How to: Change Fonts in S60 3rd
You want to customize your S60 device? Yes? Okay, let´s customize! Today I´ll show you how to change the fonts of your gadget.
Let´s start…
Works on all S60 3rd devices except those with built-in memory like N95 8GB or N81 8GB!
1. You need: A Nokia S60 3rd device, something to write, a cardreader or USB-cable and of course your computer.
2. At first download a explorer like Y-Browser or similar and install it on your device.
3. Then start your explorer and go to Z:/resource/Fonts
4. Now you need something to write. Write down exactly the names of all the fonts in this folder (nohindisnr60, S60ZDIGI, …)
5. Choose the font that you want on your device. It should be a *.ttf file. You can download fonts e.g. here. You can also take a file from your computer, if you use windows they´re all in C:\WINDOWS\Fonts
6. Make a new folder called “Fonts”, and copy the font you´ve chosen in this folder. Paste it as many times as you need it and rename it exactly like the names you´ve written down before (nohindisnr60, …)
7. Take out your memorycard or connect your device to the computer and choose data transfer.
8. Go to your memory card (E:\) and create a new folder called resource if it isn´t there yet.
9. Now copy the folder “Fonts” you´ve made before and paste it into the resource folder on your memory card.
10. Switch off your phone and put in your memorycard. Now turn on your phone again.
11. Congratulations, you changed the font on your device!
To reset the font, just turn off your phone, take out the memorycard and delete the folder “Fonts” on it. Put it in again and restart the phone.
!!!VERY IMPORTANT: Do NOT change the fonts on your phonememory (C:\), only on your memorycard (E:\)!!!
If there are any questions leave a comment.
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by Christian Titze on January 19th, 2008 |
Be aware that doing this will disable the phone’s ability to connect via USB as a mass storage device.
symbianguru said this on January 19th, 2008 at 16:54
so thats a no no no for n95 8gb and n81 8gb and any other devices with inbuilt memory because we have no memory cards to remove.
dani2xll said this on January 19th, 2008 at 18:45
Thanks for the information, dani2xll! I haven´t thought of that, I will add this information to my tutorial.
Christian Titze said this on January 20th, 2008 at 10:18
The only way to connect your phone as a mass storage device after changing the font is to restart it without memory card. This doesn’t always work though but it worked for me a few times when I really needed the mass storage function.
bedobela said this on January 20th, 2008 at 10:28
Nice Tutorial, just a shame about the Mass Storage bug. I use it a lot, so this is a no go for me until it gets sorted out.
adonisdemon said this on January 21st, 2008 at 09:29
Hey without reading the mass storage Bug, I did this for my N95 8GB…Is there a way to get rid of this now….am not able to connect as mass storage :((
Ranjith said this on January 23rd, 2008 at 18:17
Nice tutorial… But, anybody have a good set of fonts to use with my Nokia? (E61 currently :))
Emre SUMENGEN said this on February 2nd, 2008 at 22:09
Thanks a lot for the tutorial. I am now *finally* able to view Japanese characters on my Nokia6120c
On my phone though, there’s a bug that makes the phone crash and restart by itself when I go to Settings -> Language. Maybe it’s because of the nature of the font I used? I don’t need to change the language anyway, so this bug is a minor inconvenience to me.
youtin said this on February 3rd, 2008 at 03:28
You van change back and allow data transfer mode
1. turnoff phone
2.take mmc out
3.whait until phone boot again and than put your mmc inside
4.allow data transfer mode and rename folder or just tranfer what you meant to
Igor said this on February 9th, 2008 at 22:09
please help me to change font in nokia 6120 classic..
i can use thisa turorial…
’cause in my z:\resource\Fonts just 2 file
That S60SC.ccc and S60ZDIGI.ttf
Please help me….
Franky Kho said this on February 12th, 2008 at 05:41
please help me to change font in nokia 6120 classic..
i can’t use this turorial…
’cause in my z:\resource\Fonts just 2 file
That S60SC.ccc and S60ZDIGI.ttf
Please help me….
Franky Kho said this on February 12th, 2008 at 05:43
Well, it might not work this way on 6120. I did all the steps mentioned but the fonts did not change. Maybe only some fonts work.
Ghita
Anonymous said this on February 13th, 2008 at 15:27
So, it is true, not all fonts will be accepted to be used. On nokia 6120 I tried more than one and some are shown some not. And on this phone model is enough to copy the fonts to the card (resource/fonts) and not change the names and it installed them. I used them with mobireader and works ok even if they are romanian caracters. Well, you need to find the FONTS which work and which not, but with 6120 from 15 fonts 10 worked after copying them on the phone card with their original names.
I’m so glad, and thank to all who contributed this page.
Ghita
Anonymous said this on February 18th, 2008 at 19:20
help! how to remove this!!! i did this on my nokia n91. now i can;t use the mass storage
jay said this on February 18th, 2008 at 21:08
Jay just delete the “fonts” folder you made and reboot the phone.
Seanybiker said this on February 25th, 2008 at 18:54
dON’T WORK ON e65
Anonymous said this on February 27th, 2008 at 01:21
i did all these steps on my nokia n95 but nothing happened… any idea y?
Anonymous said this on February 27th, 2008 at 08:53
how can this step be made on n92? i tried, but no effect..
mike said this on March 4th, 2008 at 02:48
It definately does work on the N95.
Seanybiker said this on March 8th, 2008 at 16:17
@mike: Maybe you made a typing mistake in the files.
@jay: The N91 has a built-in memory. You have to reset your phone by tiping in: *#7370#
–> Important: All data on the phone will be deleted!
Christian Titze said this on March 8th, 2008 at 17:29
Good day. I seem to got lost on the 4th instruction. kindly please help me out. I really need to have the fonts of my e61 bigger.
butch said this on March 10th, 2008 at 15:14
i got lost on the 4th instruction. can you assist me please. need to have my fonts bigger using my e61 phone.
Thanks,
butch said this on March 10th, 2008 at 15:17
How to do stap 4?
caicai said this on March 11th, 2008 at 15:53
nokia 6120 update to version 04.21
Anonymous said this on March 16th, 2008 at 11:30
Tryed it on my N95 and it doesnt work there was not a folder called fonts in resources to start with like in youre instruction any ideas.
AndyN95 said this on March 16th, 2008 at 13:54
I have Nokia N95. And I did what you said. And it worked
Rahman said this on March 16th, 2008 at 17:08
To all those who don´t understand step 4:
You have different files in the folder fonts. Now you show them on your display and write them down to a piece of paper. Later you rename the new font to these names.
Christian Titze said this on March 18th, 2008 at 17:16
hi can u help me with my N93. i’ve tried to create a folder name resource on my mmc, but it kept saying file name already exists.
mac said this on March 20th, 2008 at 04:20
hi mac,
I think that on your mmc there already is the folder resource. You have to activate that you want to see all folders (the hidden ones too) in the explorer of your computer. Because normally it´s a hidden folder.
Christian Titze said this on March 20th, 2008 at 07:57
I tried this with a few different fonts. I never touched the z drive, only copied the names. I have removed the fonts from my memory card, but one of the previous fonts I used is still used and is the only font left in the z drive. Would there be any way to fix this or does anyone have the original fonts for the N75?
Brian said this on March 20th, 2008 at 21:25
So, does this mean, on E90, I can use only 4 fonts at a time?
Broken Arrow said this on March 26th, 2008 at 00:45
You don’t need to rename the font file names, and also you can put as many fonts you need, not only 4. At least this worked on my E90, now I can read Bengali characters.
Broken Arrow said this on March 26th, 2008 at 01:10
@ Brian:
Have you turned your phone off and on again? This should fix the problem. If it won´t fix the problem leave a comment.
Christian Titze said this on March 26th, 2008 at 10:09
That didn’t work. I left it that changed for a few weeks and recently wanted to switch back, then realized it wouldn’t be so easy. Somehow the files on my memory card replaced those on the phone.
Brian said this on March 31st, 2008 at 02:37
Hi,
I am having problem with my Nokia 6120c cursor. It is not automaticaly adjusting to the colors of the background.If the background is dark or black the cursor cannot be seen,thus it must be flashing in white depending on the color of the background.I have tried resetting the factory settings but still..Is there a way to adjust or fix this?Please mail me at perci_dqmla@yahoo.com
Thanks Very Much
perzeus said this on April 2nd, 2008 at 12:48
pleace help me to change fonts in nokia 5700. Help help help plz email to me..
rain said this on May 1st, 2008 at 07:47
please dont help rain he is dudul ..blegedeeeeeeessss
tokay said this on May 1st, 2008 at 15:16
on point 6 - where do you make the new folder? i have gotten to that step and am not sure where the fonts folder should be located. please advise.
thanks
karen said this on May 7th, 2008 at 20:05
how to change font of m phone because it appears on my
z: resource/fonts/
S60SC.ccc
S60TCHK.ccc
S60ZDIGI.ttf
thats all, please help me i want to change my fonts
Anonymous said this on May 12th, 2008 at 18:35
how to change font of m phone because it appears on my
z: resource/fonts/
S60SC.ccc
S60TCHK.ccc
S60ZDIGI.ttf
thats all, please help me i want to change my fonts
jody said this on May 12th, 2008 at 18:36
I tried the same way and it works well.
Just 1 more time:
1. Use F-Explorer or Y-Explorer, go to Z:\Resource\Fonts, see what are the fonts you have (different region got different fonts). in Asian Pacific: it is:
S60SC.ccc
S60TCHK.ccc
S60ZDIGI.ttf
2. So just create a folder, copy any TRUE TYPE FONT from your C:\Windows\Fonts to that folder (remember: TTF) . I recommend Tahoma, Arial or Verdana.
3. Make 2 copies of that fonts, then rename all 3 files to what you see in Z:\Resource\Fonts
4. Connect your mobile to PC using USB-data mode.
5. Copy the fonts you changed to E:\Resource\Fonts (E: is your memory card). If the folder not exist, just create it.
Reboot and enjoy.
PS: You can use Font Magnifier to adjust the size ^^ ! I’m now reading Vietnamese on my N95 comfortably
Dio said this on May 16th, 2008 at 06:32
Do u know how to rename a theme? I just soo tired to find themes that the name just like Winter Moon, Pinky, Days To Come, etc. But all I found is like these, WinterMoon_by_babi, pinky, Days_To_Come and so on.
If I aksed the creator of the theme to rename it just as I wanted, they don’t want it coz they afraid I want to sell it, it’s rubish, it’s only to my personal N80, N73 & E70
desperarte for themes said this on May 19th, 2008 at 02:15
As far as I know you can’t rename themes, maybe with Carbide.UI, but I don’t know because I don’t work with themes - I only use them
Christian Titze said this on May 21st, 2008 at 10:11
which font should I use to read Japanese?
Anonymous said this on May 24th, 2008 at 14:39
I have renamed all 4 font names and put into created font folder then pasted to mem card in resourses restarted my phone and nothing has happened. nohindisnr60.ttf, nohindissb60.ttf, nohinditsb60.ttf, S60ZDIGI.ttf
David said this on May 31st, 2008 at 10:01
the font has changed in the web browser but nowhere else.
David said this on June 1st, 2008 at 11:03
Please give me an answer.This folder who is in E:/Resource namely “Fonts” don’t delete.Why?How can i delete this folder?
Clau said this on June 3rd, 2008 at 14:26
@ Clau:
Just take out the memory card and delete it with your computer.
Christian Titze said this on June 3rd, 2008 at 17:34
Hey….How to Resize the Fonts wat i Applied?….plz rply me? , lots of windows font are not correctly applying to my s60 3rd device(some fonts are too big or too small)…what should i do? , plz mail me….????
rockyzlife@yahoo.com
ThnX…
RockyZ said this on June 24th, 2008 at 07:13
IT worked! thanks! =)
chibi said this on June 27th, 2008 at 06:14
I’ve tried on my Nokia N81 8GB i don’t believe it won’t work with built-in memory like N95 8GB or N81 8GB! But i always try and it works…
Thank you anyway..
Yoseptian Gonta` said this on June 30th, 2008 at 07:12
I did this for my N95 8GB…Is there a way to get rid of this now….am not able to connect as mass storage Nor am i able to delete the fonts folder in resources
Anonymous said this on June 30th, 2008 at 13:01
hi ,,
what about n81 ..
it doesn’t work for me ?
pleas help me ^.^
reem said this on November 22nd, 2008 at 06:48
Yes it’s work for Ur N81
Yoseptian Gonta said this on November 30th, 2008 at 19:42
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symbian s60zdigi font | Download Cell Phones said this on December 13th, 2008 at 16:09
Man I don’t understand I own a Nokia N81 8GB and did exactly everything in this tutorial AND DID WORK 100% no problem if we have mass memory lol .. BTW my firmware version is 21.0.008
bo0gy35 said this on December 30th, 2008 at 13:36
Ghita yoo am luat fondul de la Tiberium wars si navea caractere in romana insa mia mers:)
bo0gy35 said this on December 30th, 2008 at 13:39