Daft Mugi on 16/10/2022 at 16:57
I thought it was strange that Thief 2 map notes allowed typing uppercase 'B' whereas Thief 1/Gold did not.
I found that there are two font files included on the Thief 2 CD: one with uppercase 'B' and one without.
NewDark 1.27 includes the one without uppercase 'B' in its "T1.7z\INTRFACE.CRF" archive, and TFix 1.27 includes that NewDark 1.27 version of the INTRFACE.CRF file as "PATCHES\INTRFACE.CRF".
The two font files on the Thief 2 CD are:
* Thief 2 CD:\INTRFACE.CRF -> F_SCRP12.FON (latest font file, includes uppercase 'B')
* Thief 2 CD:\RES\intrface.crf -> f_scrp12.fon (older font file, does not include uppercase 'B')
NOTE: The latest font file is also included with the GOG version at "Thief 2 GOG:\RES\intrface.crf -> F_SCRP12.FON".
Code:
// Latest font file, includes uppercase 'B'
F_SCRP12.FON
15939 bytes
abbd85a98264cb1f46486b81b4505f31 md5sum
9ec618e43e6a58fcf76dfd1cb0b742110c20998ae233e53fcd41f6c13ffb9945 sha256sum
// Older font file, does not include uppercase 'B'
f_scrp12.fon
16269 bytes
14cb5287da39b79a5da7ab74cefaa2f3 md5sum
280741828668260f83a0421d6994f29ae96c41007691bb618d6e6a6161963969 sha256sum
To fix your Thief 1/Gold map notes font, unzip INTRFACE.CRF from either the Thief 2 CD or Thief 2 GOG installation, and copy F_SCRP12.FON to an appropriate location in your Thief 1/Gold installation.
There are many ways to do that. I'll describe one way.
First, create a directory/folder called "fixedfont" in the Thief 1/Gold installation and copy F_SCRP12.FON to it. It should look like the following:
Code:
C:\games\Thief1\fixedfont\intrface\F_SCRP12.FON
Next, put it as a higher priority in your cam_mod.ini file.
Code:
mod_path .\fixedfont+.\patches
Finally, try it out. Launch Thief 1/Gold. Start a mission. Open the map. Click on the map. Type "Booyah!"