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I have pretty much done everything you can do to an Android phone. I’ve rooted it and installed all types of ROMs and software. I have spent many hours waiting on updates to download or ROM Flashes to complete, wondering if I just bricked my device.

Even though I have sort of tread the bleeding edge, it has brought me a much richer experience on my old Evo 4G than I think many Android users are getting on newer hardware. I’ve been using CyanogenMod primarily and have had Gingerbread for quite a while now.

Yesterday, I installed the Roboto font on my device. Many kinda teased Google with the big deal they made about the font at the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich event and I was one of them. Now that I have actually installed the font, I can almost see why they were so excited. Just as we often take for granted the fonts on your desktops and laptops, we forget how important fonts are on a mobile device. These letters are pretty much integrated into every single app or interface element on your device. Putting Roboto on my Evo has breathed new life into my device that other hackage has not.

If you want a taste of Roboto:

• If you have Root on your device, you can use FontChanger.
• Download the ZIP file at mediafire or directly from the XDA Forum Thread (which also includes a ton of other ICS goodies).
• Put the fonts in a folder on your Android, preferrably /sdcard/.fontchanger if you’re using the app above.
• Font Changer will walk you through the process of setting up the fonts. In my case, though,I had to go into Advanced mode and manually set the fonts. Not sure what I did wrong.
• For Non-root folks, there are a few other options in the Forum Thread for getting Roboto loaded.

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