i finnally got this to work.must have been operator error cause it was really easy.
thanks to Lowyat.com for the tip
There are times when a person gets tired of the way his/her phone’s UI looks, on most occasions the simple task of changing the theme acts as a refreshment, but those of you who seek more - read on. Changing fonts on the 5800 is a simple matter of copying a folder across and restarting the phone, the process takes under 2 minutes and should you want to go back to the original fonts, that takes even lesser time.
Below are a few demos of different fonts on the 5800, there is a download link at the bottom of each set should you decide to try the font on your own device.
PROCEDURE TO APPLY NEW FONTS
* Connect the phone in the ‘Mass Storage’ profile to the computer. Alternatively, you can use the memory card reader.
* Goto the Memory Card, it shows up as a Removable Disk in ‘My Computer’. (Windows)
* Navigate to the ‘resource’ folder and open it.
* Copy the ‘Fonts’ folder into in. (Download links to Sample folders below)
* Eject the device and restart.
* You should see the new fonts applied.
here are three sample font folders....make sure the folder is named 'fonts'
Fonts1 <---- download
fonts2 <----
fonts3 <----
if you look in the fonts folders they are all the same name(in the seperate folders)
this is what you need to name the fonts if you make your own
i am using font1 and LOVE IT