Need help to get other fonts.

Zwiffer · Fri 25/04/2025 20:09:59

Hello everyone,

I´m currently experimenting and working on my first AGS game. But as I try to navigate the site and the wiki I find that parts of it are regularly down. Which is not always helpful to find the information I´m looking for.

One particular thing is fonts. The site mentions a selection of them being available for download: https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/create/sci/

But when I press the link supplied on this page I get a 404 error.

Can anyone help me get the fonts on this page. It is Font 001 I'm particularly interested in.

Thanks in advance!

Barn Owl · Sat 26/04/2025 18:41:58

Ahoy,

There are many places to download free fonts online, such as https://fonts.google.com/

May the winds of productivity & creativity fill your sails!

Rik_Vargard · Sat 26/04/2025 18:50:07

I use Dafont. Make sure to click "more option" and then "100% free/Public domain".

Once you installed the fonts, you can add them by clicking on "Fonts" in AGS editor.

Zwiffer · Sun 27/04/2025 20:25:44

Thanks´s. I must be a real noob because I cannot get it to work. The fonts from dafonts come in different formats but AGS only let´s me import pretty specific ones. And the ones I want are not in it...

Installing a font doesn´t really seem to do anything in AGS.

The ones that are in ttf format can be imported but they are all crooked or the letters are only partly shown.

To make it worse I don´t know how to revert back to the default font.

Khris · Mon 28/04/2025 09:19:06

Can you give an example of a font that didn't work?
You can also use this: https://khris.ddns.net/agsfont/

Importing a font on its own won't do anything (unless you replaced an existing font). You also need to set the font to be used by GUIs or Display / Speech commands.

Snarky · Mon 28/04/2025 11:38:30

I don't seem to have a copy of the SCI files available. I don't think they're much used in recent years. But let's ping @AGA about the broken link; maybe he has them somewhere.

Rik_Vargard · Mon 28/04/2025 21:27:49

I don't have the problem you explained with fonts from Dafont. I do use TTF fonts.
If you didn't you might have a try at looking at the properties of the imported font in the right down part.
Maybe the "Font Size" and/ or "SizeMultiplier" can do something about that?

Crimson Wizard · Mon 28/04/2025 22:04:55

More information is required to diagnose the problem:
- What font
- What are font's properties
- Where the font is applied to (speech, gui, etc)