Customizing the Roon theme

Damian_Kurgan · February 13, 2021, 6:03pm

Change FontFiles in roon main folder.

Here is discussion about that:

mikeb · February 13, 2021, 6:43pm

I see
what you
did there

A_dN · February 13, 2021, 6:49pm

That is because Roon really only uses the names Light and Dark when it is written in the name file in C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Roon\Application\100800756\Themes\ThemeName to show in the settings menu. It does not use the name of the theme directory (ThemeName in this example) in the settings menu. If you put any other word in the name file, it will show as Unknown (at least here on Win8).

Rugby · February 13, 2021, 6:56pm

Not always. Roon used to use the alternate names provided in that file.

danny2 · February 13, 2021, 7:50pm

Weird. I changed the font names,etc and nothing changed. Even undid it and did it again. And yes, I closed and restarted Roon.

Damian_Kurgan · February 13, 2021, 7:57pm

Choose one of them, and replaced all of them.
Close app, wait couple seconds and open. (found that app keep some data if restart - or maybe I am mistaken).

danny2 · February 13, 2021, 7:59pm

Just realized I misunderstood and did it wrong. Have it fixed now, thanks.

Robert_Gardiner · February 13, 2021, 8:40pm

I have been trying to change the fonts and have been reading the various threads but not able to get then to change, not sure what I have done wrong as thought was doing it correctly as was stated on one of the threads. I though I could add different fonts as long as I renamed after the one(s) I was replacing but that did not work.

Can I just delete the fonts I am not wanting and replace with other fonts in there place or does roon need to see the font name is the same as the fonts that were in the directory. Hope this makes sense if not just let me know and will try and explain better

Damian_Kurgan · February 13, 2021, 8:53pm

I am deducing this is a question?
Just overwrite not wanted font by other with changed name like deleted one. Remember always make a backup before operation.

Program has a reference to the font name.

Robert_Gardiner · February 13, 2021, 9:39pm

Yes it was a question lol.

What you have suggested I believe I had done which was rename the new font with the font name I was replacing in the roon directory. I had done this and the only font that seemed to change was the artist name font and nothing else not sure why that was in that case then. I will have another go and see what happens.

Thanks

Charles_Peterson · February 13, 2021, 10:41pm

There is some confusion with the pic of fonts numbered in red he posted. The explanation of how to do it is in the next post, not the one that accompanies the pic (it’s easy to miss Damian’s question mark). Took me a bit to figure out.

Robert_Gardiner · February 13, 2021, 11:31pm

Ah right I see what I did wrong I was not putting the word old in front of the font I was changing. I was just renaming the new font with the name of the font I was replacing and then overwriting said font in the roon directory.

I will have another look tomorrow at the fonts.

Rantanplanary · February 14, 2021, 7:43am

Hey Guys,

I just want to thank all of you who have worked this out. This is so cool… Im not happy with the update at all, but at least from layout side, this brings me back to a more positive look on Roon.

Thanks for that

Love your pale-blue-sky

Damian_Kurgan · February 14, 2021, 9:25am

You right. My bit unprofessional step in our new, growing, professional theme industry

Charles_Peterson · February 14, 2021, 3:16pm

Any idea what the font name is that is used for text bodies like reviews and bios? Is that the NotoSansCJKjp-Regular?

Damian_Kurgan · February 14, 2021, 4:40pm

Lato-Regular my Friend

When replaced with other type:

Leo_Reijnen · February 14, 2021, 4:47pm

Hello David, newbie here. Can you please explain how to implement these themes? Copy them to where? And are they then available in the app as a choice? Or do they replace the existing themes? I’m reading these threads in awe, but I often miss the basic steps. It’s like people discussing aerial loops without telling you how to get plane off the ground…

DaveN · February 14, 2021, 4:51pm

Hi @Leo_Reijnen, take a look at my first post in this thread. If you’re using a mac, this should give you the info you need to make a start. I’m not familiar with the process on a PC, but I think somebody else included the file path in either this post, or the one I linked. Good luck, and don’t break anything or you’ll get me in trouble with the moderators

Leo_Reijnen · February 14, 2021, 5:03pm

Thanks! I have Win10 and a Nucleus, so copying themes shouldn’t be a problem, I’ll just rename the official themes something like dark_old, then I guess I"ll be safe. I will be careful and won’t blame if I f***k up.

Damian_Kurgan · February 14, 2021, 5:08pm

Here is an instruction for Win.

You can use all themes posted in this and linked by @DaveN and me thread without a problem.
You can normally paste new folder and leave originals. In the theme menu will see Unknown - that means this is your unofficial, top secret, beauty and fresh theme
If Roon is not running when clicking to start that means somewhere is an error so have to reverse changes.