Fix the game menu title font

In this tutorial, you will learn how to fix the game menu title and caption font.


Setting up the files

Font

Download this font, which looks like the retail Half-Life 2 font, or another .ttf of your preference, and copy it to ../steam/steamapps/sourcemods/[your mod folder]/resource.

ClientScheme.res

Locate your ../steam/steamapps/common/Source SDK Base 2013 Singleplayer/hl2/resource directory and copy the clientscheme.res file to ../steam/steamapps/sourcemods/[your mod folder]/resource.

Open the file and locate the ClientTitleFont property. Replace it's name to the file name of your font, which is displayed in the .ttf file.


Finishing up

Download tutorial files

You can now run the mod and the title and caption text will now display all characters. You now know how to fix the game menu title and caption font.



Comments

Bluu said…
Download link doesn't work anymore, use this instead:

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/155492297490825216/372513883769798656/K12HL2.ttf
4/9/23, 12:16 PM
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