Text Bug (Only in Editor)

[RiguyX]

• I am not using any plugins.
• I have checked, and there does not seem to be another bug report of this nature.
• In the editor, the default text has been replaced with a small, non-monospaced font. This does not carry into playtests, but it is damaging to productivity as every text box needs to go through Test Event to check whether the text fits. This can be briefly fixed by performing a cold boot of my PC, but after a single preview, the preview text window glitches, and upon restarting MV, the abnormal font is back.
• Error Report: Not Applicable
• How to Replicate: I get this simply by creating a new RPG Maker MV Project. I'm not sure what circumstances caused MV to act like this.
• Sample Project: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6xhvs3gtng1xnnn/Font Glitch.zip?dl=0

Here's a picture of the abnormal font. Note especially the size of the text in the "Preview Text" box:


This is my first bug report. I have read the rules and believe it follows regulations, but I am sorry if this violates the required posting format.

 

[Kes]

This isn't the section for reporting bugs, but I'm not going to move it to the correct place for that because I don't think it is a bug. If it were, this would be a common phenomenon and would have been reported before now. I think it is more likely to be something to do with your particular setup.

Computers cannot change something unless there is a command to do so. Therefore, if a non default font is showing up, the first thing to do is to check that the default font is still in the game folder. Have you edited the default plugins in any way? Does this happen in a new, blank project?

 

[Andar]

I can think of several ways how this could have happened, but most would be caused by damaged files - have you tried reinstalling the editor?

If a reinstall of MV doesn't help, then there is a good chance that this is either interference by a background program or an overload on registry/memory (if Windows operates on the limit of the memory size, it sometimes looses less important data during operations).
In this second case you should start shutting down background programs that you don't need as this will both reduce the chance of that interference and will free up memory - but you need to shut them down within themselves so that they don't reload on reboot, so don't use the task manager for that.

 

[RiguyX]

This isn't the section for reporting bugs, but I'm not going to move it to the correct place for that because I don't think it is a bug. If it were, this would be a common phenomenon and would have been reported before now. I think it is more likely to be something to do with your particular setup.

Computers cannot change something unless there is a command to do so. Therefore, if a non default font is showing up, the first thing to do is to check that the default font is still in the game folder. Have you edited the default plugins in any way? Does this happen in a new, blank project?

Sorry I posted the wrong category, and thanks for the help! The default font file still shows up, but when I try to preview it, I get an error stating that it's not a valid font file.

I haven't edited the default plugins at all, and this happens when I create a new project.

I can think of several ways how this could have happened, but most would be caused by damaged files - have you tried reinstalling the editor?

If a reinstall of MV doesn't help, then there is a good chance that this is either interference by a background program or an overload on registry/memory (if Windows operates on the limit of the memory size, it sometimes looses less important data during operations).
In this second case you should start shutting down background programs that you don't need as this will both reduce the chance of that interference and will free up memory - but you need to shut them down within themselves so that they don't reload on reboot, so don't use the task manager for that.

Thanks for the advice! The default font did not restore upon reinstalling MV, and my memory is only at 23% when MV is open. As for a background program, though, I've uninstalled several programs and rebooted without yielding results.

Thank you both for the help!

 

[Kes]

I have that font installed on my machine, and I can preview it with no problems. I suggest you track down another copy (do a HD search first, you could well have it somewhere else) and see if you can preview it. If you can, then you know that the MV file is corrupted in some way.

 

[RiguyX]

Yep, a download of VL Gothic I found worked just fine. MV's font file was corrupted. Thank you, Kes!