Can't change default font through gamefont.css

[Zizka]

Hello,

I googled this and searched for a while but none of the solutions provided worked out for me.

So I wanted to change the game's default font to ''Apple_Kid''. I therefore copied the font to the font folder of my project like so:

I then edit the gamefont.css using notepad wrong screenshot below, I do have "apple_kid.ttf":

Then I go under "file" and "save" and finally close the file:

After that I try launching the game but I keep getting this:

after waiting for a while, it just doesn't work and I get a different error message:

I've tried changing the font name to remove the underscore, removing the "" and other font names but nothing ever worked. Even going back to the default font didn't work anymore.

I thought it might be a plug-in problem? I only have a few:

The setting for message styles are as following:

I've read in other threads it might be my antivirus but I don't have any installed.

So I've tried every single solution I found on the net and on my own to no avail. I have no idea why it's not working as I've watched videos on youtube who simply change "gamefont.css" and it works just fine for them.

Suggestions?

EDIT: Actually, the game runs fine if I use the default font: "mplus-1m-regular.ttf". It's only when I try other fonts that it crashes.

 

[OnslaughtSupply]

Try renaming the font to mplus-1m-regular.ttf

 

[RisenAngel]

Did you try to include the file extension? If not, try putting "apple_kid.tff" instead.

If that doesn't work...I don't know. There are some fonts MV just doesn't like, for whatever reason.

 

[Kacie]

I would say try Yanfly's Load Custom Fonts.
Which is located right here.
Note to run this program, it may require Yanfly's Core Engine.
Which is located here.

After installing it in your /plugins/js folder and loading it up into you plugin manager,
make sure you have the font you wish to use located in your /fonts/ folder.

Now you have two options, from the YEP_LoadCustomFonts plugin.
Font Filenames and Font Families.

Under Font Filenames put the file name including the .ttl extension you wish to use there.
Under Font Families, you should put the Font Name of the font.

The Font Name can easily be found by opening the .ttl font you want to use and checking the top left corner for the "Font Name". After that, you can just close that and then enter the Font Name in the Font Families field. After that, you should be all set.

Just make sure when setting things up, Yanfly's Core Engine located above Yanfly's Load Custom Fonts.

As well, there is Yanfly's lovely Message Core which can control the fonts for messages.

 

[Zizka]

@Kacie:
You mention the .ttl extension, don't you mean the .ttf extension (True Type Font)? I'm kind of confused now.

Also, if I use the plugins you've mentioned, do I need to change the gamefont.css as well?

Anyways, here's what I tried (note that I'm currently using the default font in gamfont.css at the moment otherwise the game doesn't load).

As you can see above, I checked the name of the fond which is: Apple Kid.

Under Font Filenames put the file name including the .ttl extension you wish to use there.
Under Font Families, you should put the Font Name of the font.

The Font Name can easily be found by opening the .ttl font you want to use and checking the top left corner for the "Font Name". After that, you can just close that and then enter the Font Name in the Font Families field. After that, you should be all set.

So basically what I end up with is:

When I launch the game though, I'm still stuck with the default font:

I mean, the font Apple Kid is supposed to look like this:

 

[King Gerar]

Convert the font to .otf format e test again, changing gamefont.css file.

 

[Zizka]

@King Gerar :
Ok, I converted the font format through the website you kindly provided and made the change in gamefont.css.

So now it works for the main menu at the title screen:

But it still doesn't work in-game. I'm still stuck with the default font then.

EDIT: Ok, as it turns out, the font does work if I turn off the font plugins I have activated before:

The problem here is that I'm losing my speech bubble. So I need this plugin to work here:

which for some reason doesn't want to implement the "Apple_Kid" font.

Ok! I got it to work! I had to refer to the "otf" extension in the plugin as opposed to ttf.