Trouble with Fonts

[KoolaidJunkie]

I've been having trouble getting Fonts to work..

I downloaded a skin (2nd v2) some time ago... and it worked fine.
Today I went to use on of the skins and none of the Text is being displayed.

I tried putting the Font files in a @Resources/Fonts folder, but that didn't work...
Even added them to every sub folder, including the top level one..

Skins\2nd v2\@Resources\Fonts
Skins\2nd v2\Left\@Resources\Fonts
Skins\2nd v2\Left\Clock\@Resources\Fonts

but still no text shows... Its not even reverting to the "default" font

If I edit the skin, and remove the "FontFace= ...." then the Text shows up.

I've had trouble with a few other skins too..
Is there a easier way to work with Fonts in rainmeter?
Could the Font Family name be wrong? But shouldn't it revert to the default font if it is wrong?

Please help

[eclectic-tech]

I would recommend using JSMorley's RainFont addon to get the correct family name used in meters.
It will also tell you if you have the font in question installed on your system.

Excellent tool! Thank You JSMorley!

[thatsIch]

The filenames doesnt equal the real fontname
what it does when you put it in the font folder,
it loads up this font as it would be installed defaultly on your machine.

so use the tool posted above to get the "real" name.
real nice job jsm =)

[KoolaidJunkie]

I would recommend using JSMorley's RainFont addon to get the correct family name used in meters.
It will also tell you if you have the font in question installed on your system.

Excellent tool! Thank You JSMorley!

Tried the RainFont program.. the FontFace= in the .ini matched up with what RainFont said.
Even copy/pasted to be sure..
Still not work.. Guess Rainmeter just doesn't like that font.

[KreAch3R]

Tried the RainFont program.. the FontFace= in the .ini matched up with what RainFont said.
Even copy/pasted to be sure..
Still not work.. Guess Rainmeter just doesn't like that font.

Please share your skin, ideally in .rmskin format (font included). Rainmeter should display the string using the default font.

[UberSlackr]

Please share your skin, ideally in .rmskin format (font included). Rainmeter should display the string using the default font.

Here is the skin He's referring too.. http://lukunder.deviantart.com/art/2nd-v-2-172464958
Fonts are not working for me either.

[Brian]

Try: FontFace=Officina Serif OS ITC TT BoldIt

One good trick is to hover over the .ttf file and look at the Title:. (at least in Windows 7)

It appears this font is a BoldItalic font, which will require a StringStyle=BoldItalic. For some reason RainFont wasn't working well with the Sub-Family of this font. Jsmorley has updated RainFont to handle strange fonts like this.

-Brian

[KoolaidJunkie]

Try: FontFace=Officina Serif OS ITC TT BoldIt

One good trick is to hover over the .ttf file and look at the Title:. (at least in Windows 7)

It appears this font is a BoldItalic font, which will require a StringStyle=BoldItalic. For some reason RainFont wasn't working well with the Sub-Family of this font. Jsmorley has updated RainFont to handle strange fonts like this.

-Brian

Thats strange, because if you look at the Preview of the skin on DA (UberSlackr posted link)
the text is not Italic.. and when using StringStyle=BoldItalic it makes the font Italic.

[jsmorley]

Yeah, I'm not quite sure what is up with that font, but you have to use StringStyle=BoldItalic or Rainmeter just won't use it.