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Title: Is there any way to select the default font for SL-5500?
Post by: chyang on March 04, 2004, 10:28:24 am

I have some extra fonts files available, but don\'t know how to make them as the default font file for the GUI. I can only change the symbol link to my font file or just delete all the helvetica_*.* then it will try to use my font file.
Is there any easy way?
Thanks.

Title: Is there any way to select the default font for SL-5500?
Post by: maslovsky on March 04, 2004, 10:39:53 am

No

Title: Is there any way to select the default font for SL-5500?
Post by: tumnus on March 04, 2004, 11:41:46 am

Actually you can. Install ZStyle which is now free: http://www.handango.com/sharp/PlatformProd...Id=0&catalog=80 (http://www.handango.com/sharp/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=423&jid=4DF442F7A5AD42271FB96D3B6436X14B&platformId=9&productType=2&productId=48898§ionId=0&catalog=80)

You can convert your own from TrueType fonts using this howto:
http://www.zaurususergroup.com/modules.php...g%20TTF%20Fonts (http://www.zaurususergroup.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=phpWiki&file=index&pagename=Converting%20TTF%20Fonts)
(I used the precompiled makepdf myself)

You can also hack it. Without using ZStyle, it will always use the Helvetica named fonts as the default font in /home/QtPalmtop/lib/fonts. So you can create a duplicate set of font files, give them the same file names as the Helvetica fonts and copy them over the files in /home/QtPalmtop/lib/fonts . That\'s how many people have created nice smooth fonts.

Title: Is there any way to select the default font for SL-5500?
Post by: chyang on March 04, 2004, 12:30:08 pm

Thanks, tumnus, you are so kind.
Another question, how to create smooth fonts? I have tried to build it, it\'s not complete and seems to be hollow in the fonts or too ugly looking. I\'m interested in Cacko\'s cyrillic fonts, they looks nice.  Also, I have problem in merging different TTF fonts into one qpf file.
Maslovsky, Would you like to help me in this?

Title: Is there any way to select the default font for SL-5500?
Post by: maslovsky on March 04, 2004, 01:14:50 pm

tumnus, other than using zstyle, it all ends up replacing default fonts with the new ones. That\'s what chyang already did
I\'ve tried Zstyle and I feel it\'s a memory hog and kinda slows down zaurus...