GUI fonts

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In the Doom 3 GUI system, the developer can choose which font to use on each GUI item. These fonts are used on the font property on GUI scripts. The default fonts - available on the Doom 3 game assets - are:

fonts/an
fonts/bank
fonts/english
fonts/micro

Fonts on the Doom 3 engine are composed of .TGA and .DAT files put together. The font system on this engine is also similar to the Quake 3:Arena font system; Therefore, the same tools used to create custom fonts on Quake 3 can be used on Doom 3.

Tools

• Q3Font (Last Version) - The premiere tool used to convert .TTF files into Quake 3/Doom 3-ready fonts. Created by Arnout 'RR2DO2' van Meer of Splash Damage.
• ExportFontToDoom3 - A new font conversion tool, specially designed for Doom 3 and with new features and fixes. Source code is also available online. Created by Grant Davies.

External Tutorials

• Complete GUI Scripting - 10: Using custom fonts (classic DOOM HUD #5)
• Complete GUI Scripting - 11: Editing fonts (classic DOOM HUD #6)