fonts & sliding panel homescreens - Motorola Q Forum

rudeboy · 10-09-2008, 05:16 PM

so in another thread... i saw a neat looking font on a sliding panel hs, crashdau was very helpfull and located the font (or at least very close, don't know yet, see why in rest of post..)

so in the main sliding panel hs (in my case called SlidingPanel.home.xml) i changed the 'Segoe Condensed' to the font-name.. reboot the Q, no cigar.. i know for a fact that it worked in WM5.0 because i used it..

so:

i copied the font in both Windows as Windows\Fonts.
i opened the font file on my laptop to see what font name it is.
i tried with path, and also with the extension (even though the default font did not have either..)

so what is the secret ? i must be overlooking something..

tia.

bmar29 · 10-09-2008, 06:16 PM

yeah i spoke to the user with that iphone background in the calibri font, im not sure if we're talking about the same one. but he said that he installed a .cab file and then changed it in the xml. he then said that it doesnt display right so he got rid of it

dafoxs · 10-09-2008, 06:26 PM

need to edit the hidden file in windows. think it is called CHome.cpr or something like that.

spork27 · 10-09-2008, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by dafoxs

need to edit the hidden file in windows. think it is called CHome.cpr or something like that.

Ding! Ding!

I found the easiest way when replacing the font name is to use the 'replace all' function of Notepad.

dafoxs · 10-09-2008, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by spork27

Ding! Ding!

I found the easiest way when replacing the font name is to use the 'replace all' function of Notepad.

Be very carefull in there, it can screw up your world.

spork27 · 10-09-2008, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by dafoxs

Be very carefull in there, it can screw up your world.

I actually changed the font about 3 weeks ago, so no problems here.

rudeboy · 10-09-2008, 07:52 PM

thanks guys... i'll go hunting for that.

(still wonder what the font setting in the .xml does..)

potQ9c

bmar29 · 10-09-2008, 08:09 PM

well i changed the .cpr file and still nothing. this is pretty annoying not gonna lie. it shouldnt be this hard

dafoxs · 10-09-2008, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by bmar29

well i changed the .cpr file and still nothing. this is pretty annoying not gonna lie. it shouldnt be this hard

do you have the font in you windows\font folder?
and did you change all font tags. i did it a while back.

dafoxs · 10-09-2008, 08:41 PM

you may also have to change the title in the xml and save it as a different name. the default one may not be able to be changed....from what i remember, might be wrong. might also need a soft reset...power cycle.

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