Font quick Guide for MazzleUI

[123noob]

This is a quick guide to changing fonts without having to touch any of the .lua files. This guide can also be found in the ClearFont download section.

If you would like to do the more "difficult" way, you can look for it on page 2 of this thread or simply Click Here by Seerah

There are a lot of different type of fonts out there, you can even pick yours from the Start>>Control Panel>>Fonts. Or you can download a set of fonts provided by the author of ClearFont2: ClearFont Extra Fonts Pack

• Screenshot of doing the quick, easy way: Vera Fonts and Segoe Fonts
  - This is using smallest font size setting in Mazzify, very easy to read for low resolution users at font size 12-13

===>The Steps

• Create a backup folder in the Interface\Addons\ClearFont2\Fonts of your Calibri_v1
• Copy and paste your fonts (regular, bold, italic, and bolditalic) into the Calibri_v1 folder
• In there you will see Calibri.ttf, CalibriBold.ttf, CalibriBoldItalic.ttf, and CalibriItalic.ttf
• Replace your fonts to exactly what those file names above (just copy the name of those files and delete them then paste the names over to your font files)
• And that's all to it, "the infamous way"

===>What The Files Are

• Calibri.ttf is for your general chat text
  - Chatbox Frame/CombatChat Frame
• CalibriBrold.ttf is for your title text
  - Tooltip: an Item name
  - Quest title and Quest objectives
  - Any addon's title (e.g: Fubar plugins' title [if you mouseover])
• CalibriBolItalic.ttf is for your overheard zone title text
  - Zone title (whenever you enter a new zone)
• CalibriItalic.ttf is for your quest text
  - TextFrame popup whenever you talk to an NPC or reading the QuestLog

===>NOTES

• When using this guide, you should not choose the FontType option in-game because Mazzle took out the Fonts and only leaving the default one. So if you picked a different type, you will likely to crash the game after your 2nd logout. So just ignore that option if you see it in DueceCommand or if it's there on FuBar.
• I found that the fonts that are easy to read for low resolution users that use small font size are Vera fonts and Abadi MT Condensed which can be found in your system font folder
  - Also, when using Abadi fonts, you may want to change the font size in-game to 15-18 if you want it to be about equal size of other fonts at size 13-14 (this is the small font setting when you mazzify)

[Mazzlefizz]

That's all well and good, but I don't think there's any reason to think that people are having crashes because I didn't include more fonts. That doesn't make any sense to me, and I don't think that there's any evidence of that at all.

I know you tried to switch to a font that isn't there and had an issue, but that's a completely different thing. You actively asked it to do something it couldn't do.

Anyway, this may still be useful to others who want to switch their fonts. I just wouldn't conclude that it would help with any issues other than wanting a different font.

[Mazzlefizz]

Oh, and if you do find a font that works particularly well for lower aspect ratios, I'd be interested in hearing about it. Perhaps post a screenshot in this thread.

[123noob]

Originally Posted by Mazzlefizz Oh, and if you do find a font that works particularly well for lower aspect ratios, I'd be interested in hearing about it. Perhaps post a screenshot in this thread.

I will definitely. And yah... I was half knowing of what I was talking up there, trying to explain things that I know little about .

[123noob]

Screenshot posted and best font reference for low resolution.

[Seerah]

Thanks for posting this- it reminded me to import my old ClearFont2 folder into Mazzle. No sense in letting all the work I did writing in the code for custom fonts go to waste.

[Joev]

Hey, 123noob

Thanks for the guide, i realy like the font your using could you tell me what the font is called?

[123noob]

For the chat text, I use vera: ClearFont.ttf and ClearFontBold.ttf for the headers/titles. For the zone titles I use SegoePrint: ClearFont.ttf

Originally Posted by Seerah Thanks for posting this- it reminded me to import my old ClearFont2 folder into Mazzle. No sense in letting all the work I did writing in the code for custom fonts go to waste.

yah... having ClearFont2 on FuBar with options to choose different type of fonts but not working kinda sucks lol.

[Mazzlefizz]

Technically, I disabled ClearFont2's Fubar menu, so people shouldn't see fonts that they can't use. I removed the other fonts simply to save memory.

Anyway, after switching to these fonts, is there anywhere that you guys have noticed that the change in width of the text using the new font, makes thing look weird or wrong?

[Joev]

I sometimes get writing flowing out of frames, for e.g right now i'm looking at the pvp rewards and the prices are just slightly overflowing the frame, but otherwise it looks fine for me much clearer

[123noob]

Originally Posted by Mazzlefizz Technically, I disabled ClearFont2's Fubar menu, so people shouldn't see fonts that they can't use. I removed the other fonts simply to save memory. Anyway, after switching to these fonts, is there anywhere that you guys have noticed that the change in width of the text using the new font, makes thing look weird or wrong?

-.- and when I last checked before I get crashes due to font change, the ClearFont2 icon was still on FuBar thanks a lot Mazzle! lol

Originally Posted by Joev I sometimes get writing flowing out of frames, for e.g right now i'm looking at the pvp rewards and the prices are just slightly overflowing the frame, but otherwise it looks fine for me much clearer

Yah I noticed that too, but most of those fonts are related to the title text. Also, from looking at MazzleUI option window, I think it uses the <b>CalibriBold.ttf</b>(title text) setting if I'm not mistaken. I guess because the game setting is already set for that specific font type, so by changing it to different font (with greater width dimension) it tends to do that.

So, I think if anyone who would like to change their fonts, I suggest only the one that relates to the chattext and zone text. However, if it is the chattext setting that MazzleUI uses for her window option, then I guess you have to stick with the original Calibri font type or not if you don't really care about it.

Also: Your overflow text from that example you've just given. it seems like it has to do with the quest text font type, not the regular chat text font. (CalibriItalic.ttf). Quest text font are the text body of any chat text window frame when speaking to an NPC or reading your questlog
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I will try to revert back and forth each different fonttype.ttf to see which one causes the overflowing of the frame(s) and post the result.

[Seerah]

Originally Posted by Mazzlefizz Technically, I disabled ClearFont2's Fubar menu, so people shouldn't see fonts that they can't use. I removed the other fonts simply to save memory. Anyway, after switching to these fonts, is there anywhere that you guys have noticed that the change in width of the text using the new font, makes thing look weird or wrong?

Yeah, the ClearFont2 Fubar entry was disabled, but you can still access it via DeuceCommander. I'll get a screenshot for you and upload it here later. I'm using the Enviro font (wrote a few of my own fonts into the code), which is wider, but more fun for me. So, I get some text getting cutoff. But in the Mazzifier or the FAQ, it is still the default font, so nothing to worry about there.

[123noob]

Originally Posted by Seerah Yeah, the ClearFont2 Fubar entry was disabled, but you can still access it via DeuceCommander. I'll get a screenshot for you and upload it here later. I'm using the Enviro font (wrote a few of my own fonts into the code), which is wider, but more fun for me. So, I get some text getting cutoff. But in the Mazzifier or the FAQ, it is still the default font, so nothing to worry about there.

It'll be cool if you could post up a guide showing how to incorporate code for choosing font type as another way changing fonts.