in game text font

matthewfarmery · Post by **matthewfarmery** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 9:58 am

I for one hate this new text font that has been chosen for the game, its hardly readable, (don't have great eye sight) EL main text font (briefings / HUD tutorial text options, is a lot better and clearer, but this new one is a mess, and not easy to read ot make out what many words are, is there a way to change the default font please? if that is possible I would buy the game, but the new font makes the game a lot harder to read and understand stuff, please bring back the old EL font for the text / main menu / briefings / tutorials, surely Im not the only one that is finding the text hard to read?

otherwise great job even though I not really played it much due to the issues with the font

thanks in advance

Driven · Post by **Driven** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 11:07 am

I believe theres a way to change the font.... check the last paragraph of the technical/known issues section of the readme in your install folder.

warsign · Post by **warsign** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 11:14 am

Yes there is a way to change font whatever you want. There is a section for this in the customizing kit that will be available soon.

You can buy your game freely...

matthewfarmery · Post by **matthewfarmery** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 11:57 am

hi thanks for that, good to hear about the customisation kit, until then can someone please tell me what fonts this game supports? I tried Arial, New Times Roman, and Roman, and where the text should be, its just blank, when I load the game

Roman
6
0
which from the helpfile is the format and the file is named setfont.txt
but anyone can tell me please the support fonts list? as there doesn't seem that is in the helpfile, I do have a few fonts installed

thanks in advance

edit

figured it out, just had to use a large number size before the text show up, around 30 or 40, Arial, roman and new times roman do work, my mistake was choosing a small number for the size, fixed now, time to go exploring,

[Edited on 9-17-2010 by matthewfarmery]

TGS · Post by **TGS** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 2:55 am

Whats odd is I actually found most of the text/fonts to be much clearer in the game... with exception to chat/messages that come in. And even the text in the coordinates.

The instrument panel text is more clear than in EL I think... and the other text is less. It's odd. I don't mind it too much except in cases where there are a couple characters that can be a bit difficult to read or decipher lol. I think I'll just see if I get use to it though. I don't like modding games if I can avoid it.

Post by **Marvin** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 2:57 am

I, too, had trouble with the font until I took Vice's advice as to which graphics driver to install.

Post by **Vice** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 5:11 am

I suspect some of the differences can also be in the resolution used for the game. At moderate to high resolutions (say 1680X1050 or 1920X1080), the new text will likely appear clearer and more legible to players (it's rendered at about double the resolution, which is also why you need to use much larger font sizes). But if you play the game at a lower resolution, it could be harder to see and less legible.

warsign · Post by **warsign** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 8:57 am

I like Mercenary's font actually, elegant and readable as well...

matthewfarmery · Post by **matthewfarmery** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 12:14 pm

that would explain why the text looks odd, I play at a low ress, 800x600, and even using the setfont file, I can't seem to find a decent size that makes the chat / tutorial text readable while keeping the HUD text large but not too large, I can't strike a balance, EL text and size in all areas was a lot better, I hope the customisation kit will do a better job of customising the different aspects of the screen, I will try a larger screen res, but its annoying as hell at the mo

SeeJay · Post by **SeeJay** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 12:23 pm

I use one monitor with 1280 x 1024 setting and the fonts are very clear and nice.

Galnospoke · Post by **Galnospoke** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 5:27 pm

I play 1280x1024 and font is ugly. Sorry, but it is ugly.

matthewfarmery · Post by **matthewfarmery** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 6:31 pm

if the old EL font was used, I wouldn't have a problem, at low resses, that font was clear, this one is terrible, please fix this font or release the customisation kit so that we can fix this ourselves, the setfont file, I seem to be having issues with, either the font is too large one area too small in others, please bring back the old EL font, as there wasn't anything wrong with it

Post by **Vice** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 6:54 pm

There was plenty wrong with the Legends font, according to more people than have commented on the new one so far. That's the problem, fonts look and work great on some systems, not so on others, look good to some people, not so to others. It's pretty subjective and system specific. However, you can apply the 'Impact' font in the setfont option to get the look of Legends back, although scaling and button frames will likely need fine tuning.