What's a good font?
- Thread starter Daxis
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Don't use Comic Sans. I don't personally think it's a bad font, but it only looks good if it fits your game. What's more, millions of people utterly hate the font and will refuse to play anything written in it. So even if you personally like that font, don't use it, unless you want people to not like your game. It's like cutting yourself in the fingers.
What you can use is a good readable font. Arial may be a bit too plain, but there are other fonts out there. Myriad Pro is one of my personal favorites. Try to avoid serif fonts unless necessary. You can ofcourse use an original font in your game with a special theme, but remember the most important thing about a font is that it's clearly readable, not that it looks fancy.
What you can use is a good readable font. Arial may be a bit too plain, but there are other fonts out there. Myriad Pro is one of my personal favorites. Try to avoid serif fonts unless necessary. You can ofcourse use an original font in your game with a special theme, but remember the most important thing about a font is that it's clearly readable, not that it looks fancy.
StrawberrySmiles
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I've been using this font for my game (trying to get a pixel look going).
http://www.dafont.com/04b-03.font
I've tried a lot, and while this one works, it looks kind of strange, I guess. Is there a better choice out there?
Or would this one be fine?
http://www.dafont.com/04b-03.font
I've tried a lot, and while this one works, it looks kind of strange, I guess. Is there a better choice out there?
Or would this one be fine?
StrawberrySmiles
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I want it be readable at small sizes, yes. I'm glad it's nice and readable, though. :3
StrawberrySmiles
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Hmmm... It's going to be used for the menu and all dialogue, so maybe a lot. Do you have another suggestion, I'd love to hear. I want dialogue that looks pixelated, but mayhaps easy on the eyes. ;_;
you know what don't feel bad because i just looked at the top and noticed that there were uppercase AND lowercase, i thought it was all uppercase for some reason, also i am dumb
It should be fine in that case though, don't let me get you paranoid because of my misunderstanding of the font. ;o I'm not great at this stuff but nobody raised any objections.
It should be fine in that case though, don't let me get you paranoid because of my misunderstanding of the font. ;o I'm not great at this stuff but nobody raised any objections.
rey meustrus
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I thought Myriad Pro was a font that came with Photoshop, in which case you may not be able to expect it to exist on systems that play the game, and I'm sure you can't redistribute it.
Myriad Pro comes with everything adobe, and is the standard font in illustrator, also, no, you can not redistribute it.
If you were to buy your own license for it.. well.. http://www.fonts.com/findfonts/detail.h ... tid=215904
But then you still are unable to redistribute it.
If you were to buy your own license for it.. well.. http://www.fonts.com/findfonts/detail.h ... tid=215904
But then you still are unable to redistribute it.
Yes, you'd have to use a font which' license allows you to redistribute it specifically.
Either that or use a font that is cross-os-compatible: http://www.ampsoft.net/webdesign-l/WindowsMacFonts.html
Either that or use a font that is cross-os-compatible: http://www.ampsoft.net/webdesign-l/WindowsMacFonts.html
Perihelion
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I think that'd be fine in small quantities, but it looks like it'd hurt the eyes in blocks.
the worst part if it's probably the most legible that i've wrangled up too
font mentioned above
pretty, but it's a little cutesy and curly for my taste, really unappealing at sizes below 18
really nice to look at but i can't imagine it's very good in large doses at all
i figured with no large blocks of text i could go for something fancier, but it might just look gimmicky and in the end, unpleasant
font mentioned above
pretty, but it's a little cutesy and curly for my taste, really unappealing at sizes below 18
really nice to look at but i can't imagine it's very good in large doses at all
i figured with no large blocks of text i could go for something fancier, but it might just look gimmicky and in the end, unpleasant
Perihelion
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Yeah, those are cool, but I can't imagine they'd look good in blocks except maybe the first one.
united washcloth express
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Use comic-sans
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