charityrolfson433 / android_font_patcher

Android Font Patcher for Custom Fonts

Android Font Patcher

Font patcher script by nongthaihoang @ xda.

Patch custom fonts to be used on Android.

What it does?

• Fix missing glyphs.
• Fix misaligned glyphs.
• Fix kerning.
• Fix ligatures.
• Fix font name.

Requirements

• Linux
• Fontforge

Usage

• Clone the repo:

  git clone https://github.com/nongthaihoang/android_font_patcher.git
  cd android_font_patcher
  

• Rename your fonts to match styles with Roboto:

  *-<STYLE>.<extension>

  STYLE: Thin | ThinItalic | Extralight | | ExtralightItalic | Light | LightItalic | Regular | Italic | Medium | MediumItalic | SemiBold | SemiBoldItalic | Bold | BoldItalic |ExtraBold | ExtraBoldItalic | Black | BlackItalic

• Run command:

  ./font-patcher [-cn] [FONT]...
  
      -cn  use Roboto Condensed
  

  Examples:

  ./font-patcher Lato-Regular.ttf
  
  ./font-patcher Inter-Regular.otf Lato-Bold.ttf
  
  ./font-patcher Lato/Lato-Regular.ttf
  
  ./font-patcher Lato/Lato-*
  
  ./font-patcher -cn "Barlow Condensed-Regular.ttf"
  

  For Windows (not recommended):

  fontforge.exe -script fontpatcher.pe [Roboto] [Your font] ""
  

• The generated fonts will be named after Roboto and placed in the same folder as your fonts.

Preview

• See how this tool works in action: video