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Make your text readable

By MechWalrus

By default in openttd the text on train stations and town names becomes hard to read when you zoom out and on top of that the font size is absolutely tiny. Thankfully both of these problems can be fixed by editing a single file.

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2 Apr, 2021 @ 4:42am

19 Apr, 2021 @ 6:20am

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Go to the openttd.cfg file

Replace the highlighted section

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Go to the openttd.cfg file

(default path: C:\Users\[username]\Documents\OpenTTD\openttd.cfg) (It can be opened with notepad)

and navigate to this part:

Replace the highlighted section

with the following:
(for Windows)

small_font = Arial
medium_font = Tahoma Bold
large_font = Arial
mono_font = Courier New
small_size = 11
medium_size = 12
large_size = 20
mono_size = 12

(for Linux)

small_font = DejaVu Sans
medium_font = DejaVu Sans, Bold
large_font = DejaVu Serif, Bold
mono_font = DejaVu Sans Mono, Bold
small_size = 12
medium_size = 12
large_size = 16
mono_size = 12

(For Mac)

small_font = /Users/<username>/Library/Fonts/DejaVuSans.ttf
medium_font = /Users/<username>/Library/Fonts/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf
large_font = /Users/<username>/Library/Fonts/DejaVuSerif-Bold.ttf
mono_font = /Users/<username>/Library/Fonts/DejaVuSansMono-Bold.ttf
small_size = 12
medium_size = 15
large_size = 20
mono_size = 14

You can also of course change the fonts and their sizes to what ever you please and have installed on your pc.

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13 Comments

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Althine 29 Jan, 2024 @ 4:52pm

OMG THANK YOU

MdeValnor 28 Sep, 2023 @ 11:42pm

You Rock

Ҩᴜﾒøtic 28 Mar, 2023 @ 3:19am

thanks a lot bud

LeonardMT 14 Nov, 2022 @ 12:10pm

@Lazy Invincible General The game's open source, so dive into the code if you want.

MAT 2 Jun, 2022 @ 2:04am

Thanks!

MechWalrus [author] 3 Jul, 2021 @ 1:14pm

To my knowledge no, but a background on the text option would be a nice accessibility feature.

Lazy Invincible General 3 Jul, 2021 @ 12:49pm

is there a option to give it something of a background, or increase the black area around each area?

MarekSlaski 22 Apr, 2021 @ 10:04am

Many thx for this one.

MechWalrus [author] 19 Apr, 2021 @ 6:26am

The Linux fix does also work on windows but it definitely won't work on Mac, so I'll update the guide and add a separate fix for windows just in case.

Edward_shooter 19 Apr, 2021 @ 5:47am

Actually this is for Linux only. The game uses different settings for Windows and MacOS:
https://wiki.openttd.org/en/Archive/Community/FAQ%20troubleshooting#my-user-interface-is-too-small-to-read-my-font-is-unreadable-or-faulty

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