gaurav’s rants

FontSwap: Imminent Release

by gaurav on Nov.27, 2008, under iPhone

so here are screenshots from my first iPhone app…
FontSwap:






i hope this goes down well with you guys.. especially users who complain abut the complicated process of installing custom fonts.. this will make it easier..

there are font categories for which the app works as seen in the screens above
fonts have to be put in packages to be identified by the application.
FontName.font
I will add facility to read and display font information like, author, preview, etc in a third section.. could only manage to finish two TableViews to get a feel of the Objective-C language. this works for now so i’ll release it soon.. :)

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61 comments for this entry:
  1. d

    Wow!, Great job!

  2. Nick

    This looks awesome, how long till its on Cydia?

  3. Sean

    Looks awesome!

    You are definitely the Font expert.

    Of course, I spent all day learning how to port fonts and to install fonts and such, THEN I see this. Oh well, a little knowledge never hurt anyone =]

  4. Karthik

    This is kool man !! Good luck on ur first app :) .. keep it coming !!

    Hope any of ur future upgrades will have a preview option or simply the font name in its own font type :) .. !!

    Cheers
    Karthik

  5. Samuel

    Oh YEAH, YOU ARE THE MAN !!!!!!!!!!!
    Can’t Wait ……… ;)

  6. pieter

    can’t wait too .. please let us be your beta testers?

  7. gaurav

    i’ve packaged and sent the beta release to BigBoss for hosting. i did that yesterday so i guess he must be busy. it should be on Cydia today.. :)

  8. Cubanojones

    It won’t download, it says the package has unmet dependencies

  9. barsoverbeats

    Same here… Unmet dependancies…..

  10. bill

    not working….I hope you will fix it soon

  11. Blake Harrison

    How do you restore to default font?

  12. brian

    Excellent,,, will you be able to change the fonts for the Arabic letters , ??? Thank you very much

  13. ash

    it keeps saying it can’t open?

  14. Samuel

    Works PERFECT, Thanks …….. :)

  15. Samuel

    How can we add more fonts ??

  16. panderen brewmaster

    it doesn’t work, it says that I can t open FontSwap.app ;( I wanted to use neo keys’ font

    P.S. You had a beautiful idea, this app is fantastic… So I ll wait for the upgrade of this app

    Good Job!

  17. Mano (Russia)

    good job!!!!!!! Molodez!!!!!

  18. David

    Do you have permission to use Jonas’s icon for your application?

  19. gaurav

    @David: thanks for bringing this to my notice. i was not aware of the Pry icon set as the icon used was given to me by a friend.
    i’ve sent a PM to Jonas on the MacThemes forums and will retain or change the icon depending on Jonas’ reply.

  20. David

    @ Gaurav, you sir are a good man. I tip my hat to you and if you ever need anything please let me know. Being co-owner of MacThemes has it’s perks!

  21. Paul

    Still getting the “unmet dependancies” message upon hitting the ‘install’ button :(

  22. gaurav

    @Paul: try updating your sources in Cydia, especially the BigBoss repo.
    or use search and look for “FontSwap”, install “FontSwap Starter” from the results if installing FontSwap isn’t working for you.
    FontSwap Starter is a dependency and both packages should install at one go.

  23. kuba

    Hello, it seems to be nice app, but does it support central europe character set? I think it is called Windows 1250.

    Regards, Kuba

  24. james

    I seem to get the message fontswap cannot open. I have restored the phone. I have erased the phone. Not working still. I have removed and reinstalled the app. It works great on my wifes phone. First time installed worked perfectly. I even installed the starter still not working. I even got it on my 2g phone. So why can’t I get it on my 3g. Help please.

  25. O$MONEY

    Great app!! I’m so sykes to use it but all I get is “cannot open” Error

  26. gaurav

    @kuba: the application only handles the task of replacing system fonts with custom fonts. it’s upto the person who ports the font to include support for various charsets.

    @james: few users on 3G had this problem. i dint have it on the test device i used. only thing i can suggest right now is to reinstall.

    @O$MONEY: please try to reinstall.

  27. james

    Tried that 4 times. Works on my 2g and my wifes 3g but not mine. I need to wait I guess

  28. zebcreed

    OMG! Best app ever! MORE Fonts. MORE fonts! (-:
    Can you get it to change even more, like the keyboard font?
    The dialer font doesn’t change on mine BTW.Running 2.1 os. How about color change? Where do we donate?

  29. Playboy707

    You kick ass ! This is the best mod I have seen yet ! Will you be releasing more fonts soon ? hoping for some tagging or old English type fonts ! Keep up the good work !

  30. panderen brewmaster

    My iPhone is a 2g firmware 2.1 and this beautiful app still doesn’t work on it U_U…
    I tried to reinstall all but I had the same problem

  31. zanna

    On 2.2 edge iPhone workED..then I resored again to 2.2 and now it’s not opening..can’t understand why!! It worked well and now no longer..

  32. Clifton Santiago

    Tried to use it, won’t open(tried the fixes that you said ,still nothing). Looks like a good app wish I could use it.

  33. spittips101

    @james

    i had the same “cannot open error”. to fix, set fontswap.app permissions to 777 and apply to all enclosed items. then REINSTALL fontswap from cydia. thats all.

  34. otto

    I’m having a problem with this application. The system fonts don’t change for me. All the fonts on the main screen and text messaging (SMS) won’t change. Everything else seems to work for me. Any ideas?

  35. asmodeus

    Changelog, please.

  36. tom

    Hi,
    I have tried and works,
    for mail i want the default font, but default not work.How can i set the original font again?

    Thanks and best
    Tom

  37. rob

    nice app well done, any chance of u adding the papyrus font to dailer and note pad? Let me know thanks

  38. Awayze

    There was an alignement problem for the date in the taskbar and the 4 passcode dots. Is that issue fixed now? Thanks.

  39. John Doe

    Hi.

    The german letter “Ä” (the big ä) is missing in the font “Papyrus” in the SMS app. It’s working in Notes tho.

    Greets

  40. Jay

    Hi Gaurav,

    I can’t get fontswap to show on my springboard when I have installed it. I’ve restored my iPhone and it still doesn’t work. Even when I respeing it won’t show.

    Any help would be appreciated

  41. tof

    Brilliant app ! Can’t change the dialed font though… Reinstalled twice to no avail. Any idea?

  42. spnoi

    The fonts are nice. How about some color fonts.

  43. Joe

    This dosent work on the new 3.0 firmware

  44. Zoey

    Why doesn’t this application work on OS 3.0?
    Is there going to be a fix for it? Or should we just delete it and forget about it?

  45. Dark-naruto

    Hello,

    thx for your work. do you think you’ll make an upgrade for 3.0 ?

  46. Zoey

    That’s what I really want to know. Any upgrades?

  47. Saucinette

    Any upgrades for 3.0 foreseen? Thanks a lot

  48. Steelerfan

    Hey man would love to see a update for the 3.0 firmware had it for 2.2.1 firmware and was completley satisfied excellent work keep it up

  49. Steed

    When Will we see an update???

  50. Haly

    Help! I’m running iPhone OS 3.0 but when I used fontswap on neotech I got misalignments on my top clock and mail counter… Could you recommend a fix?

  51. Napkin

    Actually, this misalignment happens with every font here (3gs 3.0) – even when I switch back to the “Default” font. Only resetting all back to default will align the default font properly again. Looking foward to a fix. This is a great application! :-)

  52. Pali

    I have misalignment problem also on 3GS 3.0. Hope there is a fix soon. Nice app, keep up the good work.

  53. Bharry

    Hey why is my clock in the status bar off center? How do I fix it? I have a 32gig 3gs os 3.0.1.

  54. kth

    update would be very nice.
    the autor seems to be inactive for a long time, even on his website. I hope everything is fine with him.

  55. Feilad

    I want a geogia font!
    please

  56. Kel

    Any uninstall instructions for this? Can’t remove it thru Icy as it is dependant on other packages.thanks

  57. Peppe

    Why all the time I try to open fontswap it crash?

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  59. Barry

    Will u be updating this for the ipad.. Cause it rocks for the iPhone

  60. Rob

    First of nice job on the fonts!

    But when it will be able to use with ios4?

  61. Pedro Duncomb

    I’m really excited about getting my Apple Ipad!

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