How to install a font file

All font files found in \system\fonts on all drives are loaded during Font and Bitmap Server startup — this includes Symbian font files, and Open Font System font files for which a rasterizer DLL has been written and installed. The search path is soft to hard: Y:, X:, W:, ..., C:, B:, A:, Z:. The first font of a given name overrides subsequent ones.

To install a font file at startup:

• Copy it into \system\fonts on any drive.

• Perform a soft reboot of the device to restart the Font and Bitmap server.

It is also possible to dynamically load a font file. This is done in the same way for both Symbian-native and Open Font System font files.

To dynamically install a font file:

• Call CWsScreenDevice::AddFile(), specifying the file to be loaded.

How to install a rasterizer DLL