# Ingame font looks... strange

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ingame-font-looks-strange/27137>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [October 5, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ingame-font-looks-strange/27137 "2021-10-05T14:06:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Lance\_Endsley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3e96dc/32.png) [@Lance\_Endsley](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Lance_Endsley)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ingame-font-looks-strange/27137/1 "2021-10-05T14:06:25Z")

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Hey, I created this account and post just for this one issue. Not once in my life have i had to spend more than 13 hours attempting to fix such a simple problem. Couldn’t find anyone else with the same issue as me so I decided to post this here, maybe you can help me out? From normal and nice unifont to this disaster.  
Updating cdda was the worst mistake i have ever made.

 ![obraz](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/2X/4/4c26462a3fef8f83cb4487271f546865d0e2aad0.png)

God it just looks so damn wrong, those asymetrical pixels burn my eyes.  
Please save me from this suffering.

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**Author:** ![anothersimulacrum](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/anothersimulacrum/32/10770_2.png) [@anothersimulacrum](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/anothersimulacrum)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ingame-font-looks-strange/27137/2 "2021-10-05T14:13:23Z")

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`config/fonts.json` is the file through which you can configure the game fonts.

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**Author:** ![Lance\_Endsley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3e96dc/32.png) [@Lance\_Endsley](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Lance_Endsley)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ingame-font-looks-strange/27137/3 "2021-10-05T14:23:04Z")

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![obraz](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/2X/9/9f47c3ce5f5fb08def24f21bec0bdd9bf589b620.png)  
I may look like im not on the bright side, but this is one of the problems ive encountered.  
I feel really dumb right now, i remember solving something like this a few years back, on a diffrent game.  
Too bad i forgot how to and dont know how to do it on cdda! Cant find any files here, tried a workaround,  
that didnt work aswell.  
EDIT: Found a way to access these, really fucky stuff. Although i still have no luck with fixing the font

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**Author:** ![Belcanzor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/belcanzor/32/1798_2.png) [@Belcanzor](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Belcanzor)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 1:30am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ingame-font-looks-strange/27137/4 "2021-10-06T01:30:22Z")

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I solve it by copy the file fonts.json from a old version.  
Before they change from Terminus to VecTerminus12Medium.  
I think version cdda-windows-tiles-x64-2021-10-02-1841.

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**Author:** ![Valase](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/valase/32/6972_2.png) [@Valase](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valase)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 3:59am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ingame-font-looks-strange/27137/5 "2021-10-06T03:59:40Z")

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There are different approaches to get this fixed.

Going with the “clean” one first…:

> [@Lance\_Endsley](#):
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> Found a way to access these, really fucky stuff. Although i still have no luck with fixing the font

Once you’ve opened the `fonts.json` file in the config folder, either remove all the `"data/font/VecTerminus12Medium.otf",` from the file or replace the whole file content with this:

```auto
{
  "typeface": ["data/font/unifont.ttf"],
  "map_typeface": ["data/font/unifont.ttf"],
  "overmap_typeface": ["data/font/unifont.ttf"]
}

```

Now the “dirty” solution:

- Open up `data/font/`.
- Delete the file `VecTerminus12Medium.otf`.

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**Author:** ![Lance\_Endsley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3e96dc/32.png) [@Lance\_Endsley](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Lance_Endsley)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 12:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ingame-font-looks-strange/27137/6 "2021-10-06T12:28:09Z")

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My saviour! Thank You! My eyes no longer bleed. Once again thank You!