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2010-08-25 , 12:41
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Greetings,

many people requested an GUI for changing fonts on their N900, so here it is; a control panel application that does the trick.

Program creates backups of your starting font settings and they are restored if you uninstall the program.

Version 0.9-3 is now available @ extras-testing, so please test and cast your vote here:
http://maemo.org/packages/package_in...changer/0.9-3/

Known issues:
- fonts aren't changed everywhere without rebooting the device
- sometimes homescreen widgets gets messed up when NOT choosing to autoreboot. Rebooting manually afterwards clears the issues (ie. no widgets are lost etc).

Screenshots attached.

This tool works also with Plastic Theme Pack, but it's recommended to use Plastic Theme Setup for font changing if you're using Plastic Themes.

IMPORTANT
Versions 0.7 and 0.8 had issues with pre-remove script, which prevents program to be upgraded or uninstalled. If you're having issues, type these into xterm (rootsh must be installed):
Code:
sudo gainroot
rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/font-changer.prerm
cp -rf /opt/fontchanger/backups/usr/share/themes/* /usr/share/themes/
rm- rf /opt/fontchanger/backups/*
apt-get remove font-changer
Then update your catalogs and install the latest version from repository.

If your theme gets messed up, you can always reinstall the theme to get back original font definitions (in case the uninstaller of font-changer fails to work). Reinstalling of built in themes will require these commands:
Code:
sudo gainroot
apt-get install --reinstall hildon-theme-alpha
apt-get install --reinstall hildon-theme-beta
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Last edited by d-iivil; 2010-08-29 at 10:31.
 

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