gaurav’s rants

FontSwap v1.4 now on Cydia

by on Jul.13, 2009, under iPhone

hey guys..
the next version on FontSwap is now available on Cydia. it fixes the application for iPhone OS 3.0
many thanks to BigBoss and Dustin Howett for their contribution towards this release. the update also contains a few minor changes, that increase it’s usability for iPod Touch users.

IMP: you may notice some customs fonts will be not show up right [there's a slight shift in the vertical position], this is because the iPhone OS 3.0 fonts have different font metrics compared to iPhone 2.0 fonts and the fonts ported for 2.0 will not appear proper on 3.0, please contact the custom font authors for a fix of the custom fonts.

you can get many great fonts on the MacThemes forums, you can also request fonts you need over at that forum http://macthemes2.net/forum/viewforum.php?id=24

have fun.. :)

NOTE: to fix vertical shift of *Default* fonts on iPhone 3.0 copy fonts from
/Applications/FontSwap.app/StockFonts3/ to /System/Library/Fonts/Cache/

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18 Comments for this entry

  • Nathan
    July 13th, 2009 on 3:24 pm

    Thank you so much for updating it i really appreciate it.

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  • Kiserai
    July 13th, 2009 on 4:58 pm

    Thanks for updating this, but it looks like there are still a few bugs to be worked out. Using the NeoTech font that comes with the starter package, all the text is slightly raised. The slide to unlock text, the status bar clock and everything in the Settings app are all off center and appear to be raised slightly.

    The Lock Clock font seemed to work just fine though.

    Just an FYI.

    Reply
  • Mushu
    July 13th, 2009 on 6:28 pm

    Good afternoon,
    Thank you for update, i write from France, i want to know if the applic v.1.4 works with firmware 2.2 ? Because i always have font swap 1.3 after updating ?
    After, is it possible to have the example of the font on the screen to know how is the font ? Because there are only 3 or four fonts showing the example of the fonts on applic v 1.3.
    Many thanks for your reply and best regards….
    You can reply me if you want on my box “patbellu@hotmail.com” Thx….

    Reply
  • Wesley
    July 13th, 2009 on 9:22 pm

    I believe your explanation for the vertical align problem isn’t quite right, because I just changed back to the “Default” Helvetica font and it is more out of align than the one I was using (Myriad Pro).

    Look at my Clock and a Badge:
    http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/716/fontswap.png

    Could you please help me get this on the correct alignment?

    Reply
  • DvTonder
    July 13th, 2009 on 11:37 pm

    I am having the same alignment issues with the fonts in the starter pack. I suspect that all need to be updated to work with OS 3.0 as well and Gaurav seems to indicate in his release announcement.

    I am a bit surprised that the starter pack was not updated as part of this release though, especially since it installs by default.

    I am now stuck with mis-aligned fonts and as far as I know the only way to recover back to the real default font will be to restore the phone.

    Reply
  • DvTonder
    July 13th, 2009 on 11:38 pm

    I do appreciate the update though. Thank you.

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  • BeSweeet
    July 15th, 2009 on 7:59 am

    1.5 is out. Not sure what changed though…

    Is there just one huge font pack that we can download?

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  • Comp
    July 16th, 2009 on 4:43 am

    Hi gauravgiri
    well have installed ur great application. But as in above post my font seems raised up just like some others hav mentioned. I’m not comp savvy enuff to do the ssh thingy so will ya b sending a fix to correct the vertical alighnment problem? Even after I revert to default font the vertical alighnment problem persists 
    I really really hope ul find a fix which so many if us can just update via Cydia.
    Uv done great work with the font swap app hoping ul pay heed to make it perfect too.
    Please do help !

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  • T
    August 25th, 2009 on 2:33 pm

    Hey guaravgiri.

    Install your great app. I totally love your neotech fonts. The fonts were misaligned somewhat. Eventually I decided to revise them. The process was very easy. Took me a few seconds to revise all the neotech fonts and also made one for Notes too. If you need some help or want to know an easy way to fix the misalignment, lemme know.

    Reply
  • Lee Buskey
    October 4th, 2009 on 6:28 am

    FontSwap has broken me. As soon as I installed it, the set the system fornt to courior.. It will update the clock font, but not the system foont. Ran the restore script as root. No difference. Really dont want to restore…

    Suggestions?

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  • x3
    November 7th, 2009 on 12:04 am

    hi,
    I installed fontswap v1.5 yesterday and I just realised all fonts are slightly raised. same as Kiserai mentioned above. is there any solution yet?

    many thanks

    Reply
  • Troy
    November 24th, 2009 on 6:02 pm

    Hello,
    if I wanted to ssh some custom fonts in, where are te folders stored? Thanks much

    -Troy

    Reply
  • emmeemmeuno
    December 31st, 2009 on 5:31 am

    same problem for me: font swap to bold default one and need to restore from itunes. soooo boring. :(

    Reply
  • Tewodros
    January 11th, 2010 on 7:13 pm

    Hi! I needed help about font swap I downlod Cyndi font swap to my Iphon but unable to work

    Reply
  • itouch 2G 3.1.2.
    January 24th, 2010 on 7:28 am

    I have a problem. when i set the default font. It always show more upper than the original one, why?

    Reply
  • Liane Leva
    March 4th, 2010 on 2:35 am

    you really push me to make more of my own trade. your creative soul is contagious. many thanks

    Reply
  • Chasmanian
    March 18th, 2010 on 6:13 pm

    Hey Gaurav! Fontswap is a great app. Thanks a lot! I have a problem with the cineplex font though and I’m wondering if I’ve done something wrong. I have a 3G with 3.1.2 installed using latest Rock and jailbroken by Blackrain. When I choose the cineplex font, everything but the colon used for the time appears great. The colon appears as two great big empty squares that overlap the adjacent numbers, obscuring them. Any advice?

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  • Erinwelch
    November 25th, 2010 on 4:04 am

    Would be good if you could make fontswap work with ios 4.0+
    i love your work.

    Reply

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