How easy will it be to change the font... all the fonts

 

I understand the game is going to be 'very modable' - but I'm curious how easy it will be to change the font/size/text color on a global scale to help those with non-perfect eyes..

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I set my browser zoom to between 130-150% for almost every web site I visit regularly (including here). Rather than moddability for this problem, I'd really like to see Elemental include the widespread use of sizable windows/dialogs and some built-in options for the font sizes.

But I'm used to not getting what I want, so some moddability in this area sounds like a swell compromise.

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Did you ever consider you might need glasses? :)

 

I know some places are tough to read due to fonts etc, but not that bad.

 

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Well, some people have eye damage that glasses can only correct so much.  I understand that for most people, glasses are the cure all, but they aren't the end all answer for everyone.

 

Back to the topic at hand - I'm very curious if there will be a way to easily mod/change the fonts for all text in the game.

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I wear glasses, but only for driving. I stare at onscreen text for a living. The average age of the U.S. population is increasing, so eyes are less young and micro-font friendly ever year.

So, yes, moddability would be a nice compromise, but an in-game ability could help weary-eyed players make the most of our monitor size and graphics card.

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I suspect that there will be a "font" folder somewhere that would allow people to add a fonts.   I figure they'd have to be modded in like anything else.

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Quoting landisaurus, reply 5
I suspect that there will be a "font" folder somewhere that would allow people to add a fonts.   I figure they'd have to be modded in like anything else.

That makes some sense, but so does the idea that all you could change was font families, not font sizes. Some UI designers are very picky about how text appears. I've got some sympathy there because I'm one of those readers who will brandish a book at friends and rave about the fabulous typography (the hardback of Toni Morrison's A Mercy is a gorgeous object as well as a damned fine read).