517)

no screenshot of the lock screen yet..

get the Calibri system font here
Calibri Custom Font for iPhone 2.0.x

i’m not a big fan of comic fonts.. don’t really remember the last time i used a comic font, if i ever did.. but many people requested comic fonts for their iPhones.. so here are two..

Kasper Custom Font for iPhone 2.0.x

Download: Kasper Custom Font for iPhone 2.0.x (1222)
[refer to readme.txt for installation steps]

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many people are avid fans of the Calibri font.. Plizzo requested this font over at MacThemes forums. so i ported this for iPhone.. Calibri looks beautiful at large sizes but imho it’s rather ordinary at small sizes.. but it’s a really good, clean looking font.. here it is for anyone who wants it…

Download: Calibri Custom Font for iPhone 2.0.x (3179)
[refer to readme.txt for installation steps]

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here’s a custom font replacement for MarkerFelt font..
it’s a bit smaller but i liked it..

Download: Notec Font for MobileNotes iPhone 2.0.x (1145)
[refer to readme.txt for installation steps]

Download: Notec Font for MobileNotes iPhone 2.0.x (1145)
[refer to readme.txt for installation steps]

here’s another font i found good enough for my iPhone..
just finished porting it..

Download: Binary ITC Custom Font for iPhone 2.0.x (1264)
[refer to readme.txt for installation steps]

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this is a bug fix for all the keyboards i’ve released till now..

Neo Keys
Neo Keys Dark
Neo Keys Dark [WhiteSpace]

Download: Neo Keys (2280)
[refer to readme.txt in the archive for installation steps]

Download: Neo Keys Dark (2757)
[refer to readme.txt in the archive for installation steps]

Download: Neo Keys Dark [WhiteSpace] (1921)
[refer to readme.txt in the archive for installation steps]

the Info.plist file in the theme folders caused conflicts with other theme elements from other themes. so i’ve removed them.. and there were errors in some readme.txt files which have been fixed as well..

the space bar text was not visible in the Neo Keys Dark theme so i made a few modifications.. this was requested quite a bit over at MacThemes forums..
I’m calling this one Neo Keys Dark [WhiteSpace].. can’t think of anything better due to sleep deprivation.. rotfl..

Download: Neo Keys Dark [WhiteSpace] (1921)
[refer to readme.txt in the archive for installation steps]

couldn’t take screenshot of pressed button but it’s brighter..

Download: Neo Keys Dark [WhiteSpace] (1921)
[refer to readme.txt in the archive for installation steps]

btw.. if you like this keyboard then you’d love to have the MonoChrome theme on your iPhone.. it looks awesome on the iPhone.. that’s the one i have on, it’s got minor glitches here and there but i’m sure they’ll be fixed with time..
MonoChrome is created by Vibestar, ported to 2.0 by DrTaru..
get it here http://macthemes2.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=16788048

so i’ve finally completed this theme to my satisfaction.. looks really fantastic on my iPhone..
you *must* get this keyboard if you have NeoTech as the system font and dark replacements for other artwork.. it goes very nice without the dark artwork as well..

there were some problems initially with images that were exported from Photoshop [i used Photoshop for the batch automation feature], they were all messed up.. then i decided to do the alterations and export manually from Fireworks and that did the trick.. the images came out perfect..

Download: Neo Keys Dark (2757)
[refer to readme.txt in the archive for installation steps]

Screenshots:

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