{"id":131244,"date":"2025-05-25T17:58:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T17:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/131244\/"},"modified":"2025-05-25T17:58:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T17:58:10","slug":"one-ui-7-is-a-customization-beast-but-lacks-this-1990s-era-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/131244\/","title":{"rendered":"One UI 7 is a customization beast, but lacks this 1990s-era feature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"e_ig\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  title=\"samsung one ui 7 font choices 2\"  alt=\"samsung one ui 7 font choices 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/samsung-one-ui-7-font-choices-2.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Andy Walker \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>Samsung\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/samsung-one-ui-7-surprise-changes-quick-settings-bad-3557232\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">One UI 7<\/a> has brought some much-needed pep to my phone. The new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/android-15-features-3401939\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Android 15<\/a>-based skin packs plenty of customization options, allowing me to craft the mobile environment of my dreams. However, despite the many, many options on tap, there\u2019s one omission that drives me crazy. One UI 7 still lacks support for custom typefaces.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung makes changing font faces in One UI 7 pretty easy. Jumping into the <strong>Settings<\/strong> app, scrolling down to <strong>Display<\/strong>, and hitting <strong>Font size and style<\/strong> opens up several tools to tweak the typeface. There are four fonts to choose from initially, with Default the, uh\u2026default. Samsung One, Gothic Bold, and Roboto are also available. However, hop on over to the Galaxy Store, and you\u2019ll find five additional free fonts and dozens of premium options. So, in total, there are nine font options readily available.<\/p>\n<p>Do you want more control over font faces on your phone?<\/p>\n<p>77 votes<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I&#8217;d love to use custom fonts that I have.<\/p>\n<p>39%<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I want Samsung and other OEMs to provide more official options.<\/p>\n<p>17%<\/p>\n<p>No, I&#8217;m happy with the fonts on my phone right now.<\/p>\n<p>44%<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_ig\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  title=\"samsung one ui 7 font choices 1\"  alt=\"samsung one ui 7 font choices 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/samsung-one-ui-7-font-choices-1.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Andy Walker \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>That may be plenty for most people, but not for me. Annoyingly, none of these fonts really appeals to me, either. I\u2019m running Samsung Sans, but it\u2019s so different from the default font options used by other apps that it makes One UI 7 feel disjointed. I\u2019d much rather have a more broadly integrated font with the apps and services I use.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s clear that Samsung allows fonts that aren\u2019t installed on the device at launch, but why are users forced to choose from those listed on its store? There\u2019s no technical limitation that\u2019s prohibiting user-provided fonts. It seems such an odd limitation for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/android-skins-ranked-3456185\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Android skin<\/a> that\u2019s become synonymous with customization.<\/p>\n<p>So why can\u2019t I install my own fonts? Security and compatibility?<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_ig\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  title=\"one ui 7 notifications split design hero\"  alt=\"Notifications in One UI 7 on a Galaxy S25 Ultra.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/one-ui-7-notifications-split-design-hero-scaled.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Joe Maring \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>Of course, there are perhaps security implications. Perhaps Samsung doesn\u2019t want to risk users installing fonts from untrusted sources, potentially weakening their device\u2019s security. However, it\u2019s safe to say that those who wish to use a particular font face likely tweak other facets of their device, and are therefore aware of the risks. And, if Samsung is truly worried about creating such a predicament for mom and pop, it could offer a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/samsung-good-lock-1079882\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Good Lock<\/a> module that gives experienced users more power.<\/p>\n<p>A Good Lock module will give power users more control over their fonts without introducing potential problems for others.<\/p>\n<p>It could also be a question of compatibility. Naturally, some fonts simply weren\u2019t designed with UI elements in mind. Installing an illegible font could break functionality entirely, leaving users with a device wipe as the only remedy. I\u2019d argue that some of the tools that Samsung provides can already do just this. Setting every UI element in Theme Park as white or black will do the trick. It\u2019s a great prank to play on others, too.<\/p>\n<p>To be fair to Samsung, at least the company lets users tinker with the fonts in any capacity. You can\u2019t even access a font style option on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-pixel-9-pro-revisit-2025-frustrating-3532609\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Pixel<\/a>. However, it\u2019s not as generous with its font selections as Xiaomi (albeit only in some regions). It\u2019s simply not enough.<\/p>\n<p>One UI 7 is a customization powerhouse with silly limitations<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_ig\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  title=\"Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge Battery Information Page One UI 7\"  alt=\"Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge Battery Information Page One UI 7\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Samsung-Galaxy-S25-Edge-Battery-Information-Page-One-UI-7.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>C. Scott Brown \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>I really enjoy using a device that feels cohesive. It\u2019s a big reason why Android 16\u2019s incoming Expressive changes appeal to me so much. Font faces are a big part of a user interface, and Samsung limiting users\u2019 options is short-sighted and anti-accessibility.<\/p>\n<p>Font faces are a big part of a user interface, and Samsung limiting users&#8217; options is short-sighted and anti-accessibility.<\/p>\n<p>I know that workarounds for installing custom fonts exist, and I\u2019ve tried a few myself. #mono_ is perhaps the most famous, and effectively masks custom fonts (.tff files) as Samsung Sans, fooling One UI into accepting it and using it once it\u2019s installed. However, I couldn\u2019t get it to work reliably on my Galaxy S24 FE, and eventually gave up. I\u2019ve seen other users mention that the app no longer works for them. zFont3 is another recommended option, but this isn\u2019t a problem that a third-party app should need to solve.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung bills One UI as a skin that lets users \u201cdo whatever you want effortlessly,\u201c but that couldn\u2019t be further from the truth. It\u2019s a shame that One UI 7, for all its positives, still lacks a feature many of us have enjoyed since the Windows 95 days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andy Walker \/ Android Authority Samsung\u2019s One UI 7 has brought some much-needed pep to my phone. 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