Issues with Font Size

[LeyShade]

Sorry to be a bother. I have this game loaded across the computers for the not for profit I run (Labores Somnium) after several clients requested it be added to our computer collection. So far we have had issues with the font size when using HDTV's. It's extremely difficult to read the font as it's very small and slightly distorted.

I was wondering if there is a way to custom change the font size, or if this is a known issue that someone can link me to a fix for =)

The HDTV's being used are running a 1366x768 resolution. Is this a known issue that causes font sizes to be too small, or is this of no consequence?

Thank you for your time, Ley Shade =)

[ernestww]

The font compression is too extreme for small text legibility.

[Lucas McCain]

You can adjust the zoom of your view while playing with the mouse wheel. Zooming in makes it a lot easier to read dialog. Zoomed all the way out, I also have difficulty reading what people are saying. Hope this helps.

[LeyShade]

It's not just dialogue, it's all text in the game, including that on character cards. It's almost impossible to read on larger screens =(

[Cheesie Christ]

I too am having this problem. I use an HDTV which I usually have set to 1280x720. I can read the dialogue and the in-game messages for the most part. The problem I have is mostly with the other texts, such as the statuses of each character. I literally have to guess whether the orangey blobs say 'hungry' or 'injured'. Not unplayable, just a bit inconvenient with it comes to deeper managing. Hopefully you guys can fix this.

[Lucas McCain]

I'm not having issues, but I'm playing on a 55" screen at 1920x1080. I would say your issues are probably related to the resolution, not the overall screen size. If your monitor supports 1080, I would switch to that. Otherwise I'm not sure what you can do except wait for a patch or upgrade your tv. Sorry I don't have a better answer. Hope this helps.

[LeyShade]

Lucas: Resolution is the same as yours on a 32" TV that supports 1080, so I don't know what would cause it. I just figured it was best to mention it in case others were having the problem and it was something that could be easily identified and fixed with multiple error reports =)

[Little Big Toe]

A 32" TV running at 1366x768 the font should be huge. I don't get it but generally, small screen + high resolution = tiny fonts. Large screen + low resolution = huge fonts.

Have you tried adjusting the resolution and GFX quality in the game settings? Perhaps that will help. Good luck.

[LeyShade]

No matter what resolution the gamne is set to the problem with those paticular fonts persists. I've tried all the normal workarounds and fixes, but as noted I'm not the only person having this issue. The cards and their text are all perpetually tiny, which is a shame =(

Sadly, I'm trained to run art/music workshops for mentally ill people, not to code programs, so I'm only able to report the issue and hope somebody else has found a fix =)

[santikaye]

The text is indeed difficult to read. I'm playing on a 1366x768 resolution on a 15.6 inch notebook, and although most text is somewhat readable, I tried really hard to read the text appearing in the "preparing for the night" screen.

I think it's not so much the size than the font type and colour. It's the grey text with rectangular letters that's the hardest to read.

[Matty McSplatty™]

I think the culprit may simply be the font itself, the game uses several different fonts, but it appears the "primary" UI font is Okuda, and that font just doesn't render well at all under 20pt.

To be fair to the font designer, I don't think it was intended for small elements. It has a rather large x-height, yet it's very narrow, the kerning is way too tight for small text.

[Shredder]

Yes the tight bold type is hard to read for me as well.

[solitarian1]

I think it has to do with your TV stretching the screen to fit the TV (wide screen vs normal). Turn the stretching off, dig out your TV manual to find the aspect ratio of your screen and supported video modes. Find the closest match (mine was 16:9 which works great at 1280 X 720)

The font is still bad (the character cards are rotated which exaggerates the effect), but now I can see the font clearly enough to read it.