Microfonts just too small

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Microfonts just too small

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The micro fonts being used now are just way too small.

Even the popup menu fonts are too tiny. Certainly something like this should be configurable, possibly the GuiFonts.json file?



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FYI, the image posted is actually much more readable than the game UI. Too funny...
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Are you on a 4k screen? If so you should check out the 4k thread here: https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4991284

We are working on adding in-game scaling to the game. It will probably be a few more weeks before it's ready to go out, but it should make the text more readable for all, and provide players with a few new options. It will especially help players get the most out of WitE2 on their 4k monitors.
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Awesome.

Thanks for the prompt reply and explanation.

I have been playing around with the fonts from the .json file; however it is clear the game is not currently scaling the UI appropriately to make that plausible right now.

My screen resolution is a typical 1920 x 1080 / laptop monitor. (do not have access to my high end equipment at the moment). But things are really tiny.

I used to be able to configure WiTE to compensate for this, but not so with WiTE2 yet it appears.
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Honestly, I prefer the font size that came at release.

Is there any way to get the large font size back?
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I am running on a 4k monitor, the size I like best for normal playing is 3840 x 2160, for screenshots I'll use 5120 x 2880 for a wider and longer view.

On my system I set the compatibility to System and I use my own custom font file I created back in testing (you can download it from here: fb.asp?m=4993559 )

Here is a 3840 x 2160 screenshot zoomed all the way in:

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Is there any way to get the large font size back?

Yes. https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4991284
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Yes, just change your settings to those in Post #2 above and it will scale exactly as it did in 1.02. We had to remove that as a default because of issues with some people's systems, which the in-application scaling we're working on will fully resolve but in the meantime the System (Enhanced) looks and scales great on most systems.
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Except mine for some odd reason [:(]
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