#ADD SEGOE UI FONT IN WEBSITE ANDROID#
#ADD SEGOE UI FONT IN WEBSITE WINDOWS#

It allows specifying font weights and styles (normal/italic) for each font file explicitly, without relying on other factors (like file order). Regarding syntax change, the new syntax in fonts.xml is more flexibe. Which means that changes we made earlier to fallback_fonts.xml and Droid Naskh will be made in Lollipop to fonts.xml and Noto Naskh, with some syntaxВ changes. The files system_fonts.xml and fallback_fonts.xml were merged into one file called fonts.xml, with a different markupВ structure.Regarding fonts, there are several differences moving from KitKat toВ Lollipop: Part of fallback_fonts.xml after adding weights.ДЄ look at both fonts and their support of a light weight in action.

SegoeUI-Light.ttf SegoeUI-Regular.ttf SegoeUI-Bold.ttf It worked after another reboot, and I liked it evenВ more!

It didnвЂ™t seem complicated here: I copied the node containing the normal weight font file (called вЂњregularвЂќ here), and replaced it with the light version, then repeated to add a bold version too (KitKat didnвЂ™t even have a bold weight of Droid Naskh). Still, itвЂ™s much (вЂ¦very much) better than not supporting both, as is the case with DroidВ Naskh. Segoe UI has weights starting from light (300), unlike Roboto (the default Latin font), which has weights starting from thin (100). This вЂњbetterвЂќ method doesnвЂ™t require removing built-in files, doesnвЂ™t вЂњtrickвЂќ the system by renaming files, makes it easy to get back to original fonts, and will allow adding more weights to any font. So, why a reboot was required this time? The only reason I could think of is that the system only calls the config file once at startup, cache it, and then uses the cached version to call any needed font. So I updated the permissions (to -rw-r-r-) then rebooted the phone, and itВ worked. I was lucky to be using a file explorer that displays file permissions for each file in the root directory, so I noticed that the fonts I added, by default, didnвЂ™t have permissions for non-system apps to read them ( -rw-). So, I rebooted the device, only to find that all Arabic characters are displayed as replacement ones. This time, though, it didnвЂ™t immediately work. SegoeUI-Regular.ttf fallback_fonts.xml: After All of them having their rightВ characters. Then I copied Segoe UI fonts to the fonts directory with their original names, and restored original Droid Naskh fonts that I previouslyВ replaced.ДЄt this point, the fonts directory has the default Droid Naskh (as it was), and Segoe UI fonts that I added. I opened fallback_fonts.xml and replaced every Droid Naskh entry with Segoe UI. The file only had Roboto and Droid Sans, so it was safe to assume that Droid Naskh serves as a fallbackВ font. So, I opened the AOSP project page on GitHub and searched for вЂњDroidNaskhвЂќ, to find two interesitng files: system_fonts.xml and fallback_fonts.xml. The next step was doing itВ better.ДЄs built-in fonts in an OS, I assumed there to be a config file containing default fonts the system calls when needed. Second step: a betterВ wayДЄt this point, the fonts directory had a Droid Naskh font with Segoe UI characters. First step:В testingДЇirst thing, I looked for a вЂњfontsвЂќ folder in the system directory ( root/system/fonts), looked up вЂњDriodNaskhвЂќ in it, then replaced the font with Segoe UI after I renamed it вЂњDroidNaskhвЂќ. And since I already had root permissions on my phone, it didnвЂ™t seem like a badВ idea.ДЄt the beggining of this experiment, my phone was running a KitKat ROM, then I moved to a Lollipop one at theВ end.

#ADD SEGOE UI FONT IN WEBSITE ANDROID#

So, I decided to make a little experiment: changing the Arabic font on my Android phone to Segoe UI. I used it in the web app Writer as a main font (since version 3.5), in my main blog, and then used it in discussion websites like Arabia I/O, using some browser extensions.ДЄfter my extensive use of the font, I started to notice the difference between Segoe UI and Droid Naskh (or Noto Naskh now), the main Arabic font in my Android phone, in terms of both legibility andВ appearance.ДЄlso, Droid Naskh only had a regualr weight, which makes mixed Arabic and English text (a very common scenario) look very вЂњembarrassingвЂќ, especially in light or thinВ weights. I noticed a change in Arabic characters fromВ Tahoma.Д®verytime I use Segoe UI, I find it very satisfying.

#ADD SEGOE UI FONT IN WEBSITE WINDOWS#

I first noticed Segoe UI when I got my notebook updated to Windows 8.

Add segoe ui font in website