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luomuhappo	2010-07-01 , 11:38
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How can I change my default font in N900 ? I would like to do little experiments with other fonts.

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SR90	2010-07-02 , 01:15
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Hey

Check out this http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=692 and it shows how to change it too

Cheers mate

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luomuhappo	2010-07-07 , 14:09
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SR90, thanks!

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marcdxn	2010-07-07 , 14:29
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need a tutorial on how to drop these font files into the location on the link =/

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slai	2010-07-11 , 08:39
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so I downloaded the font in the post you linked, renamed the four ttf files to *.ttf.old and moved the new ttf files into /usr/share/fonts/nokia/

then rebooted. nothing changed at first glance, except that my bookmarks displays small squares instead of letters as the header.

why would that be?

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	daddeddad	2010-07-11 , 10:33
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I would not recommend anyone to replace the standard fonts Instead install your fonts to /usr/share/fonts and thereafter mod your gtkrc file /opt/usr/share/themes/YOURTHEME/gtk-2.0/gtkrc
Replacing standard system fonts might mess up your system quite badly...

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slai	2010-07-11 , 11:04
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what exactly do I change in the gtkrc file in order to change font to the ones downloaded in the earlier link?

theres no mention of .ttf at all in there.

edit: put the ttf files in /usr/share/fonts/ and rebooted, now theyre working. i assume its cause theyre named the same as the default nokia ones in /usr/share/fonts/nokia/ ?

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	daddeddad	2010-07-11 , 11:34
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Originally Posted by slai

what exactly do I change in the gtkrc file in order to change font to the ones downloaded in the earlier link?

theres no mention of .ttf at all in there.

edit: put the ttf files in /usr/share/fonts/ and rebooted, now theyre working. i assume its cause theyre named the same as the default nokia ones in /usr/share/fonts/nokia/ ?

You will find references to "Nokia Sans" in several places, change these to the name of your installed fonts, it could be "Droid Sans" or "Myfont" or something else. If you do not know the name of your font open settings in the notes application and check the name there. If you have installed the fonts correctly they will be in the font-list.