Increase font size on your mobile with Font Magnifier
Jaro 15. May 2007 :: font, text
If you are a regular reader of this blog you probably read about increasing font size on your mobile in my previous article. The trick was to install completely new fonts and then tell the phone to use them instead of the native fonts.
Now I have a much more elegant solution for you. It’s called Font Magnifier and it’s a small application which lets you easily increase or decrease the font size. No need to install new fonts and edit the paths on your hard drive the difficult way. How does the Font Magnifier work?
1.) Install the Font Magnifier and open Settings
2.) Use slider to change the font size
3.) Restart the phone
Before and After
I made a few screenshot of before and after. Check them out and see what Font Magnifier is capable of.
You can download Font Magnifier for all Symbian 3rd edition phones as a trial version from Psiloc website. If you find it useful you can purchase the license for only 9,95 €/13,48$. Definitely worth the money!
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Download new fonts to your Nokia phone
Jaro 7. May 2007 :: font, text
As I expected previous article about changing font size raised a long discussion. For some of you it didn’t work. It’s hard to say why but I guess in most cases it’s because you didn’t follow the steps exactly. I received tons of emails but I couldn’t reply to each of you. This made me think if I should set up a small forum where you could discuss and solve problems like this. But that’s out of the scope of this article.
The biggest issue was to find suitable fonts. Some people used fonts from their pc. If you are on Windows go to Start – Settings – Control Panel – Fonts. Try some of these fonts and see how they fit on your screen.
A guy called Smoke G sent me a set of fonts that he created for the Nokia E50 users. Download this set and follow the instructions from the previous article. You can skip the part about renaming fonts as these are already named correctly. Here is how the font looks on the screen.
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How To Increase Font Size On Nokia E50
Jaro 2. April 2007 :: font, text
One of the most common questions that keep reappearing on this website or come to my inbox is How to change font size on Nokia E50. I usually reply that there is no official way to increase font size but there exists some kind of workaround. Trick is to change font for something bigger and more readable. I don’t have problems with small font, in fact I prefer it because that way more information fits on the screen. However some people have problems reading it. Here is a guide on how to change the font in your phone (do it on your own risk!):
You’ll need a memory card and a file manager (e.g. Y-Browser or ActiveFile).
1. Open your file manager and navigate to Z:\resource\Fonts
2. Check the names of the files (these are the fonts that are actually used); they have extension .ttf and most likely they are nosnr60.ttf, nssb60.ttf, nstsb60.ttf and S60ZDIGI.ttf; write them down, you’ll need them later
3. On your memory card create a folder called resource and inside it a folder called Fonts
4. Copy the new fonts to the Fonts folder on your memory card (there are numerous fonts available on the internet for free; try a few of them, experiment and see which fits the best)
5. Rename them in the following order: – nosnr60.ttf regular (normal) font – nssb60.ttf bold font – nstsb60.ttf font for titles
Note: if your font files have different names rename them accordingly. Font names on your memory card must match those on phone memory in Z:\resource\Fonts.
6. Reboot the phone
If you want to switch back to the default font simply erase the whole resource folder from your memory card. If you take your memory card out of the phone the default font will be used.
Feel free to share your additional tips or experiences in the comments below.
UPDATE: I wrote a short follow up including new font set for download. Check it out.
UPDATE 2: if you are looking for easier way to increase font size on your phone check out the article Increase font size on your mobile with Font Magnifier.
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