Comments on Spemi: Install Fonts on Nokia N900

ith vishadamaakkunna oru video aarwrenkilum youtub...

2011-12-19T05:29:34.200-08:00

ith vishadamaakkunna oru video aarwrenkilum youtubil idumo...?

Get the root access In the shell run "sudo g...

2011-12-15T02:34:46.684-08:00

Get the root access
In the shell run "sudo gainroot"
~ $ sudo gainroot
Root shell enabled
/home/user #
then repeat all commands

/home/user # mkdir ~/.fonts

/home/user # mv ~/MyDocs/*.ttf ~/.fonts

Then go to the browser ..

Enjoy

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how to use tamil fonts

2011-10-24T19:27:35.787-07:00

how to use tamil fonts

Thanks dear its work... But first I have to enter...

2011-09-26T00:56:00.692-07:00

Thanks dear its work...
But first I have to enter.. Your example not mentioned it
"sudo gainroot" then enter

any way thanks

Thanks a lot.......

2011-09-15T09:54:37.376-07:00

Thanks a lot.......

I'M FACING PROBLEM

2011-08-26T03:59:42.044-07:00

I'M FACING PROBLEM

Hi' I have same problem how to install tamil f...

2011-07-05T20:37:27.591-07:00

Hi'
I have same problem how to install tamil font in my N900 pleas help mee..........

~ $ mkdir ~/.fonts
mkdir: cannot create directory '/home/user/.fonts': Files exists
~ $ mv ~/MyDocs/*.ttf ~/.fonts
mv: cannot create '/home//user/.fonts/latha.ttf': Permission denied
mv: cannot create '/home//user/.fonts/lathab.ttf': Permission denied

hai i tried with the same commands wheneve...

2011-05-21T05:27:04.361-07:00

hai
i tried with the same commands whenever i press enter after keyin the first command it shows-sh: mkdir ~/.fonts:not found
i carryon and put the second command+enter it shows
_sh: mv ~/MyDocs/*.ttf ~/.fonts:not found but iknow fonts in mydocs folder pls help me to overcome this problem &install the fonts

its great. now i can realise that how powerful my ...

2011-05-10T05:58:45.852-07:00

its great. now i can realise that how powerful my n900 is!
just ignore the error messages and follow the instructions above.
on adition pls restart ur phone.
the uploader, thanks a lot for the kind information

Hai, I followed the same step, but its not workin...

2011-03-11T02:59:08.445-08:00

Hai,

I followed the same step, but its not working and i'm facing some problem

I copied latha.ttf to n900 (in Documents)

~ $ mkdir ~/.fonts
~ $ mv ~/MyDocs/*.ttf ~/.fonts
mv: cannot rename '/home/user/MyDocs/*.ttf: No such file or directory

somebody please help. I need Tamil font.

sathish.

At last I got it tanks to everyone. Who support a...

2011-03-09T12:12:04.432-08:00

At last I got it tanks to everyone. Who support and help me, now I can read mathrubhumi news paper.

I change folder name just as font not fonts.

I will try other fonts also; if it will work I will post here

njan valare sramchu, seriyavunnilla?

2011-02-15T22:29:50.696-08:00

njan valare sramchu, seriyavunnilla?

Very helpful brother.Thank you very very much for ...

2011-02-07T13:09:03.537-08:00

Very helpful brother.Thank you very very much for your tutorial.

For some reason it won't let me open the addit...

2011-02-06T16:39:07.222-08:00

For some reason it won't let me open the additional symbol keyboard :/ Any other ways?

for those it's saying " permission denied...

2011-02-04T11:10:19.608-08:00

for those it's saying " permission denied "

start over..

remove fonts directory ... rm -r ~/.fonts
rm: descend into directory ...........
press "y"

mkdir ~/.fonts
mv ~/Mydocs/Manorama.ttf ~/.fonts/

it worked for me

Much of help, many thanks. :)

2011-01-26T08:14:14.787-08:00

Much of help, many thanks. :)

Spemi: Any update on http://www.spemi.com/2010/11/...

2011-01-21T07:05:47.229-08:00

Spemi: Any update on http://www.spemi.com/2010/11/install-fonts-on-nokia-n900.html

Any update for this problem Spemi?

Sorry, I shouldn't have used less than and big...

2011-01-07T10:33:24.220-08:00

Sorry, I shouldn't have used less than and bigger than symbols for the tab character -- the comment box ate them.

~ $ ls M(tab)
~ $ ls MyDocs/
20101212012808.gpx
20110102153052.gpx
Apps

Press the tab button twice if there are more than one possibility:

~ $ cd(tab)(tab)
Desktop/ MyDocs/ baseq3/
~ $ cd M(tab)
~ $ cd MyDocs

Rune
http://blog.listepik.net

@Rajeesh Kodungallur: The first error tells you th...

2011-01-07T09:36:18.511-08:00

@Rajeesh Kodungallur:
The first error tells you that the folder ".fonts" already exists. My guess is that you've tried the commands multiple times, and that the folder was created on first try. In any case, the folder exists, so just skip this.

The second error tells you that no files ending in ".ttf" exists in ~/MyDocs/ . Before you run this command, make sure the fonts have been copied to your phone.

@Fahim:
That seems a bit weird. Besides the double slash in the path (/home//user/.fonts/latha.ttf), I'm not sure.
Try to run "ls -la" from the folder /home/user. This will print the contents of the folder, including hidden files (the -a for all) and in list format (-l). In the output you can see which user and group the folder .fonts belongs to.
You could also use the following:

~ $ ls -la | grep .fonts
drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 Jan 7 18:19 .fonts

I get the feeling most of you are new to terminals. One nice feature is tab completion. Often you only need to type the first letter of the name of the file or folder you're working with, and then you can use tab to automatically fill out the rest, eg.:

~ $ ls
Desktop baseq3
MyDocs int_kb_layout
Xorg.0.log remotesms_1.0_armel.deb
apmonitord.log
~ $ ls M
~ $ ls MyDocs/
20101212012808.gpx
20110102153052.gpx
Apps

Press the tab button twice if there are more than one possibility:

~ $ cd
Desktop/ MyDocs/ baseq3/
~ $ cd M
~ $ cd MyDocs

The tab button can be found on the screen when using terminal.

Hope it helps!

Rune
http://blog.listepik.net/
(who wrote this post in its entirety on his N900 :) )

For those who have trouble to install, I will writ...

2011-01-06T09:05:25.954-08:00

For those who have trouble to install, I will write a alternate method this week end. Please wait.

Hello, I tried several times to install latha.ttf...

2011-01-06T08:48:31.339-08:00

Hello,

I tried several times to install latha.ttf, but failed. What I got when I tryped were as follows:

~ $ mkdir ~/.fonts
mkdir: cannot create directory '/home/user/.fonts': Files exists
~ $ mv ~/MyDocs/*.ttf ~/.fonts
mv: cannot create '/home//user/.fonts/latha.ttf': Permission denied
mv: cannot create '/home//user/.fonts/lathab.ttf': Permission denied

Therefore, please help me to install Tamil.

it is saying permission denied , the message is ...

2011-01-05T23:59:53.109-08:00

it is saying permission denied , the message is

"cannot create '/home/user/.fonts/manorama.ttf': permission denied "

any way out ............

thanking u ,shaiju

I faced same problem as Rajeesh and I check the sp...

2011-01-05T02:35:53.106-08:00

I faced same problem as Rajeesh and I check the spelling of all command also with MyDocs. I tried it many time but always faced the same problem.
please tell me how can I overcome this problem.

same error as rajeesh, typed the spelling & ca...

2010-12-16T23:20:17.322-08:00

same error as rajeesh, typed the spelling & case correctly. please help

This was really helpful. Now I need to search for ...

2010-12-15T05:28:40.487-08:00

This was really helpful.
Now I need to search for a malayalam typing application for the N900

Thank you