android_font_patcher's Introduction

FONTPATCHER

Font patcher script by nongthaihoang @ xda. Wrapper script by John Fawkes

Patch custom fonts to be used on Android.

What it does?

Fix missing glyphs.
Fix misaligned glyphs.
Fix kerning.
Fix ligatures.
Fix font name.
Fix missing lockscreen colon

Requirements

Linux
Android with termux and ubuntu
Fontforge

TODO

Add way to match weight of font with style of font. ( ie. bold actually displays bold font )

UPDATING

After following the guide and getting everything installed you'll want to update by running the following commands in termux.

startubuntu

cd android_font_patcher

git pull

then by running the command below can you run the script to patch the fonts

./fixfonts.sh

Usage

Step 1:

Install Termux from Play Store
Step 2:
Run the following command in termux to update
```
pkg update && pkg upgrade
```
Then run

termux-setup-storage

Step 3:

Installing Ubuntu

pkg update -y && pkg install proot wget tar pulseaudio -y && wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JohnFawkes/android_font_patcher/master/ubuntu19.sh && chmod a+x ubuntu19.sh && ./ubuntu19.sh

Step 4:

Starting Ubuntu
```
startubuntu
```

Step 5:

Installing the Font Patcher

apt update && apt upgrade && apt install wget -y && wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JohnFawkes/android_font_patcher/master/setupfontpatcher.sh && chmod a+x setupfontpatcher.sh && ./setupfontpatcher.sh

Step 6:

Preparing to patch
( /sdcard == Internal Storage )
- Navigate to /sdcard/Fontchanger/Patcher and create a folder for each font
- Place your single ttf inside
- Folder structure will be:
  |--sdcard/
  |--Fontchanger/
  |--Patcher/
  |--Folder with Font Name/
  |--single ttf, can be named anything
  Step 7:

Patching!

cd android_font_patcher

./fixfonts.sh

Follow the on screen prompts
Step 8:

Once patching is done font folder are auto copied to /sdcard/Fontchanger/Fonts/Custom
You'll be able to exit from ubuntu with exit then su font_changer
Step 9:
ENJOY!!