TTF and OTF Replacement

[G-LimeJuice]

Overview

This implementation is hooked directly into the game code (BitFont & BitText) to replace legacy .FNT font rendering with modern .TTF / .OTF fonts.

It overrides the original font pipeline and injects custom rendering using external libraries.

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How It Works

• Hooks into BitFont and BitText rendering functions
• Replaces .FNT font loading with .TTF / .OTF
• Uses:
  • HarfBuzz → glyph shaping
  • FriBidi → RTL (Arabic) handling

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Setup

1. Go to your game directory
2. Create a folder and rename it to “Fonts”.
3. Add codes in UIMD.ini

[EnableTTF]
Enabled=TRUE;

[Font]
FileName=arial.ttf

[FontSize]
LatinSize=14
ArabicSize=15 ; Ignore it

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Place your .ttf / .otf file inside the Fonts folder.
The font file name must match the value set in FileName.

If you don’t have a font file, you can download .ttf or .otf fonts from online font websites.

you need clone into the Phobos project directory to install dependencies (HarfBuzz and FriBidi).

Source: https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg

Run the integration command on directory vcpkg:

.\vcpkg integrate install

If it doesn't work, specify the root manually:

Replace "Directory" with your actual path, for example:

C:\XXX\Phobos\vcpgk

.\vcpkg --vcpkg-root="Directory" integrate install

And install harfbuzz

.\vcpkg install harfbuzz --triplet x86-windows

And also install fribidi

.\vcpkg install fribidi --triplet x86-windows

Now your project should support .TTF and .OTF fonts with proper rendering.

[TaranDahl]

Docs are needed.

[TaranDahl]

Create a config file inside it (e.g. config.ini)

Is it necessary to create a new ini file? Why not in RA2MD.ini, RULESMD.ini or UIMD.ini?

[G-LimeJuice]

Create a config file inside it (e.g. config.ini)

Is it necessary to create a new ini file? Why not in RA2MD.ini, RULESMD.ini or UIMD.ini?

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