How do I change the font?

[The Sea King]

How do I change the font in the main menu and in the messages?

 

[kyonides]

This example would determine the way all the text messages / menu windows will be displayed.

class Font
  begin
    Font.default_name = "Times New Roman" # hab?a escogido Century Gothic 30
    Font.default_size = 20
    Font.default_bold = false
  end
end

If you need to change the font of a single window, you can enter this line of code inside any "def refresh" included in any script or wherever you find a self.contents.draw_text(0, 0, 100, 32, "your message", 0).

self.contents.font.size = 27

 

[The Sea King]

question...in what script do I have to change it in...??"?

 

[kyonides]

man, that depends on your needs...

 

[The Sea King]

In the main menu and in the messages.

 

[SephirothSpawn]

Tell me the exact font settings you want for each window...

 

[kyonides]

@The Sea King
Font.default_name = "Times New Roman"
Font.default_size = 20
Font.default_bold = false
Font.default_italic = false

The 1st one lets you choose the font name. It may be "Arial", "Verdana", etc. Just type the name as you can see it on Word, WordPerfect, OpenOffice.org, etc.

The 2nd one lets you define the size, a value between 8 and 32.

The 3rd one lets you choose if the font would use the "bold" feature or not. true means it will be used, false means it won't.

The 4th one lets you choose if the font would use the "italic" feature or not. true means it will be used, false means it won't.

 

[The Sea King]

Thanks shadowball. I want these settings:

Font.default_name = "Modern"
Font.default_size = 16
Font.default_bold = false
Font.default_italic = false

But where do I put them now?

 

[Yivyn]

Put them in Main.

#==============================================================================
# ** Main
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#  After defining each class, actual processing begins here.
#==============================================================================

begin
   [b]Put the code here! After begin.[/b]
  # Prepare for transition
  Graphics.freeze
  # Make scene object (title screen)
  $scene = Scene_Title.new
  # Call main method as long as $scene is effective
  while $scene != nil
    $scene.main
  end
  # Fade out
  Graphics.transition(20)
rescue Errno::ENOENT
  # Supplement Errno::ENOENT exception
  # If unable to open file, display message and end
  filename = $!.message.sub("No such file or directory - ", "")
  print("Unable to find file #{filename}.")
end

 

[Yivyn]

But it's simpler than that code...

just add this:

Font.default_name = "Font Name Here"

after Begin.

 

[kyonides]

Don't forget about the font size!!!

 

[The Sea King]

ok... I tried that code also but it also didn't work...

(I downloaded a project [World Map Script] and the text doesn't even want to show...)

 

[kyonides]

wait... let me ask you something... did you use an unusual TrueType font?

 

[The Sea King]

No...I used at first New Times Roman

 

[kyonides]

please post any of the problematic scripts that doesn't show the text message. I'll try to check it out and fix the errors, unless someone else comes first and works on its correction...