big homescreen clock

**autonami** · 11-29-2009, 03:16 AM

ive been trying and trying to figure this out. but i fail. does anyone have any idea how to make the clock on the homescreen like the elecite HTC hero theme? ( image attached ) only thing i havnt tried is to have a font that is very large in dpi or something like that. any ideas anyone?

**kdjayo** · 11-29-2009, 03:49 AM

Originally Posted by autonami

ive been trying and trying to figure this out. but i fail. does anyone have any idea how to make the clock on the homescreen like the elecite HTC hero theme? ( image attached ) only thing i havnt tried is to have a font that is very large in dpi or something like that. any ideas anyone?

Its the only thing that works that u mentioned :O

Theme Studio limited font point to 50, so u have to just get a font thats really huge.

**cavingjan** · 11-29-2009, 07:33 AM

I'm guessing it was done as an animation like the clock example.

**kdjayo** · 11-29-2009, 03:38 PM

Originally Posted by cavingjan

I'm guessing it was done as an animation like the clock example.

What? No, its what I said two posts up

**BBThemes** · 11-29-2009, 06:45 PM

Originally Posted by kdjayo

What? No, its what I said two posts up

totally agree, largest font on theme suite 5.0 is miriam fixed, also simplified arabic fixed is about the same size

**autonami** · 11-29-2009, 10:31 PM

yeah its def. not an animation. as it wouldnt be able to keep up with the time.
its pretty dumb that the max font size is 50. but whatever.

im gonna see about creating my own font. maybe that way i cant do it as i want with shadows and ect. ill let you guys know how that works.

**servanthands** · 12-03-2009, 03:44 PM

whats the biggest font in theme builder? Nevermind it was already answered.

autonami let us know what you find.

**cavingjan** · 12-03-2009, 10:21 PM

if you insist on it being a regular clock with font, you will probably have to create the font. Just remember to make all of the letters blank (note there is no am/pm like there should be) and also no periods or colons. You can make it super sized and still only use a font size that TB allows.

**servanthands** · 12-04-2009, 07:20 AM

How do you add your own font to theme builder?

**cavingjan** · 12-04-2009, 08:03 AM

Theme builder will pull whatever valid fonts are on the Windows machine.

**servanthands** · 12-14-2009, 06:29 AM

Originally Posted by autonami

yeah its def. not an animation. as it wouldnt be able to keep up with the time.
its pretty dumb that the max font size is 50. but whatever.

im gonna see about creating my own font. maybe that way i cant do it as i want with shadows and ect. ill let you guys know how that works.

Did you figure anything out?

**servanthands** · 01-25-2010, 02:00 PM

Has anyone figured this out yet?

**kirksucks** · 01-26-2010, 10:53 AM

i want the flip clock from the clock app as my main screen clock.

**mechanizedmedic** · 01-26-2010, 02:26 PM

Originally Posted by autonami

yeah its def. not an animation. as it wouldnt be able to keep up with the time.
its pretty dumb that the max font size is 50. but whatever.

im gonna see about creating my own font. maybe that way i cant do it as i want with shadows and ect. ill let you guys know how that works.

actually, this project could POSSIBLY be done with svg animation. svg does contain the ability to reference time both relative and real world (i've used relative timing to auto-hide a dock). despite this, there would still be the issues of building all of the objects and typing the couple thousand lines of code. i highly doubt anyone here is bored enough to do that.

**2BadBoyCreations** · 02-17-2010, 01:27 PM

Im in your same boat just need big font for my theme hopefully someone will help

**Padgoi** · 02-18-2010, 09:41 AM

Hey fellas, I've made a few HTC-type themes:

Wootability Blackberry Storm Themes
Wootability Blackberry Storm Themes

I actually had to download font editing software and create my own font. It's the only way to get a font large enough to rival that of the HTC phones. And I know guzzl3r did the same for hers.

**adam80460** · 02-18-2010, 12:32 PM

Originally Posted by padgoi

hey fellas, i've made a few htc-type themes:

wootability blackberry storm themes
wootability blackberry storm themes

i actually had to download font editing software and create my own font. It's the only way to get a font large enough to rival that of the htc phones. And i know guzzl3r did the same for hers.

what software did you use to edit the font?

**Padgoi** · 02-18-2010, 01:49 PM

FontLab.
It's not very user-friendly though.

**adam80460** · 02-18-2010, 02:50 PM

You think there is a way of taking the clock file from a os and in cooperate it in a theme so you can colorize it and build walls around it? Meaning make it part of your svg for the home screen