How to make the font a bit more readible!

[Zidders 'Rockin' Bard' Roofurry]

UPDATE: Much easier font size fix-see post 4 here. All you have to do is unzip it into the game files pak folder.
http://darkmatters.org/forums/index.php?/topic/22243-is-there-a-mod-fix-for-the-font-size/
You need to sign up to the forum to download the file though.

For those who still don't like the font size and want to try other fonts here's the lengthy way of doing it:

The first thing you can try is
1. Set AA to x2 or x4 AND/OR
2. change resolution to 1280.x1024

This mod replaces the defualt font with the font from Torchlight.

The first thing we'll need is the Torchlight font file, of course. This is hosted over at the Runic Games fansite. RGF has permission to distribute this file as long as no one makes a profit off of it. http://www.runicgamesfansite.com/Torchlight%20Regular.ttf

The next thing we need to do is tell Sacred 2 to use the new font-Note, while you can use any font you like, not every font is going to work. Sacred 2's UI was designed to work with consoles. Unless you're running it on a large screen and at a high resolution, you're going to have trouble with the font and with scaling. It sucks but this is the best alternative i've managed to find.

go to your S2 folder and open up the locale folder and the en_UK folder.
Paste your new font into this directory.
I highly suggest you now copy the ListFontGroups.xml and keep that file safe in case of any stuff up.

Open ListFontGroups.xml using Notepad++
It will look like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<suixml version="0.0.1.0">

<!-- the Name-Attribute must be the internal font name -->

<Fonts>
<Font Name="Torchlight Regular" File="Torchlight Regular.ttf"/>
<Font Name="Torchlight Regular" File="Torchlight Regular.ttf"/>
</Fonts>

<!-- here you can use symbolic/aliased names for fonts -->

<FontGroups>
<FontGroup Name="CaptionFontGroup">
"Torchlight Regular"
</FontGroup>
<FontGroup Name="TextFontGroup">
"Torchlight Regular"
</FontGroup>
</FontGroups>

</suixml>

(Thanks to ⺈ĐꚆѓøčĶ῭Ǭج৴. for clarification of instructions)


Save that and your ready to go. Hope this helps!
Credit for this method goes to the folks over on the Darkmatter forum.

[Sun's Delusion]

im at 1600 x 900 res and have no issues, but then again a i think persons eye health will play a factor as well

[Vinilux¼]

If my game is in spanish, can i do it?

[Zidders 'Rockin' Bard' Roofurry]

You -should- be able to.It's only when your language requires special characters (like Russian) that you wouldn't be able to. It's easy enough to change back, just make sure to back up the file before you make any changes.

[Vinilux¼]

My file is not the same. It looks shorter an it says "antiquabold" or something llike that instea of "arialbold" theres no arial in my file. I want to be able to change the font cause it is hard to see specially the object red fonts. (im a bit colorblind :S), and ques font also makes me suffer LOL.

[suryo]

I found this out yesterday and found the free true type font online to be the best - Cacophony Loud.ttf. I'm on a 15" laptop and the old font made the game unplayable. This font is perfect for laptops!

[Zidders 'Rockin' Bard' Roofurry]

@Dimon Whether it's Arial or Antique, just replace it with the name of whatever font you're using to replace it. @Suryo Thanks for the tip, maybe i'll try that one out next.

[Vinilux¼]

Ill try it, an see if it works for me.

[Vinilux¼]

It worked! thanks a lot!

[Zidders 'Rockin' Bard' Roofurry]

Awesome! Heh, turns out I had to redo it when i uninstalled the stand alone and downloaded the Steam version.

[ruebea♡]

calibri font is perfect

[Kuji]

Thank you so much for this totally made this game playable on my tv without sitting 5 feet away haha, you are a real lifesaver. Cheers! :D

[Ownu]

I just change the <FontGroup Name="TextFontGroup"> for calibri and I still have the cool cursive default font for menu and readable font for the rest!

[Zidders 'Rockin' Bard' Roofurry]

Автор сообщения: Kujikiri

Thank you so much for this totally made this game playable on my tv without sitting 5 feet away haha, you are a real lifesaver. Cheers! :D

You're welcome. The folks over at Darkmatters are the ones to really thank, tho.

[DestrockQc]

edit 4: I found what my problem was.

Change all the arial bits to the appropriate Torchlight name and .ttf bits (or whatever font you chose).
Save that and your ready to go. Hope this helps!

plz edit your first post. Writing the instructions that way is terribad dude. We have to change EVERYTHING not only the arial text...

It should be that way :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<suixml version="0.0.1.0">

<!-- the Name-Attribute must be the internal font name -->

<Fonts>
<Font Name="Torchlight Regular" File="Torchlight Regular.ttf"/>
<Font Name="Torchlight Regular" File="Torchlight Regular.ttf"/>
</Fonts>

<!-- here you can use symbolic/aliased names for fonts -->

<FontGroups>
<FontGroup Name="CaptionFontGroup">
"Torchlight Regular"
</FontGroup>
<FontGroup Name="TextFontGroup">
"Torchlight Regular"
</FontGroup>
</FontGroups>

</suixml>

ty anyway. Everything seem to be very perfect now and wow, now that I did everything the right way the text is even bigger hehehehe I'm very happy.


Hi, I'm using the community patch (for who don't know about that : http://darkmatters.org/forums/index.php?/forum/401-sacred-2-community-patch/)

I tried the torchlight font and yes it look amazing but I have 2 problems: 1. I have no text in my main menu (im on a laptop 1366 x 768 (16:9)) and 2. in game I THINK i can see everything but there is at least 1 thing I know is not working is when I open my spell panel (spell panel, not skill panel) I can see everythign but the 3 main branch name because the text is probably too big...

I wasted some time with my E:\Steam\SteamApps\common\Sacred 2 Gold\pak\skin-xml.zip \ font folder without luck. Even -6 size on all was not enough so I abandoned...

I tried the fix hud in the in game options too...

Anyone have an idea ? please ? pity ? My eyes hurt lol

edit: I just compared my UI with the second Zidders Roofurry pick (post #8 in that thread) and i see none of the tittles. (those we can see in the pick : temple guardian, attributes, skills, last opponent, devout guardian, lost fusion, source warden, combos)

edit 2: I tried 5-10 win7 fonts I had in my comp without luck too... I'm geting very bored lol

[Zidders 'Rockin' Bard' Roofurry]

Автор сообщения: ⺈ĐꚆѓøčĶ῭Ǭج৴.

plz edit your first post. Writing the instructions that way is terribad dude. We have to change EVERYTHING not only the arial text...

Done. Thank you!