Beginner Trying to Change Fonts

[dueceladouce]

I'm trying to change the font for the game but can't get it to work. I've put the .ttf file in the game directory and changed the gui code accordingly, but the default font is being used instead. I know I'm missing something and have read through the documentation a couple times now and am clueless to where I messed up. Does the .ttf file have to go somewhere specific? Is this a failsafe for if the font doesn't work? I'm at a total loss.

[Per K Grok]

I'm trying to change the font for the game but can't get it to work. I've put the .ttf file in the game directory and changed the gui code accordingly, but the default font is being used instead. I know I'm missing something and have read through the documentation a couple times now and am clueless to where I messed up. Does the .ttf file have to go somewhere specific? Is this a failsafe for if the font doesn't work? I'm at a total loss.

My guess is that the problem is in this part "changed the gui code accordingly", though I'm unclear on what you done wrong, that would not result in an error message.


I will generally for neatness make a subfolder for fonts in the gamefolder.

To use a font I would then do this

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

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


The program will look in the game folder but not go into subfolders unless that is included in your definition.

I don't think this is the problem you have since that would generate an error message


One possibility could be that you have not saved the change in the gui file and that the program runs the unchanged version.

[dueceladouce]

I did get it working so I probably just missed something dumb along the way. I will start using a subfolder for fonts though since that's a real good idea. Plus, that way my tomfoolery doesn't amount to nothing. One of these days I'll figure this coding thing out.