Widescreen font problems?

[CobraLad]

I remember trying to play that game year ago, but I encountered problem with fonts.
Because of scaling engine texts in game are almost unreadable on widescreen monitor. GOG.com version couldnt fix this, is this any different?

[Natty La Ridge]

No, this version has the same problem. To minimize font distortion, disable auto-scaling in your video driver and select a 1.3 resolution like 1024x768. But this isn't a fix. The game uses a low-res graphical font that looks like ♥♥♥♥♥ on modern graphics hardware.

[Natty La Ridge]

Did some poking around on GoG, and found a decent solution that also works with the Steam version: create a custom resolution that matches your monitor's native vertical resolution, but preserves Soulbringer's internal 4:3 aspect ratio. For a 1920x1080 display, for example, you'd create a custom resolution of 1440x1080. For other display sizes, take the vertical resolution, multiply by 1.3333 and round up.

Start Soulbringer. Click the Video button and select your custom resolution, then launch the game.

On my display, this produces in-game text that's smaller than I'd like, but almost distortion-free, and uses the maximum amount of screen real estate possible (but not quite enough to eliminate the edges of the title screen to the left and right of the game). Enjoy.