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Graphics / How do I disable font smoothing?
« on: May 02, 2024, 10:31:17 pm »
Hi, I know that there's been one hundred thousand posts about this issue before, but I couldn't find anything helpful, so I'm writting my post.
The issue is well known: if you try to use small (pixel) fonts, SFML tries to smooth characters. Which looks ugly when it comes to pixel games. How do I disable font smoothing?
I tried to find the solution myself, but nothing worked.
The first way was modifying Font.cpp and changing FT_RENDER_MODE_NORMAL to FT_RENDER_MODE_MONO. It didn't work because I couldn't find Font.cpp. I mean, I know it's kind of weird, Font.cpp must be somewhere in the SFML folder, but I can't find it whatsoever! cpp's are usually stored in the folder called src, but I didn't find even that. I thought something happened to my folder and I downloaded the archive from this site, but even it didn't contained Font.cpp
The second option was using sf::Font::setSmooth(bool).
But my compliler said it wasn't an option:
The issue is well known: if you try to use small (pixel) fonts, SFML tries to smooth characters. Which looks ugly when it comes to pixel games. How do I disable font smoothing?
I tried to find the solution myself, but nothing worked.
The first way was modifying Font.cpp and changing FT_RENDER_MODE_NORMAL to FT_RENDER_MODE_MONO. It didn't work because I couldn't find Font.cpp. I mean, I know it's kind of weird, Font.cpp must be somewhere in the SFML folder, but I can't find it whatsoever! cpp's are usually stored in the folder called src, but I didn't find even that. I thought something happened to my folder and I downloaded the archive from this site, but even it didn't contained Font.cpp
The second option was using sf::Font::setSmooth(bool).
But my compliler said it wasn't an option: