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Ketsa May 30, 2014 @ 12:07pm
Warning : Unreadable font.
No option to switch font, change size or whatever. is this 1980 or 2014 ??

And I do not wear glasses. Have good vision.

Will there be a patch ?
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ByTheNumbers May 30, 2014 @ 12:20pm 
The devs are aware of it. There was a small update put out recently to address it to some extent. I do not have issue with eyestrain and such myself, but others do. Sucks for you guys. Hopefully, they'll have a solution that'll be acceptable to all.
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θάνατος May 30, 2014 @ 12:21pm 
http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3620644 its improved here is compare
Last edited by θάνατος; May 30, 2014 @ 4:54pm
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W8taminute May 30, 2014 @ 3:09pm 
^This is definitely a step in the right direction.
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Zloth May 30, 2014 @ 3:32pm 
Seems to be a very large step. The top list of messages was hurting before but now it looks great! You do need to hit the upper right corner of the info window in the lower left to make it work well.
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ositodefelpa May 30, 2014 @ 4:11pm 
As the poster in that link, I think it is not correct to say 'fixed'. but I do think it's a step in the right direction. I don't know enough about the systems to judge how much else can be done. It may take a DW2 to really solve the problem, but every step in DW1 is welcome.
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θάνατος May 30, 2014 @ 4:54pm 
Originally posted by ositodefelpa:
As the poster in that link, I think it is not correct to say 'fixed'. but I do think it's a step in the right direction. I don't know enough about the systems to judge how much else can be done. It may take a DW2 to really solve the problem, but every step in DW1 is welcome.

got cha
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Ri0Rdian May 30, 2014 @ 5:02pm 
It is obviously issue with engine and not will to do anything about it. If it was easy to fix it would have been by now. Let's hope they can continue with the fixes they are giving us :)
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mikeydsc May 30, 2014 @ 7:15pm 
Many other games with similar problems were mostly fixed by using a clear type font on your system. See if that helps.
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Medieval Nerd May 30, 2014 @ 9:19pm 
I had started a thread on this very subject on the Matrix Forums when I bought the game when Shadows was released. I'm loving the screenshot showcasing the larger fonts. But seriously, can they just change the color sheme? Grayish fonts on grey backgrounds? That's not the best contrast. And even messing with ClearType doesn't really help. Some parts of the game seems to have embedded text (ie graphical) as opposed to actual fonts being generated. And those just don't improve.

Still, fonts aside, the game is so deep and interesting that it's hard to stay away. lol
Last edited by Medieval Nerd; May 30, 2014 @ 9:20pm
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θάνατος May 30, 2014 @ 9:42pm 
Originally posted by Medieval Nerd:
Still, fonts aside, the game is so deep and interesting that it's hard to stay away. lol

not to mention when you try to go back to other space 4X games, there so empty
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Ketsa May 31, 2014 @ 12:46am 
Those screenshots are an ugly temporary workaround, not a fix. They fixed the messages window ? I need every menu fixed.

Why the ♥♥♥♥ can't they just allow us to choose a font, a size, a color for ourselves like every other software... I would like to remove the font "smoothing" as well.

btw : is there a program that allows me to edit the game executable to change the font used ?
Last edited by Ketsa; May 31, 2014 @ 12:47am
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Boney May 31, 2014 @ 1:27am 
Just want to chime in, I play about 1.5m away from a 64" running at 1080p, and most of the fonts are a pain to read. Would love this font fix to be created.
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Rakilonn May 31, 2014 @ 1:57am 
Originally posted by Ketsa:

Why the ♥♥♥♥ can't they just allow us to choose a font, a size, a color for ourselves like every other software... I would like to remove the font "smoothing" as well.

Ah, that's not so simple. Font size may be hardcoded and even if you are allowed to change the size of the font, some texts will not be fully displayed (due to how windows have been coded).

And there are also quite a lot of different style (and default size), so the problem is harder to resolve.
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Ketsa May 31, 2014 @ 7:49am 
They should send some of their devs to a serious UI design course.
This game UI is a total failure, it could be used as the exemple of what you should never do.
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Rymorp May 31, 2014 @ 7:58am 
Originally posted by Ketsa:
They should send some of their devs to a serious UI design course.
This game UI is a total failure, it could be used as the exemple of what you should never do.

This game has been popular for years, you don't even own the game, and you come here to make a personal attack like that? A serious troll.
Last edited by Rymorp; May 31, 2014 @ 8:01am
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