pygame Framework Font Troubles

[maselphie]

Oh no! Another font thread. But this is about the Ren'Py pygame framework. ^^;;
I'm still very beginner with Python coding, but I've been working with the pygame demo. I've tried everything, but I can't seem to define fonts. It's driving me literally crazy, so I worked up the courage to ask the gurus here. I figure this is a silly error on my part, like misplacement, or a misunderstanding of renpygame's call codes ...

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pygame.font.init()
MY_FONT = pygame.font.Font("SUPERHEL.ttf", 15)

As well as the variations that include "os_path_join(...)" to point to a font, all result in this error:

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  File "config.py", line 60, in <module>
  File "C:\...\Ren'Py\renpygame-demo\renpygame\font.py", line 35, in Font
error: font not initialized

As shown, I have a separate "config.py" file that I call, so I need it to be a global variable, but the error is the same anywhere I place it.
I've been reading the "aliens.py" from the demo like a bible, which helped for other instances, but not with fonts yet.

Any insight would be very, very much appreciated.

[PyTom]

Hm... you shouldn't create a font as a global variable, as that's too early. In renpygame, you can't do a pygame call until after Ren'Py has initialized, which is after the Ren'Py game has started.

[maselphie]

That makes perfect sense! Thank you very much.