Odd, I just tried it, and it works okay for me. (It's too bold for my taste, though, for button & menu labels.) I'm using mainly pygame 1.9.1 with Python 3.1.3 under 32-bit Windows Vista SP2, but I just tried it with Python 2.6.6, and it worked with that, too.
Dave On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Nathan BIAGINI <[email protected]>wrote: > Ok so now the freesansbold font seems to be found but i got a Fatal error > each time i want to use it. > > > 2011/5/8 Nathan BIAGINI <[email protected]> > >> Hum... Nicer i can't say but it's a pretty simple font and also usable for >> menu etc... i think. >> >> >> 2011/5/8 David Burton <[email protected]> >> >>> Hmm.. Well, I searched on my HDD, and found >>> pygame-1.9.1release\lib\freesansbold.ttf >>> It is attached. I don't think I've ever used it. Is it a good-looking >>> font? Nicer than Vera? >>> >>> Dave >>> >>> >>> On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Nathan BIAGINI >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Yeah but in fact. I'm using Ocemp GUI and i refer to freesansbold which >>>> is the default font indirectly. So maybe i can change the default font of >>>> pygame? Or maybe i have to add freesansbold.ttf in Pygame cause it seems to >>>> be missing : >>>> >>>> the pygame.font.match_font('freesansbold') returns None >>>> >>>> >>>> 2011/5/8 David Burton <[email protected]> >>>> >>>>> On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Nathan BIAGINI < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi everyone. >>>>>> >>>>>> The default font of Pygame seems to be missing... how can i solve it? >>>>>> >>>>>> RuntimeError: default font not found 'freesansbold.ttf' >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> This is what I use: >>>>> >>>>> # 11 point Vera is a good font for menus and button labels >>>>> try: >>>>> vera = pygame.font.Font('Vera.ttf', 11) >>>>> except: >>>>> print('Warning: could not load "Vera.ttf" -- text will be ugly!') >>>>> vera = pygame.font.SysFont('arial,microsoftsansserif,courier', 13) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> “If anyone thinks the words ‘government’ and ‘efficiency’ belong in the >>> same sentence, we have counseling available.” >>> - Sen. Paul Tsongas (D-MA) >>> >>> >> > -- “If anyone thinks the words ‘government’ and ‘efficiency’ belong in the same sentence, we have counseling available.” - Sen. Paul Tsongas (D-MA)
