Changing Blizzard default fonts

[Layback_]

Hi all,

The title says pretty much all.

With some in-built constants(?) like

DAMAGE_TEXT_FONT
UNIT_NAME_FONT
NAMEPLATE_FONT
STANDARD_TEXT_FONT

I know we can switch a Blizzard defaults fonts to others, but those four lists do not cover some frames like, QuestFrame, ChatFrame and so on.
(If I remember correctly, one of those four variables did not work when I tested it early last year.
Guess it was NAMEPLATE_FONT)

So, I've manually switched their fonts with :SetFont() function which I think is absolutely stupid(?).

e.g:

for i=1, 5 do
    local f = _G["ChatFrame" .. i];
 
    if f then
        f:SetFont(font, size, flags);
    end
end

Please note that reference to the frame might be wrong, but this is basically how I've done.


I'm asking this as I'm trying to avoid using Fonts folder which we can make on top path of WoW.

Would there be any simpler tricks to achieve this?

Thank you always!

[Tosaido]

It's best to tackle the font object itself, rather then each font frame.

this is code from an addon update i have yet to release. It contains, if i'm not mistaken, all the font objects in the game (they can be found in Interface/FrameXML/Fonts.xml and Interface/SharedXML/SharedFonts.xml)

local function Init_Fonts()
    local newFont = "My custom font path"
 
    STANDARD_TEXT_FONT          = newFont
    UNIT_NAME_FONT              = newFont
    DAMAGE_TEXT_FONT            = newFont
    NAMEPLATE_FONT              = newFont
    NAMEPLATE_SPELLCAST_FONT    = newFont
 
    local ForcedFontSize = {10, 14, 20, 64, 64}
 
    local BlizFontObjects = {
 
        -- Fonts.xml
 
        -- These five fonts use the fixedSize argument, causing an incorrent font size return, so input our own sizes (ForcedFontSize)
        SystemFont_NamePlateCastBar, SystemFont_NamePlateFixed, SystemFont_LargeNamePlateFixed, SystemFont_World, SystemFont_World_ThickOutline,
 
        SystemFont_Outline_Small, SystemFont_Outline, SystemFont_InverseShadow_Small, SystemFont_Med2, SystemFont_Med3, SystemFont_Shadow_Med3,
        SystemFont_Huge1, SystemFont_Huge1_Outline, SystemFont_OutlineThick_Huge2, SystemFont_OutlineThick_Huge4, SystemFont_OutlineThick_WTF,
        NumberFont_GameNormal, NumberFont_Shadow_Small, NumberFont_OutlineThick_Mono_Small, NumberFont_Shadow_Med, NumberFont_Normal_Med, 
        NumberFont_Outline_Med, NumberFont_Outline_Large, NumberFont_Outline_Huge, Fancy22Font, QuestFont_Huge, QuestFont_Outline_Huge,
        QuestFont_Super_Huge, QuestFont_Super_Huge_Outline, SplashHeaderFont, Game11Font, Game12Font, Game13Font, Game13FontShadow,
        Game15Font, Game18Font, Game20Font, Game24Font, Game27Font, Game30Font, Game32Font, Game36Font, Game48Font, Game48FontShadow,
        Game60Font, Game72Font, Game11Font_o1, Game12Font_o1, Game13Font_o1, Game15Font_o1, QuestFont_Enormous, DestinyFontLarge,
        CoreAbilityFont, DestinyFontHuge, QuestFont_Shadow_Small, MailFont_Large, SpellFont_Small, InvoiceFont_Med, InvoiceFont_Small,
        Tooltip_Med, Tooltip_Small, AchievementFont_Small, ReputationDetailFont, FriendsFont_Normal, FriendsFont_Small, FriendsFont_Large,
        FriendsFont_UserText, GameFont_Gigantic, ChatBubbleFont, Fancy16Font, Fancy18Font, Fancy20Font, Fancy24Font, Fancy27Font, Fancy30Font,
        Fancy32Font, Fancy48Font, SystemFont_NamePlate, SystemFont_LargeNamePlate,
 
        -- SharedFonts.xml
 
        SystemFont_Tiny2, SystemFont_Tiny, SystemFont_Shadow_Small, SystemFont_Small, SystemFont_Small2, SystemFont_Shadow_Small2, SystemFont_Shadow_Med1_Outline,
        SystemFont_Shadow_Med1, QuestFont_Large, SystemFont_Large, SystemFont_Shadow_Large_Outline, SystemFont_Shadow_Med2, SystemFont_Shadow_Large, 
        SystemFont_Shadow_Large2, SystemFont_Shadow_Huge1, SystemFont_Huge2, SystemFont_Shadow_Huge2, SystemFont_Shadow_Huge3, SystemFont_Shadow_Outline_Huge3,
        SystemFont_Shadow_Outline_Huge2, SystemFont_Med1, SystemFont_WTF2, SystemFont_Outline_WTF2, 
        GameTooltipHeader, System_IME,
    }
 
    for i, FontObject in pairs(BlizFontObjects) do
        local _, oldSize, oldStyle  = FontObject:GetFont()
        FontObject:SetFont(newFont, ForcedFontSize[i] or oldSize, oldStyle)
    end
 
    BlizFontObjects = nil
end

[Seerah]

You can also just manually override the font files by placing your desired font (renamed to the default file names) in a Fonts folder in the WoW directory.

[Layback_]

Hi Tosaido,

Thank you SO SO SO and SO MUCH!!!!!!!

God!!! That's exactly what I have been looking for!!

[Layback_]

Originally Posted by Seerah You can also just manually override the font files by placing your desired font (renamed to the default file names) in a Fonts folder in the WoW directory.

Hi Seerah,

Thank you for your reply!

Yeah, I am aware of that method as I have stated on my OP
(Sorry, if my words did not make sense )

But, I am willing to avoid that approach haha!

[Seerah]

Your OP did not give me any inclination that you knew what the manual override method is. There are 5 font files to replace. You can read about it here: http://vranx.com/font.htm

[Kkthnx]

Originally Posted by Seerah Your OP did not give me any inclination that you knew what the manual override method is. There are 5 font files to replace. You can read about it here: http://vranx.com/font.htm

Originally Posted by Layback_ I'm asking this as I'm trying to avoid using Fonts folder which we can make on top path of WoW.

This is where he referred to it.

[Seerah]

Ah... Apparently I totally skipped over that.

[Layback_]

haha! all good!!

Thanks again