PRS-500 Flasher - renaming new internal fonts with Font-creator

pitolee · 05-21-2007, 06:21 AM

I also am interested in changing the internal fonts using Universal Flasher.

Can someone explain why it is necessary to use FontCreator to change the names of, say, consolas.ttf to tt0419m_.ttf instead of just making a copy of consolas and renaming it? and can you walk me through this process?

Thanks...

igorsk · 05-21-2007, 06:51 AM

The Reader's BBeB (LRF) viewer has those filenames hardcoded. It only loads these three files:
tt0003m_.ttf
tt0011m_.ttf
tt0419m_.ttf
Also, most LRF books (especially those from the Connect store) use the following font names:
Swis721 BT Roman
Dutch801 Rm BT Roman
Courier10 BT Roman
Thus it's best to change both filenames and font names.
Now, the situation is somewhat better with RTF files.
The font render used by RTF viewer loads all fonts from the font directory. The actual font names chosen to render various RTF styles are specified in the kconfig.xml file, in the entries of the fsk/rootvm/ui/font element.

pitolee · 05-22-2007, 09:54 PM

Thank you, Igorsk. So then the font name is changed using a program like FontCreator to insure maximum compatibility with Connect and other LRF books as well as the console itself. I will try that. Thank you.

pitolee · 05-25-2007, 05:44 AM

NOTE: Be sure when you rename the fonts that you also change the font sub-family on all three fonts is set to Roman. Spent most of the day trying to figure out why the flasher would work but then it would not restart.

If you are using FontCreator the names should be like this:

font family - Swis721 BT | Dutch801 Rm BT | Courier10 BT
font subfamily - Roman | Roman | Roman
full font name - Swis721 BT Roman | Dutch801 Rm BT Roman | Courier10 BT Roman

If you change the font subfamily to anything other than Roman, your Reader will hang at the Loading screen...

Another day another lesson!
I love this forum!

gdxf · 05-25-2007, 01:28 PM

pitolee, have you changed the fonts in the Connect Reader folder on the computer too? (C:\Program Files\Sony\CONNECT Reader\Data\fonts). If so, does it display your own fonts the same way as the Sony Reader displays them? I am thinking of experimenting changing the fonts on the computer before I do that on the reader.

Quote:

Originally Posted by pitolee

NOTE: Be sure when you rename the fonts that you also change the font sub-family on all three fonts is set to Roman. Spent most of the day trying to figure out why the flasher would work but then it would not restart.

pitolee · 05-28-2007, 01:49 AM

yes. After a bit of trial and error problems with the flasher (didn't rename the fonts correctly so the reader hung up on the start screen... etc) I figured out what to do and copied the new and properly named fonts to both the reader unit and the connect folder. It works perfectly, displaying the new fonts accurately.

Works GREAT! For me Cambria/Calibri/Consolas are more readable at the small sizes I prefer (9-10pt). They look much nicer to me. I'm REALLY happy.

I also recommend adding the page turn to the joystick! Now can turn pages no matter how I'm holding the unit...

Finally, I also like the menus and book lists in the smaller font. Much more orderly looking.

And what can I say about the clock. It's there so i don't have to glance over to the bedstand... so easy and so inconspicuous...

Excellent additions from our forum friends. All of them highly recommended - and all of them work correctly as they are. The only complications comes from changing the fonts - which is why you should be sure to copy the existing font names exactly.

Play with it... I bricked it six times in two days - but always was able to reflash it (without waiting for the hard reset or reset - because everything was correct except for the fonts which it couldn't find) - so no problem.

paja · 06-22-2007, 04:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pitolee

Works GREAT! For me Cambria/Calibri/Consolas are more readable at the small sizes I prefer (9-10pt). They look much nicer to me. I'm REALLY happy.

I'm trying to duplicate your font combination, since it looks awesome in Connect Software. I'm however having some problems in converting fonts with FontCreator.

I've renamed the fonts, changed all the fields in Format/Naming menu as per instructions above, but my fonts keep bricking the reader.

The length of my converted Cambria font, now renamed to Swiss is around 900K, which is considerately bigger than original.

Could you post detailed step-by-step instructions for font changes that have to be done in FontCreator or better yet, could you PM me the fonts, you created.

nils_heidorn · 06-27-2007, 03:26 PM

Hi there,

just got my Reader yesterday & im already tired of the built-in fonts :-)

Are those fonts downloadable somewhere or could you PM them to me as well ?
beeing a brick virgin i am somewhat reluctant to try stuff like that myself at first.

Thx,

Nils

igorsk · 06-27-2007, 03:31 PM

You can get the new Vista fonts by installing Excel 2007 Viewer.

TadW · 06-27-2007, 03:38 PM

Could someone post a screenshot or two of the Reader with the Vista fonts installed?

NatCh · 06-27-2007, 04:15 PM

Is this the full set, then?

Sans Serif
- Calibri
- Candara
- Corbel
Serif
- Cambria
- Constantia
Monospace
- Consolas

I haven't tried changing the fonts yet, but I find myself really liking the looks of some of these fonts, and I may give Corbel and Cambria a try ... I'm not sure what I think of Consolas yet.

I've attached a single page, side-by-side comparison of the font samples from the page that TadW linked, if anyone wants to see them next to one another.

It opens in a web-browser, in case anyone's not familiar with MHT files.

paja · 06-28-2007, 07:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by igorsk

You can get the new Vista fonts by installing Excel 2007 Viewer.

Getting Vista fonts is not the problem.

What I would like are some instructions, how to change them so the reader would recognize them.

So far I've done the following:

1. opened font in FontDesigner (Calibri)
2. changed font naming to correctly set font family (Dutch801 Rm BT), font subfamily (Roman) and full font name (Dutch801 Rm BT Roman) for all character sets, that are supported
3. saved font as tt0011m_.ttf
4. copied fonts to Reader with Universal Flasher

So far my attempts were unsuccesfull and resulted in bricked reader.

Any help would be appreciated.

NatCh · 06-28-2007, 08:19 AM

I'm having some problems getting them on the Reader too, though they seem to work fine in the ConnSoft.

I know I'm flashing things correctly in general, because I've managed to add the clock and set the "Right" Jogstick movement to go to the next page (I left the "Left" one set to move backward in the History file, because I find that useful when I accidentally hit buttons, and backing up in the History is usually identical to going to the previous page

)

So can someone spot what I'm doing wrong? The error I get is when I go to flash the image (it builds it without errors), it tells me that the flash failed, and (something along the lines of) that I should reflash with a stock image. Perhaps that might help localize what's going on.

The only new thing I'm trying to do with this particular flash is add the fonts.

I've put them in the (SD Card Root):\files\opt\sony\ebook\FONT directory ... is this the right place?

I've attached the naming adjustments I made to the Calibri font, in case I've got something off there. If anyone spots an error, I'd appreciate knowing about it, 'cause I just ain't seein' it.

igorsk · 06-28-2007, 08:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NatCh

The error I get is when I go to flash the image (it builds it without errors), it tells me that the flash failed, and (something along the lines of) that I should reflash with a stock image. Perhaps that might help localize what's going on.

Please paste your flash.log from the card (if there's any) on http://rafb.net/paste/

NatCh · 06-28-2007, 08:57 AM

Would that be better than posting the contents here?

The Error I'm getting is:

Quote:

Error while flashing partition! It is recommended to switch to recovery mode and use Sony flasher to flash a stock image

And here's the contents of the flash.log file:

Code:

Begin flashing -> Wed Jun 27 23:41:22 PRS 2007
Copying helper binaries
Copying B:/bin/stat_fs
Checking cramfs image size ....
Cramfs image size: 4263936
Image size is OK
Flashing Fsk partition with the new image...
SDM device 0(nor0) : sdm device NOR 0
SDM device 1(sbl0) : sdm device NAND/SBL 0
... Erase from 0x013c0000-0x017e0000: .................................
... Program at sbl0:0x013c0000: .................................
... Erase from 0x00020000-0x00040000: .
... Program at sbl0:0x00020000: .
Checking flashed partition against the image...
SDM device 0(nor0) : sdm device NOR 0
SDM device 1(sbl0) : sdm device NAND/SBL 0

And the make_fs.log too, just to be throrough.

Code:

Begin upgrade -> Thu Jun 28 07:51:16 PRS 2007
Copying helper binaries
Copying B:/bin/stat_fs
/Data/self_upgrade found! Cleaning ...
/Data/self_upgrade Created!
Free space in /Data: 76062720, used space in /opt: 7274496
Begin copy of /opt
./
./sony/
./sony/ebook/
./sony/ebook/FONT/
./sony/ebook/FONT/tt0003m_.ttf
./sony/ebook/FONT/tt0011m_.ttf
./sony/ebook/FONT/tt0419m_.ttf
./sony/ebook/application/
./sony/ebook/application/FskBBeBViewer.xso
./sony/ebook/application/FskCache.xsb
./sony/ebook/application/FskCore.xsb
./sony/ebook/application/FskDMF.xsb
./sony/ebook/application/FskDocumentViewer.so
./sony/ebook/application/FskDocumentViewerPDF.so
./sony/ebook/application/FskDocumentViewerRTF.so
./sony/ebook/application/FskFhGAACIntDec.so
./sony/ebook/application/FskFhGMP3IntDec.so
./sony/ebook/application/FskImage.so
./sony/ebook/application/FskMediaPlayers.so
./sony/ebook/application/FskMobileMediaDevice.so
./sony/ebook/application/FskSecurity.so
./sony/ebook/application/Fskin.so
./sony/ebook/application/application.xsb
./sony/ebook/application/coreaudiofilters.so
./sony/ebook/application/drm.xsb
./sony/ebook/application/drmDocviewer.xsb
./sony/ebook/application/ebook.so
./sony/ebook/application/ebookConfig.so
./sony/ebook/application/kbook.so
./sony/ebook/application/kconfig.xml
./sony/ebook/application/libfreetype.so
./sony/ebook/application/libfreetype.so.6
./sony/ebook/application/libfreetype.so.6.3.10
./sony/ebook/application/libtinyhttp.so
./sony/ebook/application/libuss.so
./sony/ebook/application/octDocviewer.xsb
./sony/ebook/application/octopus.xsb
./sony/ebook/application/resources/
./sony/ebook/application/resources/application.xml
./sony/ebook/application/resources/applicationStart.xml
./sony/ebook/application/resources/scripts/
./sony/ebook/application/resources/scripts/kBookAssets.png
./sony/ebook/application/resources/scripts/kBookDefaultArt.png
./sony/ebook/application/resources/scripts/kBookDefaultThumbnail.png
./sony/ebook/application/resources/scripts/kBookDisk.png
./sony/ebook/application/resources/scripts/kBookIcon.png
./sony/ebook/application/resources/scripts/kBookLogos.png
./sony/ebook/application/resources/scripts/main.xml
./sony/ebook/application/resources/scripts/mainStorage.xml
./sony/ebook/application/resources/storage.xml
./sony/ebook/application/resources/storageStart.xml
./sony/ebook/application/resources/switcher.xml
./sony/ebook/application/storage.xsb
./sony/ebook/application/switcher.so
./sony/ebook/application/tinyhttp
./sony/ebook/application/xdbLite.so
./sony/ebook/bin/
./sony/ebook/bin/UsbUpdater
./sony/ebook/bin/tinyhttp.sh
./sony/ebook/bin/writescreen
/opt copied to /Data/self_upgrade/new_opt/
Begin copy of new files
Copying B:/files/opt/sony
Copying B:/files/opt/sony/ebook
Copying B:/files/opt/sony/ebook/bin
Copying B:/files/opt/sony/ebook/application
Copying B:/files/opt/sony/ebook/application/resources
Copying B:/files/opt/sony/ebook/application/resources/applicationStart.xml
Copying B:/files/opt/sony/ebook/application/resources/scripts
Copying B:/files/opt/sony/ebook/application/resources/scripts/main.xml
Copying B:/files/opt/sony/ebook/FONT
Copying B:/files/opt/sony/ebook/FONT/tt0419m_.ttf
Copying B:/files/opt/sony/ebook/FONT/tt0003m_.ttf
Copying B:/files/opt/sony/ebook/FONT/tt0011m_.ttf
New files copied
Creating new cramfs image
  sony
'sony':
  ebook
'ebook':
  FONT
  application
  bin
'FONT':
  tt0003m_.ttf
  tt0011m_.ttf
  tt0419m_.ttf
'application':
  FskBBeBViewer.xso
  FskCache.xsb
  FskCore.xsb
  FskDMF.xsb
  FskDocumentViewer.so
  FskDocumentViewerPDF.so
  FskDocumentViewerRTF.so
  FskFhGAACIntDec.so
  FskFhGMP3IntDec.so
  FskImage.so
  FskMediaPlayers.so
  FskMobileMediaDevice.so
  FskSecurity.so
  Fskin.so
  application.xsb
  coreaudiofilters.so
  drm.xsb
  drmDocviewer.xsb
  ebook.so
  ebookConfig.so
  kbook.so
  kconfig.xml
  libfreetype.so
  libfreetype.so.6
  libfreetype.so.6.3.10
  libtinyhttp.so
  libuss.so
  octDocviewer.xsb
  octopus.xsb
  resources
  storage.xsb
  switcher.so
  tinyhttp
  xdbLite.so
'resources':
  application.xml
  applicationStart.xml
  scripts
  storage.xml
  storageStart.xml
  switcher.xml
'scripts':
  kBookAssets.png
  kBookDefaultArt.png
  kBookDefaultThumbnail.png
  kBookDisk.png
  kBookIcon.png
  kBookLogos.png
  main.xml
  mainStorage.xml
'bin':
  UsbUpdater
  tinyhttp.sh
  writescreen
Directory data: 1624 bytes
-42.47% (-86440 bytes)	offset 1624	tt0003m_.ttf
-41.18% (-352512 bytes)	offset 118732	tt0011m_.ttf
-33.72% (-33872 bytes)	offset 622340	tt0419m_.ttf
  0.28% (+1871 bytes)	offset 688908	FskBBeBViewer.xso
-57.20% (-24768 bytes)	offset 1358684	FskCache.xsb
-58.76% (-38692 bytes)	offset 1377216	FskCore.xsb
-65.91% (-15885 bytes)	offset 1404368	FskDMF.xsb
-54.25% (-35132 bytes)	offset 1412584	FskDocumentViewer.so
-46.46% (-1028992 bytes)	offset 1442208	FskDocumentViewerPDF.so
-50.69% (-32692 bytes)	offset 2627888	FskDocumentViewerRTF.so
-40.12% (-41748 bytes)	offset 2659688	FskFhGAACIntDec.so
-47.08% (-38060 bytes)	offset 2722004	FskFhGMP3IntDec.so
-47.40% (-72152 bytes)	offset 2764788	FskImage.so
-50.21% (-30116 bytes)	offset 2844852	FskMediaPlayers.so
-57.51% (-6312 bytes)	offset 2874712	FskMobileMediaDevice.so
-12.68% (-100620 bytes)	offset 2879376	FskSecurity.so
-58.05% (-128132 bytes)	offset 3572528	Fskin.so
-54.06% (-805 bytes)	offset 3665124	application.xsb
-49.64% (-8072 bytes)	offset 3665808	coreaudiofilters.so
-54.95% (-2810 bytes)	offset 3673996	drm.xsb
-21.61% (-86 bytes)	offset 3676300	drmDocviewer.xsb
-62.96% (-66316 bytes)	offset 3676612	ebook.so
-80.08% (-34392 bytes)	offset 3715628	ebookConfig.so
-58.40% (-47504 bytes)	offset 3724184	kbook.so
-69.69% (-2079 bytes)	offset 3758028	kconfig.xml
 71.43% (+15 bytes)	offset 3758932	libfreetype.so
-40.03% (-101924 bytes)	offset 3758968	libfreetype.so.6.3.10
-53.84% (-555548 bytes)	offset 3911640	libtinyhttp.so
-47.96% (-43124 bytes)	offset 4387996	libuss.so
 -8.20% (-661 bytes)	offset 4434780	octDocviewer.xsb
 -0.13% (-182 bytes)	offset 4442184	octopus.xsb
-55.91% (-355 bytes)	offset 4577300	application.xml
-70.82% (-2582 bytes)	offset 4577580	applicationStart.xml
 -8.39% (-449 bytes)	offset 4578644	kBookAssets.png
-15.56% (-202 bytes)	offset 4583548	kBookDefaultArt.png
  3.01% (+11 bytes)	offset 4584644	kBookDefaultThumbnail.png
 -3.16% (-194 bytes)	offset 4585020	kBookDisk.png
 -1.38% (-107 bytes)	offset 4590972	kBookIcon.png
 -1.00% (-39 bytes)	offset 4598604	kBookLogos.png
-75.78% (-29020 bytes)	offset 4602452	main.xml
-73.25% (-4228 bytes)	offset 4611728	mainStorage.xml
-18.64% (-44 bytes)	offset 4613272	storage.xml
-64.13% (-1130 bytes)	offset 4613464	storageStart.xml
-24.90% (-65 bytes)	offset 4614096	switcher.xml
-59.22% (-1905 bytes)	offset 4614292	storage.xsb
-53.68% (-54652 bytes)	offset 4615604	switcher.so
-55.42% (-2128 bytes)	offset 4662760	tinyhttp
-56.33% (-14016 bytes)	offset 4664472	xdbLite.so
-69.78% (-199040 bytes)	offset 4675336	UsbUpdater
-43.82% (-209 bytes)	offset 4761524	tinyhttp.sh
-89.83% (-66204 bytes)	offset 4761792	writescreen
Everything: 4660 kilobytes
Super block: 76 bytes
CRC: 1189ad20
Created cramfs /Data/self_upgrade/new_opt.img
Checking cramfs image size ....
Cramfs image size: 4771840
Image copied 
Thu Jun 28 07:52:16 PRS 2007

05-21-2007, 06:21 AM	#1
pitolee Connoisseur Posts: 55 Karma: 23 Join Date: Apr 2007 Device: Sony eReader	Flasher - renaming new internal fonts with Font-creator I also am interested in changing the internal fonts using Universal Flasher. Can someone explain why it is necessary to use FontCreator to change the names of, say, consolas.ttf to tt0419m_.ttf instead of just making a copy of consolas and renaming it? and can you walk me through this process? Thanks...

06-28-2007, 08:19 AM	#13
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	I'm having some problems getting them on the Reader too, though they seem to work fine in the ConnSoft. I know I'm flashing things correctly in general, because I've managed to add the clock and set the "Right" Jogstick movement to go to the next page (I left the "Left" one set to move backward in the History file, because I find that useful when I accidentally hit buttons, and backing up in the History is usually identical to going to the previous page ) So can someone spot what I'm doing wrong? The error I get is when I go to flash the image (it builds it without errors), it tells me that the flash failed, and (something along the lines of) that I should reflash with a stock image. Perhaps that might help localize what's going on. The only new thing I'm trying to do with this particular flash is add the fonts. I've put them in the (SD Card Root):\files\opt\sony\ebook\FONT directory ... is this the right place? I've attached the naming adjustments I made to the Calibri font, in case I've got something off there. If anyone spots an error, I'd appreciate knowing about it, 'cause I just ain't seein' it. Attached Thumbnails

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05-21-2007, 06:51 AM	#2
igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	The Reader's BBeB (LRF) viewer has those filenames hardcoded. It only loads these three files: tt0003m_.ttf tt0011m_.ttf tt0419m_.ttf Also, most LRF books (especially those from the Connect store) use the following font names: Swis721 BT Roman Dutch801 Rm BT Roman Courier10 BT Roman Thus it's best to change both filenames and font names. Now, the situation is somewhat better with RTF files. The font render used by RTF viewer loads all fonts from the font directory. The actual font names chosen to render various RTF styles are specified in the kconfig.xml file, in the entries of the fsk/rootvm/ui/font element.

05-22-2007, 09:54 PM	#3
pitolee Connoisseur Posts: 55 Karma: 23 Join Date: Apr 2007 Device: Sony eReader	Thank you, Igorsk. So then the font name is changed using a program like FontCreator to insure maximum compatibility with Connect and other LRF books as well as the console itself. I will try that. Thank you.

05-25-2007, 05:44 AM	#4
pitolee Connoisseur Posts: 55 Karma: 23 Join Date: Apr 2007 Device: Sony eReader	NOTE: Be sure when you rename the fonts that you also change the font sub-family on all three fonts is set to Roman. Spent most of the day trying to figure out why the flasher would work but then it would not restart. If you are using FontCreator the names should be like this: font family - Swis721 BT \| Dutch801 Rm BT \| Courier10 BT font subfamily - Roman \| Roman \| Roman full font name - Swis721 BT Roman \| Dutch801 Rm BT Roman \| Courier10 BT Roman If you change the font subfamily to anything other than Roman, your Reader will hang at the Loading screen... Another day another lesson! I love this forum!

05-28-2007, 01:49 AM	#6
pitolee Connoisseur Posts: 55 Karma: 23 Join Date: Apr 2007 Device: Sony eReader	yes. After a bit of trial and error problems with the flasher (didn't rename the fonts correctly so the reader hung up on the start screen... etc) I figured out what to do and copied the new and properly named fonts to both the reader unit and the connect folder. It works perfectly, displaying the new fonts accurately. Works GREAT! For me Cambria/Calibri/Consolas are more readable at the small sizes I prefer (9-10pt). They look much nicer to me. I'm REALLY happy. I also recommend adding the page turn to the joystick! Now can turn pages no matter how I'm holding the unit... Finally, I also like the menus and book lists in the smaller font. Much more orderly looking. And what can I say about the clock. It's there so i don't have to glance over to the bedstand... so easy and so inconspicuous... Excellent additions from our forum friends. All of them highly recommended - and all of them work correctly as they are. The only complications comes from changing the fonts - which is why you should be sure to copy the existing font names exactly. Play with it... I bricked it six times in two days - but always was able to reflash it (without waiting for the hard reset or reset - because everything was correct except for the fonts which it couldn't find) - so no problem.

06-27-2007, 03:26 PM	#8
nils_heidorn Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: Librie	Hi there, just got my Reader yesterday & im already tired of the built-in fonts :-) Are those fonts downloadable somewhere or could you PM them to me as well ? beeing a brick virgin i am somewhat reluctant to try stuff like that myself at first. Thx, Nils

06-27-2007, 03:31 PM	#9
igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	You can get the new Vista fonts by installing Excel 2007 Viewer.

06-27-2007, 03:38 PM	#10
TadW Uebermensch Posts: 2,583 Karma: 1094606 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Italy Device: Kindle	Could someone post a screenshot or two of the Reader with the Vista fonts installed?