Tiff 2.80 font hack guide (detailed)

[benh]

I know some of you havnt been able to understand the read me with the 2.80 font hack folder so here is a detailed guide that is 70% of my own words.

Step 1 - Copy the font hack folder into the PSP/PHOTO folder of your memory stick

Step 2 - Scroll down to the font hack folder in the Photo menu and press start

Step 3 - Once the program is started press the cross button, After about 5 seconds a message in white writing should come up and say that it is completed, then press the Home button.

Step 4 - To modify the registery files you have just copyed across, you have to download a file from this link - http://freeplay.unaligned.org/parsedreg3a.zip

Step 5 - Once downloaded, Extract the file to the desktop of your computer, the folder should be called parsedreg3a once extracted

Step 6 - Plug in your psp to your computer and in the root of your psp there should be 2 files - one called system.dreg and another called system.ireg. Copy these files to the folder called parsedreg3a on your computer

Step 7 - Now it is time to download a simple Hex editor I recommend this hex editor - http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/hexplorer/hex_setup216.exe

Step 8 - Run the Install file

Step 9 - Once installed run the hex editor and open the file system.dreg (NOT THE FILE SYSTEM.IREG!)

Step 10 - (Please note that the instructions for the hex editor I am about to give you are for the hex editor in step 7) Once the system.dreg file has been opened in the hex editor, Click on the find button and type in "flash0:/font" and click "Find" and some text should become highlighted.

Step 11 - Then click on the Replace button and it should bring up another window, There should be 2 places for text entery, The top box where it says "Find", Then next to where it says Text Enter "flash0:/font". Then in the bottom bit where it says "Replace to" and next to where it says text enter "ms0:/fontmod" Then click the "Replace" button and another box should come up that says "End search!" just click ok and then close the Replace box.

Step 12 - Save the file that you have just editied in the hex editor to the same folder that you opened it in parsedreg3a.

Step 13 - In the parsedreg3a folder the should be an application called "fixupdreg3" run that file and a command promt like app will open and stay open for a couple of seconds, once been open for a couple of seconds it should close automatically.

Step 14 - Now copy the files system.dreg and system.ireg back to the root of your memory stick

Step 15 - Now to get your personal font that you want to change to on your psp and put it anywhere on your computer so long as you know where it is

Step 16 - Now you have to download the font hack utility to convert the font to something your psp will understand, you can downloads it from here - http://www.psp3d.com/FHacker093.zip

Step 17 - Extract the contents of the file you have just downloaded in step 16 to your desktop

Step 18 - Click on the folder that has the font converter in, it should be called "Fhacker093" once in that folder double click on the icon called "FHacker" and it should open an app

Step 19 - Now the app is open there should be a drop down menu that says "firmware version" next to it, select 2.60

Step 20 - Now connect your psp to your computer and There should be a drop down menu next to where is says "Disk drive" and select your psp

Step 21 - Now just under the place where you have done steps 19 and 20 there should be a white space and next to it there should be some
text that says "Typeface" and on the other side of that there should be a button with 3 dots on it, click that and it should bring up a window where you
you can look around ur files for your font, find your font and click open, It should now load your font into the app

Step 21 - Now go down to the bottom of the app window and there should be a button that says "Add font" Click on that button and a window should appear asking you to name your font type, Type in the name of your font and click "OK"

Step 22 - your font should be ready to convert and install to your memory stick. Right at the bottom of the app under where the font is previewed, there should be a button that says " A Install font to the psp", (make sure that your psp is connected right before you click that button) leave the psp for 30 seconds and the font should be copyed to the memory stick and converted

Step 23 - Now once the font is on your memory stick close the Fhacker app

Step 24 - Dissconect the psp from your computer and go to the Photo menu on your psp and scroll down to the font hack folder and press start

Step 25 - Once the font hack app has been started and the menu appears Press the Circle button and give the psp 30 seconds. After the 30 seconds a white message should appear saying that the font has been installed, once that has appeared press the Home button and the psp should shut down

Step 26 - Leave the psp for 10 seconds then restart and wallah you should have your custom font!

Trouble shooting

1 - The font hack app might not load if you rename the font hack folder from the name it was when you unzipped the file

I think that just about covers it, if you have any more questions just post here in this thread!

I hope that this helped!

[Mariopop87]

The download for the hex editor wont work.

[benh]

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/hexplorer/hex_setup216.exe?use_mirror=kent

that should work

[nielsss]

yeah the hex editor didn't work for me

EDIT: the new link does:) thanks!

[Mariopop87]

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/hexplorer/hex_setup216.exe?use_mirror=kent

that should work
Now THAT one works.
Thanks.

[JKKDARK]

nice guide, man ;)

[nielsss]

oh yeah btw benh i live near market rasen in lincolonshire ;p

[Mariopop87]

Oh man!
It works!

Thank god it didn't get bricked... :D

[TCLCloud]

Nice guide, thanks very much, i needed it!

[Ihavenolife]

Thank you times a million.

Working on this thing (as I have very very limited knowledge of coding or anything) was a very rewarding thing. Thank you very very much!

[lewigi2012]

i followed each step crrectly and it doesnt work o_O

[benh]

It should work, what happens when you press the circle button

[mbskier]

didnt work for me... when i shut down my psp afther font instalation and swich it on it shows me that data is corropted and they will repare it.. i need to press <o> an then i dont have my font... what i sopose to do?? what did i do wrong??

[benh]

The only thing i can see going wrong is when you edit in the hex editor, I will post my editied registery files, and that cuts out the hard bit

[popkidd]

could you send me a font,i cant get mine to work,i think i did them wrong

[flyer]

could you tell me how to do a front step by step

[benh]

It tells you how to do a font step by step in my guide on page 1

[anthonywales]

I started mine back up after it restarted and it crashed i will tell you step by step what i did.

I copied the data files of the flash to the memory stick.
I edited the file.
Ran the the file fixupdreg3.exe
Put the data files back on the memory stick
Copied them to the flash
Restarted CRASHED

[benh]

strange have u tried using the registery files i edited posted as above

[anthonywales]

Yes I have i just remembered i also used the birdman1 font pack and i have a 2.8 psp if that means anything.

[benh]

No i tested it on a 2.80 it does work birdman1s font pack is ok to use and did using my registery files work

[scottyboynow]

This should Be A Sticky

[benh]

yes i agree, it helps a lot of people

[phazi]

Okay I think it is only me but I used this font armalite and converted it and used it successfully but then when I tried using my web browser it crashes? Is there something I did wrong?

[M!ckeY]

this is a great guide benh :)

[zidanerick]

Best Guide Ever!!! I've got a 2.8 and this worked first time, i just have to find a font that looks good now as the spiderman font looks pretty gruesome on the psp

[benh]

Okay I think it is only me but I used this font armalite and converted it and used it successfully but then when I tried using my web browser it crashes? Is there something I did wrong?

humm this is strange, i have never had this problem before. the only way things like this can go wrong is when you edit the registery, if you havnt tryed my edited registery files on page 2 then try them and if that dont work im stumped

any more questions or problems just feel free to ask

[johnsmith555]

how do we return it to the default/original font?

[benh]

how do we return it to the default/original font?

To return to your orginal font just go into settings > System settings and scroll down to Restore default settings and click on it, leave it untill it has done then it should restart and you should have your original font back.

[I_hate_firmware]

Okay I think it is only me but I used this font armalite and converted it and used it successfully but then when I tried using my web browser it crashes? Is there something I did wrong?
same here

[benh]

What firmware are you both running?, try my edited registery files on page 2 as well otherwise i dont know whats causing this

[keefurxxcore]

hey behn, your guide is GREAT i used it and everything worked out great! but when it restarted after installing the font, (after pressing home), my psp restarted, and original settings like it should. i entered all my settings and VOLLAH! no font?!?!! i used armeratto sour font of something liek that, i retired your guide and the same thing happened, no font! HELP?!?! my email is [email protected] send me an email if you can help!!!! my psp is fw 2.80 and its a t082 or w/e it is. thanks for your time!

-keef:eek:

[benh]

right when something like this goes wrong its usually when you edit the registery files, try using my editied registery files from page 2. and then try it with another font if all else fails

[keefurxxcore]

right when something like this goes wrong its usually when you edit the registery files, try using my editied registery files from page 2. and then try it with another font if all else fails

ok thanks behn, but where do i put the registry files from your website? and what are the steps after i do that??? thanks! :)

[keefurxxcore]

and where in the download sections of your website are the registry files?

[keefurxxcore]

oh wait nevermind i found and installed them let me see if it works now.....

[keefurxxcore]

YES IT WORKED THANK YOU BEHN!!!!!!!! your file is amazing and my PSP is now pi pi pi pi PIMPED OUTTTTTTT!!! i love it! thanks behn, keep up the GREAT work :) :D :eek:

[benh]

YES IT WORKED THANK YOU BEHN!!!!!!!! your file is amazing and my PSP is now pi pi pi pi PIMPED OUTTTTTTT!!! i love it! thanks behn, keep up the GREAT work :) :D :eek:

Glad you like my work :)

[keefurxxcore]

one more thing, sorry for being a bit of a pest and question asker but, how do i change the font again? if the old one is still installed?

[benh]

well if you want to change it to another custom font then repeat the process you have just done to get that font.
If you want to get back to the original font just go into system settings and restore default settings then you should have the default font back.

[keefurxxcore]

ok thanks behn im done with the questions! for now... lol

[XpspX]

ugh...i give up...nice tut though ^.^

[S-D]

when i click install font to psp this message pops up http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/3858/errordt0.th.png (http://img182.imageshack.us/my.php?image=errordt0.png)

[benh]

Thats odd i have never seen that error before let me think on it

[S-D]

oh, hang on i think its because i dont have enough memory.

if i delete the .dreg and .ireg files i made will it damage my psp

must have been a memory isue, working know

[burrito]

How do I make the custom font on my PSP bold?

[burrito]

When I get in FontHack and press O to change the font, then press home, my PSP restarts.
Next, I see the time in the custom font for 1 second then a blue screen comes up saying
"Setting information is corrupted. Press the O button to repair and restore default settings" in a lot of different languages.
So I press O and my PSP restarts asking for my name and the time. I enter that, then it goes to the main menu, and I have the default font again.
What am I doing wrong?

[benh]

When I get in FontHack and press O to change the font, then press home, my PSP restarts.
Next, I see the time in the custom font for 1 second then a blue screen comes up saying
"Setting information is corrupted. Press the O button to repair and restore default settings" in a lot of different languages.
So I press O and my PSP restarts asking for my name and the time. I enter that, then it goes to the main menu, and I have the default font again.
What am I doing wrong?

The blue screen only appears when you have currupt files on the nand flash memory chip, the only way you can get this problem is when you are resealing the files with the fixupdreg3 program, make sure you have both files in the folder and then run the fixupdreg3 program, it should only stay open for a second.

here are further instructions -

Step 4 - To modify the registery files you have just copyed across, you have to download a file from this link - http://freeplay.unaligned.org/parsedreg3a.zip

Step 5 - Once downloaded, Extract the file to the desktop of your computer, the folder should be called parsedreg3a once extracted

Step 6 - Plug in your psp to your computer and in the root of your psp there should be 2 files - one called system.dreg and another called system.ireg. Copy these files to the folder called parsedreg3a on your computer

Step 7 - Now it is time to download a simple Hex editor I recommend this hex editor - http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/sourc...x_setup216.exe

Step 8 - Run the Install file

Step 9 - Once installed run the hex editor and open the file system.dreg (NOT THE FILE SYSTEM.IREG!)

Step 10 - (Please note that the instructions for the hex editor I am about to give you are for the hex editor in step 7) Once the system.dreg file has been opened in the hex editor, Click on the find button and type in "flash0:/font" and click "Find" and some text should become highlighted.

Step 11 - Then click on the Replace button and it should bring up another window, There should be 2 places for text entery, The top box where it says "Find", Then next to where it says Text Enter "flash0:/font". Then in the bottom bit where it says "Replace to" and next to where it says text enter "ms0:/fontmod" Then click the "Replace" button and another box should come up that says "End search!" just click ok and then close the Replace box.

Step 12 - Save the file that you have just editied in the hex editor to the same folder that you opened it in parsedreg3a.

Step 13 - In the parsedreg3a folder the should be an application called "fixupdreg3" run that file and a command promt like app will open and stay open for a couple of seconds, once been open for a couple of seconds it should close automatically.

[froggie22]

what do u have to do if u want to return to the original text and not ur fonthack anymore? do u just delete all the fonthack files?

[froggie22]

and also when i start the psp up withoutt he mem stick in it the psp goes back to the original screens from when i first took it outa the box and startd it up with all the selection screens and stuff. is this normal?

[benh]

what do u have to do if u want to return to the original text and not ur fonthack anymore? do u just delete all the fonthack files?


]and also when i start the psp up withoutt he mem stick in it the psp goes back to the original screens from when i first took it outa the box and startd it up with all the selection screens and stuff. is this normal?

To return to your original default font you have to go into system settings and select restore deafult settings, and that will return your psp to its original font.

The reason the psp returns to like it is when its out of the box when you take the memory stick out is because you edited the registery files to read the font from the memory stick instead of the onboard nand flash memory chip, so when you take the memory card out and switch the psp on, the psp thinks its file are currupt because there is no font so it returns to default settings.

[burrito]

I did every step on page 1, but when I press O then wait a minute, and the text comes up saying it's done, I press home.
When I press Home, my PSP turns off and turns itself back on. Is it supposed to turn itself back on?
I hex edited the files then got in parsedreg3a for a second and it got out by itself.
What am I doing wrong?

[benh]

Yes it is supposed to turn itself off then back on again, Have you tried my edited registery files on page two, also if you look in the root of your memory stick there should be a folder called fontmd make sure that is there, also what firmware do you have?

[burrito]

I have a 2.71 TA-082 PSP.

Should the folder be called fontmod or FONTMOD?

I'm using your edited registry files. Still won't work :(

[XpspX]

I figured i couldnt just give up...so ive been trying for 3 days now anddd.....I FINALLY GOT IT!

:D Thanks alot!

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For those that need help use this file from benhs
website: http://www.filefactory.com/file/8622b3/

1) place the files into the root of your Memory stick

2)Download birdmans font pack v10: http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=10664&d=1159692150

3)go to the font folder (birdman1 font pack V10> FONT> PSP fonts) and pick a font (LTNO.pgf)

4)copy the font (LTNO.pgf) into the fontmod foler in the root of your psp. You should replace the one that is in there already, leaving the other files in the fontmod folder.

5)open the font hack installer (assuming you have it, if not get from the guide) and hit circle.

6) hit home when you get the text that it was completed to restart the psp.

7)when it boots up you should NOT get the blue screen of death and have your custom font.:D

hope i helped

[burrito]

I got it to work for 1 minute.
When I tried to get in the web browser, my psp froze so I hard reset it.
When I turned my PSP back on, it said the settings were corrupted so I had to press O.
My font and stuff got reset :(

[benh]

I have a 2.71 TA-082 PSP.

I have had a long long hard think and since you have tried everything i can only see one reason why this is not working for you is because you have a TA-082 motherboard. This may not be true but could someone else who has a TA-082 motherboard test this and see if it works for them and if it dosnt work on another TA-082 then we will know that is the problem!

[keefurxxcore]

it works on my TA-082

[phazi]

i have the same problem my ta 082 and froze at my web browzer is there a reson

[kill-the-bunny]

When it says add font it dos not work?

[kill-the-bunny]

plz some one help

Building font failed try using a larger font

[LilSwish722]

i got that exact same problem. so i had to find ones online that are TTF files. i couldnt get the PGN or whatever files to work but dont worry just go to google or something and look for Free PSP Fonts. and tons will show up. let me know if that helped

[kill-the-bunny]

thanx i will try

[kill-the-bunny]

what do i look up on google

HELP!!!

[kill-the-bunny]

i tryed the TTF file but still does not work same thing pops up on the screen
Building font faild..........

[kill-the-bunny]

IM o dam sorry 4 posting so menny posts but im geting off the comp in 35min
so plz help im beging you

[LilSwish722]

ok. first you have to unzip the files and then open up the font converter and make sure u have the edited registries, then u make sure your system version is on 2.6 or whatever versions u have. If you have 2.8 it has to be set for 2.6. Then you click the three dots and find the unzipped folder and open it up until you get the font. Click on the font TTF File and click the convert or whatever button and it should show up. Next click Install to PSP. then restart the system and u should have your custom font. Tell me your email adress and I will send you some PSP Fonts through email. Hope that helps. Let me know if it does or doesn't.

[kill-the-bunny]

ok ill try

[kill-the-bunny]

my email is ([email protected]) thanx 4 all your help. i like halo font and more. thanX

[LilSwish722]

ok i will find that font and send it to you asap.

[kill-the-bunny]

yeS Ook ThAnX one mo time

[LilSwish722]

lol no problem. any time you need help with fonts or other Tiff things just PM me or email me at [email protected]

[spike_132000]

Hey There, I have mirrored the Files just in case the other download links do not work!

http://fileupload.9999mb.com/pspfonthack/

This is where the 3 files can be found!

[LilSwish722]

ok kill_the_bunny. I sent a few fonts that have worked for me.

[XpspX]

If you follwo my steps on page 6 you CANT go wrong. Just use the birdman fontpack, it has tons of fonts. My personal favorite is RUFA...:)

[LilSwish722]

i tried birdmans and they were PGFs and they only kind i could get to work was TTFs.