# Help with font
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-with-font/2016
**Category:** The Garage
**Created:** [June 30, 2013, 4:01am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-with-font/2016 "2013-06-30T04:01:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Rookrune](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rookrune)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2013, 4:01am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-with-font/2016/1 "2013-06-30T04:01:06Z")
I’m having trouble figuring out how to change the font to one i like.
I used to use:
Terminus
12
14
But now the FONTDATA file is like:
fixedsys816
I’v tried replacing it with my old fontdata file and editing the new one but nothing I tried worked.
It seems to just get stuck on fixedsys.
Anyone know what I should do?
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### Author:  [@Blaze](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Blaze)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2013, 4:39am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-with-font/2016/2 "2013-06-30T04:39:46Z")
Terminus isn’t packaged with the SDL version of Cataclysm DDA. You’ll need to get it from an external source and adjust your setting accordingly.
1. Download [Terminus Bold](http://files.ax86.net/terminus-ttf/4.38/TerminusBold-4.38.ttf). (Direct Link!)
2. Place the ttf file into your FONT folder within the data folder of the game’s directory.
3. Open up “fontdata” in the data folder with a text editor.
4. First line should be the path to the ttf file. Example: C:\Users\Name\Desktop\CataclysmDDA\data\font\TerminusBold.ttf
5. The second and third lines are the vertical and horizontal size of the screen, respectively. Default is 8 then 16.
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### Author:  [@Rookrune](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rookrune)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2013, 6:32am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-with-font/2016/3 "2013-06-30T06:32:43Z")
That’s great thanks, sept that is not the right kind of terminus font.
I want to use the font from this site.
[terminus-font.sourceforge.net/](http://terminus-font.sourceforge.net/%E2%80%8E)
(idk how to get a .ttf version of it. its in .fon)
the one you linked me looks nothing like it 😕
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### Author:  [@Blaze](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Blaze)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2013, 6:40am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-with-font/2016/4 "2013-06-30T06:40:51Z")
Try [this site](http://www.files-conversion.com/font-converter.php).
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### Author:  [@Rookrune](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rookrune)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2013, 7:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-with-font/2016/5 "2013-06-30T07:07:40Z")
ah site didn’t work.
It said there is a problem converting the file?
I think the fon file may be to big. its about 1mb
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### Author:  [@utunnels](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/utunnels)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2013, 10:57am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-with-font/2016/6 "2013-06-30T10:57:21Z")
fon file should work, although they are something in fixed size.
Try give FONTDATA a proper path, for example:
data/font/Terminus.fon
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### Author:  [@Zireael](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zireael)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-with-font/2016/7 "2013-06-30T14:55:29Z")
[quote=“utunnels, post:6, topic:2016”]fon file should work, although they are something in fixed size.
Try give FONTDATA a proper path, for example:
data/font/Terminus.fon[/quote]
Yaaay, it worked! I must admit I understand why people love this font.
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### Author:  [@utunnels](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/utunnels)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-with-font/2016/8 "2013-06-30T15:25:14Z")
Yeah, the SDL version current has a limit on fon file. It only read the smallest size set from it.
Actually that terminus fon has 108 sub sets, for different font size.