Anyone that knows me well knows that I am always open to new ideas – always willing to try something new. New restaurant? I’m there. New TV show? Sure, why not? New app for my Nokia mobile phone? You bet. So, I am poking around in Ovi Store just about every day, to see what is available for my Nokia phone – and enjoying the steady increase in the number of new apps that are becoming available each week. One app that I tried over the summer was unavailable for a little while, but now it is back! And I am really glad that it is.

It’s a free application called FlipFont that promises to “change the user interface font on your phone making it more appealing and fun to use.” OK, it wasn’t a promise – that’s just in the description of the app. But, it was an interesting idea, and it obviously caught my attention. I proceeded to send the app to my Nokia E75 from the browser-based Ovi Store, and then completed the download and installation process for the app.

Here’s a video of FlipFont in action – no words, but the demo is fairly self-explanatory:

When you first start FlipFont, there are a couple of quick options, guiding you through the process of selecting a new font that will be displayed when using your mobile.

You pick one of the fonts listed, and then you will be able to see a preview of how text will be displayed, once that particular font is activated. I decided to try the one called Equinox.

You must restart your device for changes to the displayed font to take effect. And from there, the result is instantaneous. And, it updates the way fonts are displayed across applications on the device, as well as for things like characters displayed on the homescreen, and labels for folders.

It also changes the appearance of applications like Mail for Exchange, sending text messages, and web browsing – both in the Nokia browser, and in other mobile browsers, such as Opera Mini.

So, I don’t know if it makes my mobile phone any more fun to use, but I would agree that the display is more appealing now. Also, as you may have noted, when selecting a new font, all of the names are listed as “trial”, and you get two days to try out the fonts that come with this free version of the app. The same fonts that are included with the free app are listed as the fonts that you can purchase individually in Ovi Store (each font is available for purchase for $1.99). And now there is a wide selection of fonts available for you to choose from ranging from a calligraphic looking Agincourt to the classic Zapf Chancery (there are more than two dozen in fact) – take a look at the publisher’s page in Ovi Store to see the variety for yourself.

FlipFont is made by a company from Massachusetts called Monotype Imaging. The company lists a wide variety of Nokia compatible devices for this application – both S60 3rd Edition and S60 5th Edition (more than 45 Nokia devices in all) on their website.

And again, the app is free to download in Ovi Store. Give FlipFont a try – you might just start to see your Nokia mobile device in a brand new way.

PS – one more thing – this application is listed under the category of Entertainment – not Utilities. So if you are looking for it later, make sure you are looking through the right category list.