(2016-08-24, 05:30)JHTom Wrote: Is it possible to change the font that is used (not on the menu bar) but for movie descriptions, ratings, etc.? Would the font be different with a different theme? The reason I ask is I have a bit of trouble reading the slashed zero when next to other letter or numbers.
Regardless, a big thanks to MarcosQui and all those involved for this skin.
For the most part in this skin, a single font is used file name aeon_common.ttf. (When in appearance/look and feel you select "default" font). There is also the option of Cyrililic font which uses a stripped-down arial.ttf font. So first thing I would do is switch font to "Cyrillic" and see if that works for you.
If you want to experiment with other fonts (check other skins) I think the best way is to create new font options for the skin. This takes some file editing / file copying but I think is pretty straight-foward.
There's really only 2 things you need:
1. In the skin files folder tree is the folder 1080i. In here is the file Font.xml. If you open it in a text editor (recommend Notepad++ with xml plug-in tool installed but that's just a convenience) you see it is typical xml-format text file. To add fonts, browse the file and you see there are sections of the file that begin
<fontset>
then many lines of text and again
</fontset>.
Simply copy all lines from the first "fontset" (include the <fontset></fontset> lines!) and paste after the original </fontset> . Then, in the new <fontset> line you just just pasted, give it a new name such as:
Code:
<fontset id="My Super Font" unicode="true">
Then do a "find and replace" ONLY IN THE LINES YOU JUST PASTED!! and replace aeon_common.ttf everywhere with the file name of your preferred font.
2. Place a copy of the new font .ttf file in the skin "fonts" folder.
Of course, back up your original Font.xml file in case of error.
Now again you just use Kodi settings go to the skin font setting and you should see "My Super Font" as an option you can select.
IMPORTANT UPDATE:
When skin is updated all your changes will be lost, so make sure you save all your edits/added files somewhere safe. I suggest copying the entire skin folder to somewhere for backup, then after a skin update you can selectively restore any files you modded/edited (this for all skin files, not just for the fonts!)
scott s.
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