UI tweak

ForAllDankind · Post by **ForAllDankind** » Thu Apr 23, 2020 3:35 pm

As a font guy, I feel the current interface needs a font redo. This is what I had in mind. I'm not a games coding guy so someone would have to get me copies of the images to overhaul and do the integration, but if this is something you definitely want to integrate let me know.

King of Worms · Post by **King of Worms** » Fri Apr 24, 2020 9:40 am

Hi, can u pls share the png files so I can put it in the game and see how it fits there pls?
I can send you the image files no problem either way, today evening.

I think the font is nice, but Id add a small shadow below it.Now it feels a bit flat and not integrated to the main image, but thats just my opinion.

ForAllDankind · Post by **ForAllDankind** » Fri Apr 24, 2020 9:58 am

Here you go. I just used screen caps from a 1080p stream to make them, so I can only assume they are the required dimensions. I can redo from the originals if necessary. At the moment there are 5 or 6 different fonts throughout the game, which should ideally be reduced to one. The base font for this is pretty good for both all caps and standard mixed case text so I think it is a good candidate, perhaps with some fine tuning. Increasing the directional shadow is a fairly simple task. At the moment it is omnidirectional just to make sure the letters contrast against various color backgrounds.

King of Worms · Post by **King of Worms** » Fri Apr 24, 2020 11:00 am

Looks good in game, there are some artifacts, but thats because I loaded it up as a loose file I guess, and maybe due to the internal resizing.

Spoiler!

Im sending you a PM with all the HUD files which contain any text, maybe you will come up with something

Kzer-Za · Post by **Kzer-Za** » Fri Apr 24, 2020 7:14 pm

I actually like the old font better. Since the background looks three-dimensional, like it is hewn of stone slabs, it requires that the letters also look three-dimensional. And the old font does look like it, like the letters are maid of golden wire pressed onto the stone. The new letters, even with shadows, look like the are painted on the stone.

Besides, the new letters are too big, in most cases their edges almost go over the borders of the buttons.

I'm sorry to be so negative, but to me it does not look better.

ForAllDankind · Post by **ForAllDankind** » Fri Apr 24, 2020 11:42 pm

I've had a look at the lot and done a bit of triage. If you count text hard embedded in pictures (which isn't coming out) and in-game font there are actually 18 fonts going on. 90% of this is never seen outside character creation. The important part being in-game pop ups, maps and the main character screen, so I have set 3 main priorities:

1. Replace horrible text graphics
2. Tweak imperator bold font and generate a usable in-game font (not sure how long that will take)
3. Replace not so horrible fonts

After that there is replacing obscure screens like banks, crafting etc.. A lot of the background textures have been heavily overlaid on that so new textures would be needed.

When I say horrible text I mean stuff like this: