My active Linux years are behind me. Even then, in 2004, I was just tinkering with PNG fonts and buttons for Links Hacked, a tiny Web browser for Damn Small Linux project.In general, to achieve a better readabilty for a hi-res screen of PDN (142 dpi) one need to turn ON better hinting in freetype 2, plus maybe to play with couple parameters. A more thorough approach would be using predominantly well-hinted ("commercial") fonts.In my blog, Fine Oils , I have started my readability project from an attempt to replace the system fonts. Out of Jeffry McDowell's article, I pulled some code
ADB shell
There's a tidbit more manipulations from terminal needed, but my first question is whether "mmcblock0" corresponds to the same/anything in our SD?I see SegoeWP as a candidate for "new" DroidSans, only metrics should be compatible I hope. If there's a Droid-Serif lurking somewhere, I'd like to get my hands on whatever Garamonds iPhone/OS X might use.Later on, some recompiling of freetype 2 will be needed, to include best hinting rules applicable in our case. Here I also would like to request the help of our gurus, as my Linux box is very very rusty.(this my trick of "visual candy" is nothing more than a candy: the really exciting prospects will be open very soon at the "Froyo" frontier; excellent job, guys!)Code:01su02mount -o remount /dev/mtdblock4 /system03mount -o remount /dev/mmcblk0 /sdcard04cat /system/fonts/DroidSans.ttf > /sdcard/o_android_font/DroidSans.ttf05cat /system/fonts/DroidSans-Bold.ttf > /sdcard/ o_android_font/DroidSans-Bold.ttf06cat /sdcard/n_android_font/DroidSans.ttf > /system/fonts/DroidSans.ttf07cat /sdcard/ n_android_font/DroidSans-Bold.ttf > /system/fonts/DroidSans-Bold.ttf08mount -o ro,remount /dev/mtdblock4 /system09sync