An astute programmer manages to push the limits of the operating system to install new fonts on an iPhone.
His name is Zhuowei Zhang and won’t ring a bell. However, since his latest app from him is going viral by the minute, she might start to sound a lot more familiar to you by now. This developer of software, as he himself explains in the tweet that we show you below these lines, managed to change the OS font of Apple, we have told you some tricks for iOS 16.
In reality, what has been achieved is to change the type of letters and numbers that appear in applications, on the home screen or on the lock screen, so that you can change appearance for one terminal to which Apple is giving more and more customization, but not all that many people would like. If you’re a fan of “tinkering” with terminals, your app might interest you.
Made an app that overrides the iOS system font using CVE-2022-46689.https://t.co/LnzMbA2VYA
Works on iOS 16.1.2 and earlier on non-jailbroken devices.
Four fonts are included: DejaVu Sans Condensed, Serif, Mono and Choco Cooky (because Samsung). pic.twitter.com/gTSWDB62EH— Zhuowei Zhang (@zhuowei) December 26, 2022
No need to jailbreak, even you can change your iPhone font
Zhang he claims to have used exploit CVE-2022-46689with which he reached overwrite the original source of the iPhone operating system, so now any user with some skill in installing unofficial applications can get a terminal with a radically different look, by removing the default font, which is called San Francisco. and exploit affects terminals with iOS 16.1.2 or earlier versionsbut since iOS 16.2 has already been released, if you have updated you will not be able to enjoy the font change.
This is the final version for my iOS system font override app on iOS 16.1.2 without Jailbreak.https://t.co/W810eiDKwN
Import custom fonts (fonts must be ported for iOS)
Replace emoji and simplified ChineseI hope this inspires developers to experiment with CVE-2022-46689. pic.twitter.com/OVUthcxX3z
— Zhuowei Zhang (@zhuowei) December 28, 2022
The developer tested using four new fonts On OS: DejaVu Sans Condensed, Serif, Mono and Choco Cooky. Perhaps the first three are familiar to you, but the fourth has a curious name that only by seeing it in action will you be able to guess where it comes from. Yes, it looks like this developer part too space for your staff fun twistsince that source called Chocolate biscuit that’s what usually comes pre installed on devices SAMSUNG. As you’ll see, it’s quite ironic to reproduce the look of an iPhone font with Samsung’s touch.
Zhang ensures that the installation and application of his software does not involve any type of risk, because if you have problems with the new fonts, simply restarting the iPhone will bring everything back to normal. If you want try this softwareyou must only go to the project’s GitHub page, although its installation is not very simple, due to the obstacles that Apple poses to being able to install apps that are not in its App Store. Of course, anyone who’s mastered the world of iOS a little should have no problem adding new fonts to their iPhone.
