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Game was working fine, and then a few days ago the in game resolution seemed much sharper in detail but there was a bunch of font layer issues like this. Ive changed the computer resolution to several other setting and this issue persists across them all. Ive also changed the in game detail from high to low and back again with no difference. Im running the game from steam on a windows 7 machine with an Nvidia GTX 1080. I dont think the issue is from a nvidia firm wear update and Ive used up about all my basic computer knowledge. I tried a fresh install which made no difference either.


Thanks
Jay

Another example

Looks like you changed the size of the font/size to one that is too large for the template text (which you cannot change). Just a quirk with the fonts, so you might play with different sizes and styles. Some times just changing to a different font will make a difference in the text size.

How do I change the font size? (steam version) As you can see some screens are really hard to make out

That's terrible. You may want to check to see which fonts are enabled for windows on your PC.

Anyway, open the WitW game directory and the DAT sub-directory folder. Find & open the file - WitwFontConfig.txt
File contents should be self explanatory - top half contains text table codes,

//WitW Font Config File
//*********************************
//Font id,Name,Size,0-normal/1-bold/2-italic/3-bold italic
//*********************************
//Fonts 1-10 are GUI Text, Fonts 11-40 are Map Text Fonts, Max of 63 fonts supported
//
//Default Fonts
//1,Tahoma,14,0 - Common Header Font
//2,Tahoma,10,0 – Common Game Font
//3,Tahoma,18,0 - End Game Screen
//4,Verdana,7,0 - Top Right Menu date/turn
//5,Tahoma,9,1 - Unit Counters High Zoom and small bold header
//6,Tahoma,8,0 - Small Font Commander's Report
//7,Georgia,18,0 - Weather Report
//8,Verdana,7,1 - Unit Counters Med Zoom and Commander's Report
//9,Verdana,9,0 - Editor
//10,Lucida Console,9,0 - Log Screen
//11 - SPARE
//12-26 - Maptext for Large Areas: Sea / Sea Areas / Countries / Regions / Islands / Features
//27-32 - Maptext for Small Areas: Towns / Cities / Lakes / Small Islands
//33-40 - Maptext for Terrain / Rivers
//

lower part contains current code configuration in your game. Game interface location/Font name/Font size/Font style


The default configuration should be

1,Tahoma,14,0
2,Tahoma,10,0
3,Tahoma,18,0
4,Verdana,7,0
5,Tahoma,9,1
6,Tahoma,8,0
7,Georgia,18,0
8,Verdana,7,1
9,Verdana,9,0
10,Lucida Console,9,0
11
12,Georgia,9,1
13,Georgia,13,0
14,Georgia,14,0
15,Georgia,16,0
16,Georgia,18,0
17,Georgia,20,0
18,Georgia,24,0
19,Georgia,28,0
20,Georgia,30,0
21,Georgia,32,0
22,Georgia,36,0
23,Georgia,40,0
24,Georgia,48,0
25,Georgia,52,0
26,Georgia,60,0
27,Georgia,8,0
28,Georgia,8,1
29,Georgia,9,1
30,Georgia,10,1
31,Georgia,11,1
32,Georgia,12,1
33,Georgia,12,3
34,Georgia,13,2
35,Georgia,14,2
36,Georgia,16,2
37,Georgia,18,2
38,Georgia,20,2
39,Georgia,24,2
40,Georgia,11,3


Edit your configuration text and save. Don't try to change more than one line at a time. Commander Reports are tough because info boxes and text fields cannot be enlarged.

The game always uses the system font sizes so if you raised it for better visibility on large screens you'll rise it for the game too.
AFAIR one way to work around this is to navigate to the game installation folder, right-click on the game executable WarInTheWest.exe, choose the compatibility tab and check "disable scaling at high DPI setting" (don't know exact term in english Windoze)