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Redzephyr01

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How to change font from rectangular to square?
« on: August 20, 2014, 06:29:54 pm »
How do I make it so that the tiles are square instead of rectangular?
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Dyret

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Re: How to change font from rectangular to square?
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2014, 07:01:27 pm »
Set the FONT entry to 800x600 or 16x16 in the init txt file. The 800x600 is somewhat easier to read, in my experience.

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Re: How to change font from rectangular to square?
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2014, 07:07:18 pm »
Thanks for the help.  :)
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Re: How to change font from rectangular to square?
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2014, 07:15:42 pm »
Wait, 800x600 is square as well?
Oh man I never even checked I just assumed it wouldn't be.
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Re: How to change font from rectangular to square?
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2014, 07:48:39 pm »
Quote from: Graknorke on August 20, 2014, 07:15:42 pm
Wait, 800x600 is square as well?
Oh man I never even checked I just assumed it wouldn't be.
No, it's not square.
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Re: How to change font from rectangular to square?
« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2014, 08:07:10 pm »
Really? Like Graknorke I assumed it wouldn't be, but it's so close I can't tell the difference.
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Re: How to change font from rectangular to square?
« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2014, 09:57:51 pm »
Quote from: Dyret on August 20, 2014, 08:07:10 pm
Really? Like Graknorke I assumed it wouldn't be, but it's so close I can't tell the difference.
Yeah, it's close, but not square.
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Re: How to change font from rectangular to square?
« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2014, 10:45:26 pm »
You have to change the tileset.
The vanilla DF contains "curses_square_16x16.png", although I prefer Alloy Curses
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Re: How to change font from rectangular to square?
« Reply #8 on: August 22, 2014, 01:14:14 pm »
The default square font is a stretched rectangular font. I always go with one of the purpose made ones like kelora_16x16_diagonal so that stretch produced artifacts don't make the game look ugly. The art needs to go in the data/art folder.

The file that needs to change is data/init/init.txt at both the line FONT and FULLFONT. the other settings have nothing to do with aspect ratio. 800x600 is a 10x12 font.
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