gaurav’s rants

so i just got a message on twitter from @mybelovedpiglet telling me about the font PhoneKeyCaps.ttf which is used to render the text on the keyboard. i wasn’t aware of this until now. this immensely simplifies customizing the keyboard font for the iPhone and the iPod Touch. earlier it used to involve creating and modifying loads of images used for the keyboard. and i also got numerous emails about my keyboard themes not working right with WinterBoard on 3.0. i think these problems can be fixed now.

this new discovery gives me reason to prepare and release the next version of FontSwap which will happen later this week.

Screenshot:

please ignore the backspace button for now. i just had to try a quick port and test, so did not really care about it. custom font authors will need to take care of this as this font has different glyphs from the usual system font so just a font rename is not going to work.

cheers.

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

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 (2610)
[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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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 (1088)

no screenshot of the lock screen yet..

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

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 (2222)
[refer to readme.txt for installation steps]

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