AndroidTutor2018- This is the reason I love Android. Did you know that you can use your own handwriting for all Android menus, app names and even WhatsApp conversations? Find a printer and a black marker pen and get ready to make your Android even more personal.
The best apps for Root users
Best Xposed Framework modules
Before we begin, you should know that changing every individual character on your Android device isn't something that people do every day and, in order to do so, some priveledges are required. The system font is stored within the device's system files and to modify these, you must have root permissions.
Further, you must have Xposed Framework installed on your handset to make use of the particular module that lets you achieve this awesome trick.
Xposed Framework is often the first component in serious Android customization. / © ANDROIDPIT
How to digitize your handwriting
For Android to use your own handwriting as a font, you must first give it a reference point. To do this you can use an online tool called My Script Font. Go to the website and download the template – it's available in PDF or PNG formats.
Carefully fill in the template but avoid following the guidelines shown in each box. Instead, try to write each letter true to how you normally would in your everyday life.
It's best to use a fine-tipped black marker pen because it offers both visibility and versatility (the boxes are quite small, so thicker pens can be unwieldy). If you want a great finish, try using a pencil first and then go over it again with pen.
Make sure you do not leave the box or your letters won't appear correctly when they later arrive on your Android phone.
Make sure you stay within the little squares. / © AndroidPIT
Once you have all of your beautifully shaped letters filled out, scan the document at a decent resolution (between 300 and 600 dpi should be fine). You can even scan with your smartphone using an app like Tiny Scanner.
Tiny Scanner - PDF Scanner App After you've saved the image file, navigate back to My Script Font to upload it. Give it a suitable name and hit start. When it's finished processing you will see a sample of the text; below will be a link to the download file which looks like.ttf. Download it to your smartphone in a memorable location.
How to change the font of your smartphone
To change your Android system font you need to first install the iFont (Expert of Fonts) module with the Xposed Installer app. You may be asked for a number of permissions when you install it, but if you want to make use of this feature, you'll have to accept them.
Before changing your Android font, you may wish to make a backup copy of the original system typeface. Do this in the iFont module at My > Factory Font > Backup font section.
Navigate to your saved .ttf file. / © ANDROIDPIT
Now, enter the iFont module and navigate to My > My Font. As indicated in the image above right, tap the red 'click this' area on the following page. Now navigate to the location of the .ttf file you saved earlier. Select it, and when it's loaded, tap 'Set'.
Your device may restart and afterward your smartphone will show text in your own handwriting. Really.
As a final measure, go to Settings > Display > Font Size and increase or decrease it to suit your personal taste.
Homescreen (left) and lockscreen (right). / © ANDROIDPIT
The settings menu (left) and app drawer (right). / © ANDROIDPIT
You can also use other .ttf files to customize your Android font, they don't have to be your own. Just follow the same steps above with a font.
Have you always wanted your own handwriting on your smartphone? Are you going to give this a try? Let us know in the comments.
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8 Yahya 10 months ago Link to comment
Thanks for writing article about it
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1 Lynn Meetze 11 months ago Link to comment
Are all of you just super young, don't live in the USA or plain stupid? Yeah...go ahead & upload YOUR handwriting. Do you KNOW who will have access to it?? Really?? Doubt it but you should care!
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25 Sanjai Joseph Mod May 25, 2016 Link to comment
Awesome, i am going to try this out right now.
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1 Yogesh Gosavi May 25, 2016 Link to comment
Thanks for writing article about it
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23 Mark G. May 22, 2016 Link to comment
My Excellent Samsung Galaxy S5 allows me to change the font using the app HiFont. It has hundreds of different fonts including a number of handwriting types.
Peace ✌
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14 Diptangshu M. May 20, 2016 Link to comment
This is cool beyond words. However, my handwriting is..... (meh)!
2 Yogesh GosaviAnna S.
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3 Srinivas May 20, 2016 Link to comment
This type of articles always make me feel that my buying an android phone and rooting it were the best decisions taken by me...
Going to try this feature right away........
1 Yogesh Gosavi
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29 Paul d Scott May 20, 2016 Link to comment
this is the sort of simple and cool customising I would like to do without having to root, not to have my own unintelligible handwriting, but a simple choice of font style and colour... along with a basic theme engine I'm hoping Google could introduce with N
3 Yogesh GosaviMarkScott Adam Gordon
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31 Scott Adam Gordon May 20, 2016 Link to comment
Completely agree with this ^
2 MarkPaul d Scott
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23 Mark G. May 22, 2016 Link to comment
Buy a Samsung Galaxy and use HiFont
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38 Mark Admin May 20, 2016 Link to comment
I like the idea. I have only one problem with it. If I made it to look like my hand writing nobody would be able to read it.
2 Paul d ScottScott Adam Gordon
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17 Alex P. May 19, 2016 Link to comment
this is one of the best and the coolest article that I had ever seen in this site so far!!!!
2 Yogesh GosaviScott Adam Gordon
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8 McNeil May 19, 2016 Link to comment
can someone please tell how to root my xperia m2? I feel like i am missing out on the real beauty of Android *sad face*
1 Scott Adam Gordon
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31 Scott Adam Gordon May 20, 2016 Link to comment
Yeah I really like this tip too but my personal device isn't rooted also. I'm going to keep searching for a way around it.
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23 Mark G. May 22, 2016 Link to comment
Buy a Samsung Galaxy and use HiFont app for hundreds of different font styles.
Peace ✌
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The best apps for Root users
Best Xposed Framework modules
Before we begin, you should know that changing every individual character on your Android device isn't something that people do every day and, in order to do so, some priveledges are required. The system font is stored within the device's system files and to modify these, you must have root permissions.
Further, you must have Xposed Framework installed on your handset to make use of the particular module that lets you achieve this awesome trick.
Xposed Framework is often the first component in serious Android customization. / © ANDROIDPIT
How to digitize your handwriting
For Android to use your own handwriting as a font, you must first give it a reference point. To do this you can use an online tool called My Script Font. Go to the website and download the template – it's available in PDF or PNG formats.
Carefully fill in the template but avoid following the guidelines shown in each box. Instead, try to write each letter true to how you normally would in your everyday life.
It's best to use a fine-tipped black marker pen because it offers both visibility and versatility (the boxes are quite small, so thicker pens can be unwieldy). If you want a great finish, try using a pencil first and then go over it again with pen.
Make sure you do not leave the box or your letters won't appear correctly when they later arrive on your Android phone.
Make sure you stay within the little squares. / © AndroidPIT
Once you have all of your beautifully shaped letters filled out, scan the document at a decent resolution (between 300 and 600 dpi should be fine). You can even scan with your smartphone using an app like Tiny Scanner.
Tiny Scanner - PDF Scanner App After you've saved the image file, navigate back to My Script Font to upload it. Give it a suitable name and hit start. When it's finished processing you will see a sample of the text; below will be a link to the download file which looks like
How to change the font of your smartphone
To change your Android system font you need to first install the iFont (Expert of Fonts) module with the Xposed Installer app. You may be asked for a number of permissions when you install it, but if you want to make use of this feature, you'll have to accept them.
Before changing your Android font, you may wish to make a backup copy of the original system typeface. Do this in the iFont module at My > Factory Font > Backup font section.
Navigate to your saved .ttf file. / © ANDROIDPIT
Now, enter the iFont module and navigate to My > My Font. As indicated in the image above right, tap the red 'click this' area on the following page. Now navigate to the location of the .ttf file you saved earlier. Select it, and when it's loaded, tap 'Set'.
Your device may restart and afterward your smartphone will show text in your own handwriting. Really.
As a final measure, go to Settings > Display > Font Size and increase or decrease it to suit your personal taste.
Homescreen (left) and lockscreen (right). / © ANDROIDPIT
The settings menu (left) and app drawer (right). / © ANDROIDPIT
You can also use other .ttf files to customize your Android font, they don't have to be your own. Just follow the same steps above with a font.
Have you always wanted your own handwriting on your smartphone? Are you going to give this a try? Let us know in the comments.
485 Shares
Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter Share on Google+ 485 Shares
More from the web
Monterey Park, California: This Brilliant Company Is Disrupting a $200 Billion IndustryEverQuote Insurance Quotes
I Tried Food Delivery And Never Looked BackThe Crave by Grubhub
These 8 Supplements Will Strengthen And Grow Your PhysiqueBodybuilding.com
How I Found Motivation by Ditching Earbuds and Embracing DiscomfortZappos
by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links
15 comments
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8 Yahya 10 months ago Link to comment
Thanks for writing article about it
0
Reply
1 Lynn Meetze 11 months ago Link to comment
Are all of you just super young, don't live in the USA or plain stupid? Yeah...go ahead & upload YOUR handwriting. Do you KNOW who will have access to it?? Really?? Doubt it but you should care!
0
Reply
25 Sanjai Joseph Mod May 25, 2016 Link to comment
Awesome, i am going to try this out right now.
0
Reply
1 Yogesh Gosavi May 25, 2016 Link to comment
Thanks for writing article about it
0
Reply
23 Mark G. May 22, 2016 Link to comment
My Excellent Samsung Galaxy S5 allows me to change the font using the app HiFont. It has hundreds of different fonts including a number of handwriting types.
Peace ✌
0
Reply
14 Diptangshu M. May 20, 2016 Link to comment
This is cool beyond words. However, my handwriting is..... (meh)!
2 Yogesh GosaviAnna S.
Reply
3 Srinivas May 20, 2016 Link to comment
This type of articles always make me feel that my buying an android phone and rooting it were the best decisions taken by me...
Going to try this feature right away........
1 Yogesh Gosavi
Reply
29 Paul d Scott May 20, 2016 Link to comment
this is the sort of simple and cool customising I would like to do without having to root, not to have my own unintelligible handwriting, but a simple choice of font style and colour... along with a basic theme engine I'm hoping Google could introduce with N
3 Yogesh GosaviMarkScott Adam Gordon
Reply
31 Scott Adam Gordon May 20, 2016 Link to comment
Completely agree with this ^
2 MarkPaul d Scott
Reply
23 Mark G. May 22, 2016 Link to comment
Buy a Samsung Galaxy and use HiFont
0
Reply
38 Mark Admin May 20, 2016 Link to comment
I like the idea. I have only one problem with it. If I made it to look like my hand writing nobody would be able to read it.
2 Paul d ScottScott Adam Gordon
Reply
17 Alex P. May 19, 2016 Link to comment
this is one of the best and the coolest article that I had ever seen in this site so far!!!!
2 Yogesh GosaviScott Adam Gordon
Reply
8 McNeil May 19, 2016 Link to comment
can someone please tell how to root my xperia m2? I feel like i am missing out on the real beauty of Android *sad face*
1 Scott Adam Gordon
Reply
31 Scott Adam Gordon May 20, 2016 Link to comment
Yeah I really like this tip too but my personal device isn't rooted also. I'm going to keep searching for a way around it.
0
Reply
23 Mark G. May 22, 2016 Link to comment
Buy a Samsung Galaxy and use HiFont app for hundreds of different font styles.
Peace ✌
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