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<blockquote data-quote="Boilermaker" data-source="post: 105250" data-attributes="member: 10306">First off, thanks for the compliments.&nbsp;&nbsp; No worries on the post, i think i understand what you mean.&nbsp; I'm going to list step by step how to change the font in this or any skin.&nbsp; You've done many of the steps already, so i apologize for repeating a few things.&nbsp; Also keep in mind tho, a different font size may not line up well and therefore not look as good. <ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Open the directory of the skin you would like to change.&nbsp; Changes in fonts.xml apply only to that skin, not any others.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Make a copy of the original fonts.xml file so you have something to revert to in case of a problem.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Open up fonts.xml with a text editor (notepad works well).&nbsp; There shouldn't be a need to add or change the tag names.&nbsp; But if you do, remember tags are case sensitive.&nbsp; A typical font entry will look like this: 
[CODE]&nbsp; &lt;font&gt; 
&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;name&gt;font13&lt;/name&gt; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;filename&gt;Lucida Sans&lt;/filename&gt; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;height&gt;13&lt;/height&gt; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;start&gt;0&lt;/start&gt; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;end&gt;1536&lt;/end&gt; 
&nbsp; &lt;/font&gt; 
[/CODE]<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">name tag (font 13 from above) is what is used in the skin to identify the font.&nbsp; Should not be changed, otherwise you will have to rename it in all the skin files also</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">filename tag (Lucinda Sans) is the type of font defined.&nbsp; Can be changed to almost any font you have installed on your computer.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">height (13) is just that, the height.&nbsp; Raise or lower to adjust size.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">start/end (0/1536) i believe is the range of characters (value corresponds to ascii number) used by this font.&nbsp; I had an end value of 256 at one point, and Cyrillic characters were not displayed.&nbsp; Probably not necessary to edit this.</li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Make your changes, save fonts.xml</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Go to the fonts directory in the skin folder and erase all the files in that directory</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Start Mediaportal.&nbsp;&nbsp; While MP starts, the overlay should hang an extra moment or two on &quot;Initializing Fonts&quot;.&nbsp; This is a good sign, means MP is regenerating the fonts with the changes</li>
</ul>helge, I don't know if this ended up helping, i was just trying to cover the basics...let me know if you need more help.&nbsp; If you tell me specifically what you were looking to do, i can edit an fonts.xml file, test it here and send it to you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Boilermaker, post: 105250, member: 10306"] First off, thanks for the compliments. No worries on the post, i think i understand what you mean. I'm going to list step by step how to change the font in this or any skin. You've done many of the steps already, so i apologize for repeating a few things. Also keep in mind tho, a different font size may not line up well and therefore not look as good. [LIST] [*]Open the directory of the skin you would like to change. Changes in fonts.xml apply only to that skin, not any others. [*]Make a copy of the original fonts.xml file so you have something to revert to in case of a problem. [*]Open up fonts.xml with a text editor (notepad works well). There shouldn't be a need to add or change the tag names. But if you do, remember tags are case sensitive. A typical font entry will look like this: [CODE] <name>font13</name> <filename>Lucida Sans</filename> <height>13</height> <start>0</start> <end>1536</end> [/CODE] [LIST] [*]name tag (font 13 from above) is what is used in the skin to identify the font. Should not be changed, otherwise you will have to rename it in all the skin files also [*]filename tag (Lucinda Sans) is the type of font defined. Can be changed to almost any font you have installed on your computer. [*]height (13) is just that, the height. Raise or lower to adjust size. [*]start/end (0/1536) i believe is the range of characters (value corresponds to ascii number) used by this font. I had an end value of 256 at one point, and Cyrillic characters were not displayed. Probably not necessary to edit this. [/LIST] [*]Make your changes, save fonts.xml [*]Go to the fonts directory in the skin folder and erase all the files in that directory [*]Start Mediaportal. While MP starts, the overlay should hang an extra moment or two on "Initializing Fonts". This is a good sign, means MP is regenerating the fonts with the changes [/LIST] helge, I don't know if this ended up helping, i was just trying to cover the basics...let me know if you need more help. If you tell me specifically what you were looking to do, i can edit an fonts.xml file, test it here and send it to you. [/QUOTE]

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