[Quelty]

There's been a bit of interest in Fly_zo's Winter Gui thread about changing fonts and sizes, so here's a bit of a tutorial on how I did it.



Firstly let me say this is not my idea, I found the information elsewhere - there is also a thread in this forum but the link in it is dead;

The font I used on this is SCRIPTBL.TTF - you can get it from http://www.fontonic.com/download.asp?id=5076

This is what I did;

1. Create folder called font under il2root/Files folder - structure looks like il2root/Files/font

2. Using the sfs extractor open files.sfs and extract these 5 files to a temporary folder - arial8.font, arialb8.font, arial10.font, arialb10.font, and arialb12.font



3. Copy or move those 5 files from your temporary folder to your il2root/Files/font folder

4. Once you have downloaded the font file you want to use (in this case, SCRIPTBL.TTF) copy or move it to the font folder.

5. At least 3 font files now need to be edited (the 2 arial8.font files control the FMB menu and I didn't change them, you can if you wish) - Open arial10.font in Notepad/Wordpad and you will see something like this;

[quote][ClassInfo]
ClassName TTTextureFont
[TTFFile]
// Il-2-Arial.ttf
arial.ttf [color=yellow]

[Strafe]

!!!!
It was my wish since I start to use MODs. Thank you very much.

[making153]

Been waiting for this mate - thanks for the PM !!

[Vpmedia]

check FMB because I had problems when I tried similar thing...or maybe it was just me replacing wrong font

[fly_zo]

nice ....

many thanks for tuto

Z

[Guest]

Nice one, thanks, Quelty!

:lol:

[_-JARMOPOWER-_]

Hmm.. not working i did something wrong... cant request any better instructions...

[Quelty]

check FMB because I had problems when I tried similar thing...or maybe it was just me replacing wrong font

I prefer the default arial for the FMB, using the same font as the main screen gives me screenshot below, which is a bit harder to read (imo) ;



@Jarmopower which bit of the instructions don't you understand, maybe I can explain better?

Cheers

Quelty

[icozv]

Thanks, Quelty very thanks :wink:

[Guest]

Hmmm....no. I installed to the letter as per instructions, and nothing changes.
I'm wondering if there's a possible conflict somewhere...
I'm using another mod from awhile back that changes the font size(smaller).
Anyone got any ideas? :?: :?:

[Quelty]

Hmmm....no. I installed to the letter as per instructions, and nothing changes.
I'm wondering if there's a possible conflict somewhere...
I'm using another mod from awhile back that changes the font size(smaller).
Anyone got any ideas? :?: :?:

BBM, you could try disabling the reduction mod (edit folder name and put a - at the front) and see if that stops the conflict. I don't have it to test.

The most common errors that I have seen have been, - folder named fonts instead of font and changing the character size for the incorrect screen res.

Cheers

Quelty

[making153]

I love this mod !! Been waiting for this for ages well done mate !!

Have you discovered where the AIRCRAFT LABEL font/sizes are stored ??

Merry Xmas

[Quelty]

I love this mod !! Been waiting for this for ages well done mate !!

Have you discovered where the AIRCRAFT LABEL font/sizes are stored ??

Merry Xmas

To be honest, the thought didn't even occur to me to look for them as I usually fly with no icons or very limited ones, I'll have a look at things over the xmas break and see what I can find - You could try experimenting with the other font files in files.sfs - extract them and change fonts to see what they do.

Cheers and Merry Xmas

Quelty

[making153]

Hi Quelty,

Found a few other font entries but nothing that appears to effect aircraft labels ? You had any luck ?

Happy 2009!

[Quelty]

Hi Quelty,

Found a few other font entries but nothing that appears to effect aircraft labels ? You had any luck ?

Happy 2009!

Cheers making153, like you I played around with this a little over the break, but haven't been able to discover anything new so far

Cheers

Quelty