Hello all, (im back with some more crazy questions lol)
I have a question about fonts.
In Unity to import a font it has to have the extension .ttf
The problem is everytime I download a font it comes in a FFIL format.
Does anyone know how to convert the FFIL font format to a TTF format?
I have learned that the FFIL font formats are a suitcase for ttf fonts.
The problem Im having is every time I download a font that is .ttf it automatically downloads as a FFIL font format. So has anyone figured out how to solve this problem to be able to import fonts into unity? or another way around it?
Boy I sure waisted a whole lot of time on this one
But at last a simple solution
Click on the file name > (easy it highlights)
then rename it (whatever name.ttf)
A pop up will show up asking if your sure you want to add the extension “.ttf” to the end of the name?
Click “ADD”
Done, I really cant believe it was this easy. Right under my nose lol
Drop it into the assets folder, Unity will create a material for it and everything. Test it: Create a GUI text
Goto GameOBject > Create Other> GUI Text
Look in the inspector (make sure it says gui text) Look for a dropdown box with tiny black arrow click it “Presto” there’s your font ! click or choose it and there you go your new font in the game scene.
If you want to change the size of the font “MAKE SURE its highlighted in the project pane” then goto the menu bar choose Assets > Import setting:
Presto = change the font size.
I hope this helps all the newbies or at least someone, it sure took me a while to figure out.
Incidentally, you can avoid this problem in the first place by using Windows TTF files, as both OSX and Unity support them directly. The ‘Mac’ files that you’ll find on most font download sites are usually in the old OS9 format that is essentially obsolete.
I just tried downloading a windows .ttf and it worked on the mac. I thought windows files would not open or work on mac but I guess its not the case when your dealing with fonts.
I wish I had noticed your post an hour or two ago, I have just finished converting and changing all of my font names to .ttf and just re-downloading them would have been SOOOOooo much easier lol.
But I seriously appreciate it because it will make future fonts a snap
