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Fonts on Memory Stick - Customizing your PSP Font!

greg | March 20, 2006

TeamOverload, along with Freeplay and Skylark, have released a cool little PSP mod allowing you to customize fonts used in the PSP menu interface.

Best of all - it works on all current firmware versions [1.00 - 2.60]!

Additional requirements:

Below are the instructions quoted from ‘fontsonms.txt‘: (supplied in the download package below)

  1. Boot up FileAssistant 0.4
  2. Go to disk, and change one side over to PSP Bios 1. Press O on registry to get to the registry.
  3. Select Copy, and copy both the system.dreg, and system.ireg files.
  4. Change to The PSP Bios 0. Select copy, and copy the whole font folder.
  5. Exit FileAssistant, and go into USB mode.
  6. Open up the system.dreg file in a hex editor. Change flash0:/font to ms0:/fontmod.
  7. Save the file.
  8. Copy BOTH the system.dreg and system.ireg into the location where you have the parser, such as C:\Documents and Settings\YourName\Parse for easy access.
  9. Boot up command prompt (Start -> Run -> ‘cmd’), and type ‘cd parse’ to go to the directory. After that type ‘fixupdreg2′ and it should repair your reg file.
  10. Copy the system.dreg and system.ireg back to your PSP.
  11. Boot up FileAssistant again.
  12. On one side go to PSP Bios 1 and then go to Registry.
  13. Find where you put your system.dreg and system.ireg and copy them both over to the registry.
  14. Exit FileAssistant and enjoy!

Download Font Customization Pack - includes custom italicized font from TeamOverload.

Don’t feel overwhelmed - it’s quite easy to accomplish; however, if you’re unsure about things we recommend NOT attempting this. Otherwise - as a safe alternative - you can use the MPH Firmware Launcher to emulate the firmware without actually writing anything back to the flash.

- via qj -

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52 Comments »

Comment by Chris
2006-03-20 17:10:51

#1 and this hacks sounds lame. Even for 2.6 still lame. i an’t taking a chance.

P.S. This is the first time i’m #1 of any updates. :)

 
Comment by JMB
2006-03-20 17:13:33

looks ok but i aint gonna take any risks jus 2 change a font

 
Comment by mz8691
2006-03-20 17:17:06

ya #3,this this coolbut is it easy?i wouls love to change my fonts!

 
Comment by restless
2006-03-20 17:18:08

props…

 
Comment by mikatukana
2006-03-20 17:22:47

Heh, it’s safe if you know what you’re doing, if not, well, you may be screwed. I actually created a folder on my flash1 where i store some ’secret’ information i don’t want people to see, yet i want to have access to. Gotta love File Assist.

Anyways, nice job Team overload.

Also, it’s always wise to make a back up copy of any and all files you that edit. That way, if you do make a “boo-boo” (which can be devastating in hex files), you always have your original.

Oh, and question: Does anyone know the sizes of flash0 and flash1?

 
Comment by delirum
2006-03-20 17:24:42

32mb i think

 
Comment by danny
2006-03-20 17:36:56

not worth it if u dont know how 2 do it but if u can its good at ur own risk tho

 
Comment by Lotje
2006-03-20 17:55:09

ditto all

 
Comment by hi
2006-03-20 18:06:14

hey, could file assistance be used to downgrade the psp since it can access and change all of the psp’s internal files?

 
Comment by mz8691
2006-03-20 18:06:26

im copy every thing on my psp!i love fileass.

 
Comment by rocket
2006-03-20 18:12:30

fuck i del. the wrong file now its brickt :(

 
Comment by rocket
2006-03-20 18:12:46

lol

 
Comment by Hydro!
2006-03-20 18:36:34

11. Tosser!!

 
Comment by johnnybgood
2006-03-20 18:45:02

good hack but very confusing

 
Comment by LOL
2006-03-20 18:55:31

What the hell this thing is good for? Changing font? Do they mean background? Cuz everyone can do it.

 
Comment by LOL
2006-03-20 18:55:48

Ah nvm font ROFL! nvm sorry. this is useless.

 
Comment by gamecrazy23
2006-03-20 19:09:38

rawrs… i need help…

when it says to type fixupdreg2 in command prompt, it doesnt do anything… anyone know wats wrong??

 
Comment by corporate trash
2006-03-20 19:34:14

the normal font that psp comes with is the best

someone should turn this into something better

 
Comment by metalspector
2006-03-20 19:49:21

I’d liked to change the font but I don’t want to risk the psp , I’m not rich and for me losing 250 dollars is so sad. But iw ould be very nice to change the font , really great app.

 
Comment by johny 5
2006-03-20 20:21:54

umm you have to be stupid to brick your psp and i think your lieing
and no one is risking $250 if you know what your doing. i don’t recommend any one doing this if they haven’t ever “hacked” into their psp and are n00bs and i don’t know y everyone is so skared “i don’t want to risk it” everybody has to take chances in life so what the hell :-) so if you fuck up your psp don’t go and cry just take the responsibility or just kicked back with a “stock” psp which hasn’t been hacked well us other ppl are taking advatages of the great work of hackers

 
Comment by CAN73L0P3
2006-03-20 21:18:15

haha this is pretty damn easy to do, they need better fonts though

 
Comment by psper
2006-03-20 21:22:53

hey cant we use fileassistant v0.09 or anything besides v0.04 i cant figure that one out

 
Comment by CAN73L0P3
2006-03-20 21:30:13

they should have the pre-modded system.dreg and the system.ireg files for download for the dumbasses who cant figure it out

 
Comment by johnnybgood
2006-03-20 22:20:54

my psp fucking bricked. wtf…..

 
Comment by Vartillius
2006-03-20 23:01:58

#1
Shut the hell up with the I’m #1 shit. Who cares.

#20 You sir are an idiot. At some point you must have been new to hacking your psp, noone just knows things you know. You have to learn from somewhere.

To be honest though it doesnt seem worthwhile. Its great but I’m not going to use a different font, it seems like too much work for something so useless. Its really only cosmetic, and unless you know how to write your own fonts its not unique.

 
Comment by iOWNuNOOB
2006-03-21 00:25:38

haha bricked @24…. thats y u dont take the chance lol newb…. i dont care about my fonts theyr good as it is

 
Comment by psp2.5
2006-03-21 05:38:50

omfg this is so cool! did this mean that i can downgrade my 2.5? omg! thx so fuckin mush! i have always dream about a 1.5 psp.. and now my dreams comes true!:)
you guy rock! keep up the fuckin good work!!

 
Comment by JACKtheRIPPER
2006-03-21 10:07:57

#1 You’re Lame!!!!!

 
Comment by JACKtheRIPPER
2006-03-21 10:17:25

For all those who are scared of bricking your “love” (psp), just buy your next one from Wal-Mart and take it back when ever you want!! I took 4 of my psp’s back, one bricked! No questions asked. They’ll take anything back!

 
Comment by dave
2006-03-21 12:12:21

Re:29
Oi but if u have a precious 1.5 like me, u would not want to take if back cuz its very unlikey they will even have a 2.0.

 
Comment by cmd659270
2006-03-21 13:48:12

30 just downgrade
i wish there was a 3d embossed font pack for this mod

 
Comment by The German! Oo
2006-03-21 15:56:08

Lol I did it! xD
At first wrong, but the PSP Repairt everything by itself *happy* xD”

Forgett the “fixupdreg2″ shit, I did it without it, its Useless! :/

Yeah good work but nothing special tghe new font is! oO

(Sorry 4 my bad englisch, if you dont loke it go an buy e cookie! :p )

 
Comment by poorlymadepizza
2006-03-21 16:48:26

@poeple saying they brick their PSPs, it’s impossible, all you’re doing is editing the psp BIOS 1 which is recoverable. If any files, or corrupt data is missing from BIOS 1, upon restart of your psp BIOS 0 will on its own replace the missing or corrupt files. So it’s mostly fool proof.
Plus BIOS 0 isent editable in 2.00 and above, and if for some reason you deleted files on BIOS 0 and have a 1.5 psp, you sir are screwed…

 
Comment by adam
2006-03-21 17:18:52

#33 how do u know that?

for all we kno ppl who are using fileassistant can aalso be screwing around wit hthe files and dont even know it

 
Comment by poorlymadepizza
2006-03-21 18:16:16

becuase File assit only allows you to read psp BIOS 0 in 2.00+
The only why to brick your psp is deleting psp BIOS 0 files through a 1.50 psp.

 
Comment by JACKtheRIPPER
2006-03-22 13:03:13

fuck 1.5!! 2.0 Fo Eva!!!

 
Comment by hibbity
2006-03-22 18:33:18

the font is kinda cool, but the best part is that it only takes a few seconds to change it back. just go to bios0 and copy the font folder to the root of yourr stick, and then make a copy of the fontmod folder, and rename whichever one you prefer to “fontmod”

 
Comment by Inky
2006-03-23 00:20:17

this didnt work
this shit is lame i almost brikd my psp no one use it make it into an exe format and i’ll use it till then no way i did exactly what the read me told me to, i turn off my psp turn it on and it shuts down then some blue screen with chinees letters tells me to just press o now i do and it reinstalld back to the first day i got it Lame
fucking lame
!!!!

 
Comment by Vartillius
2006-03-23 00:22:13

#36 eat my cock. I have 1.5, and I wont upgrade until there is more wi fi functionality with 2.0+. Until that day 1.5 all the way!

 
Comment by ur momma
2006-03-23 14:37:42

fixupdreg2 doesnt do anything in Comand Prompt (yes i had the folder with the two system files in them open).

 
Comment by Inky
2006-03-24 00:21:16

i was # 38 and i got it to work with some help from freeplay !!!! thnks alote guys n girls ;) lol it’s all about the palls that help

 
Comment by chingon
2006-03-24 20:10:35

ey can your stupid little pendejito or for those who dont speak spanish your dumb ass 1.5 send all of your music from your computer through rss to your 2.X psp 2.6 bitch

 
Comment by assesoffire
2006-03-25 15:48:28

this is amazing!!!! it really is worth it, it looks so cool and no-one else has a clue how to do it

 
Comment by assesoffire
2006-03-26 16:52:12

1.5 users are asses. you bought a GAMES CONSOLE. it doesn’t count if you need 2 hack it to play games

 
Comment by Jonathon
2006-03-29 19:18:09

I tried this and failed. It didnt brick my psp, all it did when i started up my psp is change back to default settings, which isnt a big deal.

 
Comment by thrice
2006-04-01 09:55:32

EASY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 
Comment by deathman20
2006-04-01 19:42:44

Man that was fricken easy. I have 2.6 bios and it worked flawlessly. Was an easy 1,2,3 thing and definatly welcomed the new font change.

 
Comment by Mohammed
2006-04-03 15:38:34

i dont get the parser part could some one me with the whole thing because my psp reset all the information

 
Comment by Mohammed
2006-04-03 16:19:57

i cant get this fuckin thing to work. wtf. fuckk this shit man someone please help

 
Comment by tom
2006-04-09 11:01:50

yer wtf got up to the bit where it said alot of stuff about the paser wtf is the paser is it the font file?

 
Comment by asif
2007-01-16 13:51:51

psp start, but on the start in error press 0 to default setting and restor, but not restoring and not any screen any thing

 
Comment by BOGBITE
2007-02-20 19:52:44

huh huh huh

 
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