gaurav’s rants

FontSwap 1.0b was made available on Cydia earlier today. you’re all welcome to test the software and report bugs or feature requests if any..
the application is accompanied by a starter font pack that is a dependency and should install on it’s own..

i’ve tried installing the app myself and it works alright.. those of you who had problems, please try to reinstall it..

please put all criticism and suggestions in the comments..
you may also consider donating if you find this application useful..

HOW TO ADD MORE FONTS:
read this tutorial

http://blog.gauravgiri.com/2008/12/fontswap-icon-and-package-details/

IMPORTANT:
this application *does not* cause endless reboots. if you think you’re iPhone is rebooting endlessly, it’s most definitely having a SWOD [spinning wheel of death].
if that happens or if your springboard crashes or if applications fail to start then you must restore to iPhone’s stock fonts before trying to restoring the iPhone itself [which will not be required in any case].
for this you must be able to login into the device over SSH. you may not see the SpringBoard, just the endlessly spinning wheel or the boot logo, but if you left WiFi and SSH on, you’re not in trouble and can still connect to the device.

to restore default fonts you need to run this command as root from a terminal over SSH

/Applications/FontSwap.app/restore

PS: if you got the “unmet dependencies” error.. try reinstalling now. i couldn’t see the “FontSwap Starter” package in the available list but it installs along with the app. it’s basically a pack of all the custom fonts i’ve released on this blog to get you started with the app.. more packages can be added to the app and i’ll detail the expected package format shortly. as i haven’t built any security checks in the app yet [for absolute lack of time] i suggest you carry on with the started pack or only add fonts that you trust.

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

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hello again.. had a bit of time on my hands so i thought i should make this theme that people requested..
this is the Neo Dialer theme which replaces the default dialer with a NeoTech style dialer and default colors.. package is released as usual in the form of a WinterBoard theme for easy installation..

Download: Neo Dialer for iPhone 2.x.x (1400)
[refer to readme.txt for installation steps]

you might also wanna use this custom font which changes the font of the dialed number to NeoTech, completes the theme.

Download: NeoTech Dialer font for iPhone 2.x.x (1026)
[refer to readme.txt for installation steps]

theme is also available on Cydia

Hi.. As you must’ve guessed by now.. I’m rather busy these days.. Got my minor exams starting next week and some other work related to my B.Tech project and other stuff.. A lot of work is piled up and will take some time to finish off..

Just a quick update for those of you who upgraded to the newly released 2.1 FW.. All the themes and customizations released here work just fine on 2.1.. So you can start using these.. I’ve also upgraded to 2.1 and my iPhone is definitely going a lot snappier than earlier.. I did cut down on the number of apps I have installed so that also helps..

I’d suggest upgrading to 2.1 asap as it provides better stability and some very good features have been added to the iPod application especially the creation of Genius playlists.. Other improvements will only become obvious over time, though I really hope Contacts and SMS take less time to start that it did on 2.0.1..

The NeoTech keyboards are now available on Cydia through the BigBoss repository..
this includes Neo Keys, Neo Keys Dark and Neo Keys Dark [WhiteSpace].
BigBoss repo is in community sources so you don’t need to make any changes to Cydia, just let it refresh once.
I thought this will make the themes available to a larger user base and at the same time allow me to provide updates and bugfixes in a more simple and efficient manner.
If you have the keyboards installed you should install again from Cydia.
If you’re using Neo Keys, the one with the default colors, you *must* install from Cydia as a major bug has been fixed. Thanks to Allen from Planet-iPhones for pointing it out.

NOTE: these themes only affect the keyboard on your iPhone.. to have system-wide customization.. you can download the various custom fonts that I’ve posted here..

here’s the Matrix Code font for lock screen clock..

Download: Matrix Code Custom Clock Font iPhone 2.0.x (1397)
[refer to readme.txt for installation steps]

get the full Matrix Code font here
http://www.dafont.com/font.php?file=matrix_code_nfi

here’s the highly requested Myriad system font for iPhone..
i couldn’t find Myriad but i found Myriad Pro.. i hope you like it..

Download: Myriad Pro Custom Font for iPhone 2.0.x (2611)
[refer to readme.txt for installation steps]

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here’s the Calibri Font for MobileNotes as requested by toffenut over at MacThemes forums..
nice for anyone who wants a clean, plain font for MobileNotes..

Download: Calibri Font for MobileNotes iPhone 2.0.x (1382)
[refer to readme.txt for installation steps]

Download: Calibri Font for MobileNotes iPhone 2.0.x (1382)
[refer to readme.txt for installation steps]

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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