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!!