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#4088874 - 03/07/15 08:39 AM GUI question... :(  
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Sorry to pop-in like this...

...just installed everything yesterday an it looks amazing!!! thumbsup

But there is one thing bothering me...

The font of the main menu options is so small & twisted that I can't read it... sigh

Sorry, maybe it has been answered before, but my searches didn't find anything related to font fix...

If anyone can point me to a fix I would be most thankfull... help

Regards from an old GS2000 rider...


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#4088988 - 03/07/15 06:14 PM Re: GUI question... :( [Re: Aries0104]  
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Arial font used mostly, maybe something wrong with it in your system? will be easier to find a problem if you will provide some screenshots.

#4089800 - 03/09/15 07:55 PM Re: GUI question... :( [Re: Aries0104]  
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It's not the Arial in question...

The main option font on the right is somehow squished and deformed, practically unreadable...

...is it possible it's just on my system?

Can anyone post screenshots of their main menu?





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#4090595 - 03/11/15 12:58 PM Re: GUI question... :( [Re: Aries0104]  
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Originally Posted By: Aries0104
It's not the Arial in question...
The main option font on the right is somehow squished and deformed, practically unreadable...
...is it possible it's just on my system?

The font on the right looks very curly - the same font as the word 'Main' and 'Combat' in the screenshots?

It looks like the font is rendered with too much slant and/or skipping alternate lines - so my first guess is something to do with the font definition and/or type. If it is a newer type of font it might be missing some old-compatible definitions that the software assumes to exist, or it has too many bits...?


#4090609 - 03/11/15 01:24 PM Re: GUI question... :( [Re: Aries0104]  
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Can you give me a screenshot of your main menu Doctor_Wibble or anyone else?

So that I know the problem is tied to my machine...

Does anyone know if that particular font can be changed to Arial in some config file?



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#4090625 - 03/11/15 02:00 PM Re: GUI question... :( [Re: Aries0104]  
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The fonts should look something like they are on http://eechcentral.simhq.com/index.php?title=Multiplayer_guide

If you need to know the options, on 'Main' they are
- Combat
- Pilots
- Options
- Credits

I don't know where you would change the font, unless it is picking it up from one of your system preferences, or the curly one has been mis-labelled as 'Arial'? Or it is assuming that Arial is the first in an alphabetical list so if you have one called Aaaaardvark* you should rename it.



* see also the printed yellow pages (in UK at least) in particular the 'plumbers' section

#4090753 - 03/11/15 05:44 PM Re: GUI question... :( [Re: Aries0104]  
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I can see both menu items and page name uses ArBold font, but they looks different. also I have no such font installed, and, looks like, some other "postcard" font used instead. try to install missed font, or just any other with that name, maybe it will work.

I found that SteelAb is used for titles. but I haven't it too.


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#4094781 - 03/21/15 08:14 AM Re: GUI question... :( [Re: Aries0104]  
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I can't find fonts with such names... confused

Can you tell me where or how do you see which fonts the game is using / trying to use?

Thanks!


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#4094783 - 03/21/15 08:20 AM Re: GUI question... :( [Re: Aries0104]  
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Hm... I found this from 2009:

http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/2847195/1

http://bugs.enemyengaged.net/view.php?id=20

It must be an unsolvable problem that emerges on some configurations... doh...


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#4094789 - 03/21/15 08:56 AM Re: GUI question... :( [Re: Aries0104]  
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Fired up a process file handle monitor...

cohokum.exe opens up these files related to fonts:

D:\Razorworks\common\fonts\fontbase.dat
D:\Razorworks\common\fonts\fontdata.dat

Is there a way to edit these files?

Can you send me your versions of these files?

These files are also on the install DVD of EECH but are of different size and dont work if placed instead.

I so much want to solve this...


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#4094910 - 03/21/15 05:07 PM Re: GUI question... :( [Re: Aries0104]  
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Good luck <link

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#4095174 - 03/22/15 01:26 PM Re: GUI question... :( [Re: Aries0104]  
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Unfortunately, it didn't work...

Your files truly are different in size of the ones I have but the problem persists... frown

Thanks XIII, for trying...



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#4095198 - 03/22/15 02:11 PM Re: GUI question... :( [Re: Aries0104]  
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I have this files in ...\cohokum\fonts\
you have in different folder.try make this folders and copy files .
You can try buy/download wink version eech from gog.is diifferent version than norml cd.

#4096686 - 03/25/15 11:32 AM Re: GUI question... :( [Re: ]  
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Originally Posted By: XIII
I have this files in ...\cohokum\fonts\

Mine are there too - even in my pre-mod 'clean version' 1.4.6X it looks like it's always been there so I don't know why it's under 'common'.

#4096866 - 03/25/15 04:57 PM Re: GUI question... :( [Re: Aries0104]  
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after messing with fonts initialisation code I can explain several things:
- font files are ereased every initialisation (game start or resolution change), so no point to replace these files - they will be deleted anyway
- even if I make game to not delete them and use shared by XIII files - they looks different but still not properly
- I can change font name in the code on any installed and it will work, but I'm not sure it will fix problem with font height; I can try to make additional eech.ini strings for fonts manual configuration, but same can be done by installing font with necessary name in the system, for example I opened Simplex_.ttf in hex editor and replaced all S.i.m.p.l.e.x text with A.r.B.o.l.d... (dots are actually 00 chars), after it's installation Simplex font is used for menu items

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#4101830 - 04/05/15 09:31 AM Re: GUI question... :( [Re: Aries0104]  
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Can you please upload that edited font file?

I tried with a hex editor and can't seem to do it right... frown


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#4101852 - 04/05/15 11:32 AM Re: GUI question... :( [Re: Aries0104]  
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https://app.box.com/s/luu0m8y36kncenmqfky9kfpe53qb6pmv make sure system recognize it like ArBold.

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