How on earth do you change the dialogue font and color??

[thirstyoctopus]

Hello everyone

I'm pretty new to Ren'Py but really liking it so far as I'm constructing my first VN. However I'm having great difficulty doing things which I would think would be quite easy. Currently the font for the dialogue box is standard Verdana (I think) and I want to personalise it by changing the colour and face to match my game style.

Currently I tried this in the config.rpy file:

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init python:

    style.default.font = "KGPrimaryPenmanship2.ttf"
    style.default.size = 18
    style.default.color = "#19dddc"

And although no errors get thrown, the font does not change at all. I also tried:

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style default:
    font "KGPrimaryPenmanship2.ttf"
    size 18
    color "#19dddc"

as suggested by PyTom in another thread but it throws errors as invalid syntax.

Short of adding the font information in each character's define statement (which means the 'narration' text isn't affected) I don't really know how else to change this?

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated as I am still learning, thank you in advance.

Michael

[scarletthinks]

Hi!
First, put the font file (KGPrimaryPenmanship2.ttf, in this case) in your game folder (that's really important, since it won't work otherwise). Then, simply change this part in gui.rpy

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## Fonts and Font Sizes ########################################################

## The font used for in-game text.
define gui.text_font = "DejaVuSans.ttf"

## The font used for character names.
define gui.name_text_font = "DampfPlatzs.ttf"

## The font used for out-of-game text.
define gui.interface_text_font = "DejaVuSans.ttf"

however you like~
You can also change font size, color and everything regarding text in gui.rpy, too!

[thirstyoctopus]

Ah - I think that was my issue, I was putting it in the wrong file! Thank you!