How do I change the font?

[kfsone]

The default font is brutally awful, but I can't find a setting to change it. At this point, I'd settle for Wingdings over whatever Amstrad PC abomination the default is?

[novemberadam]

Plus 1 to this!

[Sarcastro]

Yeah I would like to make changes as well to the font.

[Karpatenhund]

+1

[Reify]

+1, don't think i can play the game with the font as is, just too hard to read

[Kreon91 [GER]]

+1
i'm also putting it aside for now. Given how many people seem to play this game and how text heavy it is someone will hopefully release a Tahoma font mod on the workshop.

Good news is that it seems technically possible:
1) get one of the 640x300 tile set from this site (its just a png):
https://dwarffortresswiki.org/Tileset_repository
2) drop it inside your root folder /data/art/
3) finally replace the old font file names in data/init/init_default.txt

[MTandi]

+1
The pixel art is so nice, but the font is still straight out of 90s.
I wish to read all that lore and flavor text, but it hurts my eyes.

[Sinister[tnuC]]

+2

[FurbyOnSteroids]

+1 yea, have to agree. While I understand that it's supposed to be nostalgic and fitting to this game that "has been in development for 20 years and counting" (and that is amazing), it's really hard on my eyes and i would like an option (or even a mod) to have a rather normal font (maybe even one that doesn't have a fixed width, which I find particularly jarring to read unless it's program code)

[Soto]

+1

[Sam Snowman]

You don't change it. Wait for mods.

[A Nickel]

100+ Please for the love of god, did you only test this on 800x600 monitors?

[kfsone]

Originally posted by FurbyOnSteroids:

+1 yea, have to agree. While I understand that it's supposed to be nostalgic and fitting to this game that "has been in development for 20 years and counting" (and that is amazing), it's really hard on my eyes and i would like an option (or even a mod) to have a rather normal font (maybe even one that doesn't have a fixed width, which I find particularly jarring to read unless it's program code)

My thoughts exactly, in-fact, it's the new context that makes it so difficult. How easy it is to read will vary based on experience with the game.

It's already natural for your eyes to want to saccade far more when you have text set on a background of varied colors and images, even more so when there are animations still going on.

If the devs happen to read this, you could make the tutorial dialogs easier instantly by freezing animations outside the tutorial dialog window. Otherwise, if there's a dwarf and a dog on the same square, the cycling of those icons will distract the viewers eyes unless the viewer is entirely comfortable/familiar with the font.

Other non-font options would be to de-saturate of grayscale the background.

[martin.gladigau]

+1

[PogiNate]

Very much this. The font is very very hard on the brain.

[Karpatenhund]

Originally posted by FurbyOnSteroids:

+1 yea, have to agree. While I understand that it's supposed to be nostalgic and fitting to this game that "has been in development for 20 years and counting" (and that is amazing), it's really hard on my eyes and i would like an option (or even a mod) to have a rather normal font (maybe even one that doesn't have a fixed width, which I find particularly jarring to read unless it's program code)

Well said.