I'm using the following 3 fonts to replace those defaults,
Kristen ITC for english characters or system fonts
Eunjin for korean characters
Hua Kang for chinese characters (you will need one that support both simplified and traditional chinese or you will need another font for the other variant)
1. Copy the system font to Windows\fonts folder, while the korean and chinese fonts will go to the Windows folder.
2. Using any Registry Editor, navigate to the following keys, replaces the contents with the appropriate information from your fonts. Grab the font name from the font viewer. Changes to be made are highlighted in bold. Create a new value with the name of the new system font and value of those chinese and korean fonts.
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\FontLink\SystemLink]
Courier New = \windows\huakang.ttf,Hua Kang;\windows\eunjin.ttf,Eunjin
Tahoma = \windows\huakang.ttf,Hua Kang;\windows\eunjin.ttf,Eunjin
Kristen ITC = \windows\huakang.ttf,Hua Kang;\windows\eunjin.ttf,Eunjin
3. This value registers the system font, so change the value to the one you want to replace with.
[HKLM\System\GDI\SYSFNT]
Nm = Kristen ITC
4. Now create a new key under GDI with the name FontAlias, and create a new value with the old value from Nm (previous step) and the name of the new system font.
[HKLM\System\GDI\FontAlias]
Tahoma = Kristen ITC
5. save all settings and restart the device =)
finally get rid of the monotonous fonts!
(P.S. some areas like the Today screen still remains in the original font, one solution is to place the desired system font in windows directory. But the side effect is having the sms view mode messing up)
Here's the link to the huakang.ttf, tis version is rather large as it supports both simplified and traditional chinese, and japanese
http://www.4shared.com/file/215544287/1b97cc4e/FrLtDFGirl__simplified__tradit.html
7 Responses to Omnia II Tip #4: Customising system fonts
where do you get the huakang.ttf file? could you share it out?
im following exactly your steps but the chinese words are filled with boxes. so my logical thinking is that my huakang file has errors.
hi zendos
hav u tested ur chinese fonts on ur desktop first? if you are replacing just the chinese font, you just need to edit the registry for Courier New and Tahoma (step 2), replace the entry for the chinese font with yours and leave the korean one at the end..
hav mod the post wif the link to my huakang.ttf btw
cheers
Thanks Wen Qiang.
i tested the fonts out. but it was called Hua Kang Font.TTF. from that website which i downloaded the file, it has about 4 kinds of huakang..so i randomly took 1.
Darn..i still got some problems..the chinese words are still boxes.
before i go wailing, got 2 questions to ask first.
1.In step 4 are we supposed to put the things like this?
[HKLM\System\GDI\FontAlias]
Tahoma = Kristen ITC
Tahoma
as in tahoma for the value
2.In the file that you shared, are we supposed to rename it to like huakang.ttf or just keep everything the same?
hi zendos
may i know if u r replacing only the chinese fonts or also the english fonts?
If you are not replacing english fonts, you can skip step 3 to 4.
If you are and you are using Omnia II, create a value named Tahoma, with data set as the name of the new font.
As for the huakang font, you could keep the filename or rename it. Just make sure that you hav the filename tally with the stuff you hav entered in step 2.
cheers
phew..everything is solved. im replacing everything..but the english fonts dont work in some places. but anyway thanks for the guide. it helped my omnia 2 to look much better.
Hi zendos
If you are not using samsung inbox, you could try placing the system font in the windows folder, instead of windows/font folder..
It should replace more areas.
Cheers
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