# Changing font problems

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/changing-font-problems/19437>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [March 28, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/changing-font-problems/19437 "2019-03-28T14:47:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![unback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8dc957/32.png) [@unback](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/unback)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/changing-font-problems/19437/1 "2019-03-28T14:47:31Z")

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Herro.  
I understand this topic was covered extensivly already and sorry for bringing this up again.  
Tried changing the fornt ingame. After few yt video guides, searching in here and reddit i still have the problem it doest work. Please can anyone tell me what im doing wrong?

config/fonts.json

> ```
> {
> "fontblending": false,
> "fontwidth": 12,
> "fontheight": 24,
> "fontsize": 24,
> "typeface": "unifont",
> "map_fontwidth": 24,
> "map_fontheight": 24,
> "map_fontsize": 24,
> "map_typeface": "whitrabt",
> "overmap_fontwidth": 24,
> "overmap_fontheight": 24,
> "overmap_fontsize": 24,
> "overmap_typeface": "square"
> }
> 
> ```

data/font/  
 ![fonts](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/2X/9/9a63e2e2ee21f4b20f246731c813278d4fca20d1.png)

but ingmae it looks like this

 ![01](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/2X/9/9c5dddd0a025161be31a108fcc719e519acae4fa.png) ![02](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/2X/6/68f55e9b03b4676987afe709cdf59609f2555d10.png)

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**Author:** ![Invalid\_Username](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@Invalid\_Username](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Invalid_Username)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/changing-font-problems/19437/2 "2019-03-28T16:07:49Z")

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Have you edited data/fontdata.json as well? From what five minutes of browsing tells me, it’s an outdated file but config/fonts.json pulls its data from it, so perhaps try editing that file as well.

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**Author:** ![unback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8dc957/32.png) [@unback](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/unback)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 9:02am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/changing-font-problems/19437/3 "2019-04-01T09:02:43Z")

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shameless bump cos i didnt find anything…

can map and overmap font be changed in curses anyway?