..:: Official How to Make Your Own Font: Guide ::..

[Clarkey]

OK here we go guys, here's how to make your own font.

To start off all we need is:-
RandomSHX
MotoLang Editor
A Language pack off your phone, (Please follow the backup guide and backup only CG4)

Open RandomSHX and click "Extract BIN files from SHX".



Once that is completed, you will have a folder in the same place as your Language Pack called "extracted bin". You will need to remember the location of this folder.


Open up MotoLangEditor 2.2, and click File--> Open. Now browse to the extracted bin folder and select the file that ends with "2.bin". <<-- This is your cg4.
Open that file.


At the bottom you will see a list of numbers, usually 1-15. For the main font, you will need to select "01 General Font".

Notice all the characters are now on your right hand side. Now select all the characters excluding the blank one, and highlight all. I usually use CTRL + Shift + Page Down, still making sure the blank glyph is not selected.

Now you will need to choose the font you wish to replace. Click Font, then click "Select Windows Font". Choose your font and size. When you select OK, the program will tell you how big the font will be in Pixels. Please note that the best size fonts are usually between 15-17 Pixels.
Once you have one, select "Replace the Chosen Symbols" (takes about 10 seconds). Now you're done. From here you can also change the external font and dialing font by selecting the corresponding number at the bottom of the page and repeating the same procedure.

Once you are finished, click File-->Save Langpack.

Now you can close MotoLangEditor

Re-open RandomSHX and click "Create SHX from bin". Now locate the .lst file in the "extracted bin folder" and select it. Your font will now be recompiled.
It will then show up in the extracted bin folder, with the same name as your language pack.

Notes

If you get an error saying pixel size too big, Click Symbol --> Set height sets, then try different pixel sizes

[painkiller_88]

do you know how to make fonts for krzr? i've tried with thus guide but i can't view the fonts, and many options and menus are disabled

[Clarkey]

use the font creation guide in the V3x guide, it;s the same procedure

[Xitiz]

Thanks clarkey!! I tried this once for the E398 and it didnt work I will try again now following ue guide exactly..

[painkiller_88]

Thanks a lot Clarkey!!! i'm starting to create fonts right now!!

[Clarkey]

Let me know how it goes and if you run into any problems, let me know

[painkiller_88]

ok, i've tried to find the guide for v3x but i couldn't, anyway i tried to do it with 3G Font tool, and replacing just the frist font (i read that just the first and third must replace for the new one but the third had to be resized and i don't know how to resize it and to what size) and then save the new CG4.smg, then compiled it with SHXCodec v2.66 until here it was all good but when i try to flash it appears the message
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============== F L A S H ==============
21/10/2007 01:22:34 p.m. - Switch to flash mode.
21/10/2007 01:22:42 p.m. - Send RAMDLD...
21/10/2007 01:22:45 p.m. - Loader sent.
21/10/2007 01:22:45 p.m. - jump fail!
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
and is the same thing in FB3 and i don't know what i`m doing bad is this the correct procedure??

PS please excuse me if i wrote something wrong, i try to spek english as good as i can

[Clarkey]

recompiling with shx codec doesnt work you will need to use another way

[painkiller_88]

mmh, i've flashed it succesfully with FB3 using the firmware tab, with no errors, but i don't see any change on the font, is absolutely necesary to resiza the third font? Here is the log
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*** Operation start (21/10/2007 12:38:42 p.m.) ***
Flash&Backup 3.0.6
Write data: C:\DOCUME~1\PAINKI~1.JAV\CONFIG~1\Temp\fb3\~quickf lash\qflash.f3u

Turning phone to Flash-mode...
Sending the loader...
Done.
Executing JUMP...
Done.
Erasing memory... (Progress of this process is not shown)
Done.
Sending code group: CG4
Done.
Operation done.

*** Operation end (21/10/2007 12:39:05 p.m.) ***

which is the size of the third font and what prog should i use? thanx

[kent_lkc]

Thanks for big efforts, clarkey !

i shall able to start making bitmap font now . . . wish me luck

[Clarkey]

good luck kent

[sharan_123]

btw can we make language packs the same way

[kent_lkc]

thanks clarkey, i finally made v3i font successful . . . . and also thanks sharan_123 for testing & screenshot.

[CandymanMike]

many thanks clarkey, i've discovered that i can successfully make fonts using your method as well as apristel's. thanks to you guys i've become a font making machine!

[gypsygirl13]

will this procedure work for v3x?