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: ikOteRoS; Member; Offline; From: My House; Joined: October 2010

January 8th, 2011, 5:18 am

I have a problem with the PSU I can not carry the HelveticaNeue since 1000 and the other has the same source but will not let me replace what may be the solution?

: padhg; Member; Offline; Joined: January 2010

January 8th, 2011, 5:29 am

#177

@ikOteRoS i don't understand what you're asking...

: ikOteRoS; Member; Offline; From: My House; Joined: October 2010

January 8th, 2011, 10:31 pm

#178

@padhg the problem is:
I carry the HelveticaNeue.ttc source, but the font is UPM in 1000 and also in font03.ttf font02.ttf.
The source also want to have 1000 of UPM, wanting to replace the characters with the command Ctrl + alt + v I get an error that the size of the UPM is different that's why you can not replace the characters, but all 3 have 1000 UPM then what may be the solution?

: padhg; Member; Offline; Joined: January 2010

January 9th, 2011, 4:46 pm

#179

@ikOteRoS i've never had this error, i just would always change the UPM under the metrics and make sure to check the box to scale the glyphs per guarav's guide. if you're using the original font (never copy from another Helvetica/HelveticaNeue) then i wouldn't know what else to do.

: ikOteRoS; Member; Offline; From: My House; Joined: October 2010

January 10th, 2011, 2:49 am

#180

@padhg Well thanks friend I'll try even though I have checked this box and the font used to pack the posting you find a solution now

: ikOteRoS; Member; Offline; From: My House; Joined: October 2010

January 13th, 2011, 3:17 am

#181

@padhg hey friend did not know how to fix the error with the application BeejiveIM??

: padhg; Member; Offline; Joined: January 2010

January 13th, 2011, 5:56 am

#182

you ported fonts for the normal, bold, italic, and bold italic .ttfs? most of the time application errors are because you forgot one of them... also note that the font packages changed from 4.0 to 4.1 and 4.2.1. make sure you're extracting the right .ttc for your own iOS version.

: muji323; Member; Offline; Joined: January 2010

January 13th, 2011, 3:48 pm

#183

This is not a request thread, please use the font porting thread in iOS Discussion to make requests. - Staff

: ikOteRoS; Member; Offline; From: My House; Joined: October 2010

January 14th, 2011, 2:42 am

#184

@padhg Well I'm using iOS4.1 if they behave for iOS4.2.1 then extract the original file sources iOS4.2.1?
Friend ttc then that source is the error? in Helvetica.ttc or HelveticaNeue.ttc?

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: padhg; Member; Offline; Joined: January 2010

January 14th, 2011, 1:46 pm

#185

i'm just saying that more fonts were added to the HelveticaNeue.ttc in 4.1, so you may need to unpack the original TTC from your device instead of downloading my font pack a few pages back. any app that depends on the new fonts would crash if they're missing.

: ikOteRoS; Member; Offline; From: My House; Joined: October 2010

January 15th, 2011, 10:59 pm

#186

@padhg friend I managed to carry the font HelveticaNeue without bugs in the application BeejiveIM if 100% functional now!
Thank you very much! This work is very pleasing to me.! <3

: xXriderXx7; Member; Offline; Joined: June 2009

January 18th, 2011, 4:25 am

#187

Hey all,

I recently applied the most up to date Raleway port on the request thread to my iPhone 4. Everything is perfect except for two things.

I have FontLab Studio if I need to do any modding, so Im just asking for suggestions and/or help! Haha.

Thanks in advance!

The Dialer:

And the Calculator:

: ikOteRoS; Member; Offline; From: My House; Joined: October 2010

January 18th, 2011, 4:39 am

#188

xXriderXx7 wrote:Hey all,

I recently applied the most up to date Raleway port on the request thread to my iPhone 4. Everything is perfect except for two things.

I have FontLab Studio if I need to do any modding, so Im just asking for suggestions and/or help! Haha.

Thanks in advance!

The Dialer:
http://i1021.photobucket.com/albums/af334/xXriderXx7/dialer.png

And the Calculator:
http://i1021.photobucket.com/albums/af334/xXriderXx7/calc.png

friend put the measures outlined in this post and with that solves your problem.
http://macthemes.net/forum/viewtopic.ph ... 790292&p=3 post #72

: xXriderXx7; Member; Offline; Joined: June 2009

January 18th, 2011, 5:10 am

#189

ikOteRoS wrote:
xXriderXx7 wrote:Hey all,

I recently applied the most up to date Raleway port on the request thread to my iPhone 4. Everything is perfect except for two things.

I have FontLab Studio if I need to do any modding, so Im just asking for suggestions and/or help! Haha.

Thanks in advance!

The Dialer:
http://i1021.photobucket.com/albums/af334/xXriderXx7/dialer.png

And the Calculator:
http://i1021.photobucket.com/albums/af334/xXriderXx7/calc.png

friend put the measures outlined in this post and with that solves your problem.
http://macthemes.net/forum/viewtopic.ph ... 790292&p=3 post #72

Awesome! Worked Perfectly! Thank you very much.

: iShotTheMaid; Member; Offline; From: Bay Area; Joined: July 2010

January 18th, 2011, 11:12 pm

#190

The font I tried to convert, didn't work...

I did everything it said on the tut but it doesn't respring to the font I made.

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: padhg; Member; Offline; Joined: January 2010

January 19th, 2011, 1:57 pm

#191

after you port the font, where did you put your port? which file are you replacing, and on what device/firmware?

: iShotTheMaid; Member; Offline; From: Bay Area; Joined: July 2010

January 20th, 2011, 1:28 am

#192

System/fonts/cache o wherever you put the font. I'm on 4.1. Want the font I made? Also, why not make a vid tut?

: padhg; Member; Offline; Joined: January 2010

January 20th, 2011, 1:55 pm

#193

i can only guess you didn't re-pack your ported font TTF's or you happened to put the old TTC file back on the device. you're replacing the original font; if you're still seeing the original Helvetica or HelveticaNeue, then it'd be an issue with the port.

: longitude; Member; Offline; From: California; Joined: June 2010

January 21st, 2011, 5:36 am

#194

whenever i try port my own HelveticaNeue.ttc the alignment is off ):

font lab says both the template's UPM and my custom font's UPM is 1000

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: p3t3rpark3r; Member; Offline; Joined: February 2011

February 7th, 2011, 12:48 am

#195

This is not a request thread. You may request fonts here. Thank you very much! This work is very pleasing to me. - Staff

: JiX; Member; Offline; From: Houston, TX; Joined: May 2007

March 18th, 2011, 7:01 pm

#196

after using these instructions (and the instructions in post #112) to convert a font. my phone won't boot. i'm pretty sure i can go in and manually change the font file, but any idea as to why this is happening?

: JiX; Member; Offline; From: Houston, TX; Joined: May 2007

March 18th, 2011, 7:24 pm

#197

yes, i was able to use the backed up helvetica file for 4.2.1 to replace the font i created and it will now boot. so...that's good news. but what could i be doing wrong? i followed the instructions step by step. the font even opens on my mac with no issues and looks perfect. i'm clueless.

: padhg; Member; Offline; Joined: January 2010

March 21st, 2011, 5:35 pm

#198

the packed .TTC files have changed from 4.0 to 4.1 and again in 4.2.1, you need to be using the source .TTC file for the version of iOS you're using when doing the port. take careful note that the "templates" provided were from 4.0. for later versions you'll need to unpack/port/repack the file from scratch using the same process.

: dsg; Member; Offline; From: UK; Joined: November 2008

March 21st, 2011, 10:33 pm

#199

is this right I get 7 files when I extract both iOS 4.2.1's Helvetica and HelveticaNeue :-!

: padhg; Member; Offline; Joined: January 2010

March 22nd, 2011, 4:54 am

#200

sounds right dsg, the number of files increased around iOS 4.1.

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