Ugly monospaced font intentional?

[VL4DST3R]

I initially downloaded an older version of this and NewPlayer from a steam guide, namely BallanceModLoaderPlusPatch-v0.2.3. It all worked fine and good, but then just for the sake of it I decided to check if any updates exist, and after getting the latest NewPlayer and BMLPus I noticed that the font for the new overlays and mod menu no longer match the in-game one like before. The file structure seems to differ between the current latest (0.3.10) and the one I initially downloaded, so I'm not sure exactly how to fix this. Is this intentional?

[doyaGu]

Yes, this is intentional.

Starting with the 0.3.x line the overlay/UI is drawn with Dear ImGui, not the game’s original renderer. To support Chinese (and other non-Latin) text out of the box, BML+ ships with GNU Unifont as the default font. Unifont is an open-source, broad-coverage Unicode font, which makes it a reliable fallback for CJK and symbols.

If you want the overlay to match the in-game look:

1. Drop your preferred font into the fonts folder. Place a .ttf/.otf (e.g., Bank Gothic) in ModLoader/Fonts/.
2. Launch the game, then navigate to Options -> Mods -> BML -> GUI in the game menu. In the GUI settings, under FontFilename, enter the exact full file name of your custom font (for example BankGothic.ttf).
3. (Optional) Keep Unifont as a fallback for missing glyphs. Because many display faces (including Bank Gothic) don’t include CJK, you can keep Unifont as a secondary so Chinese characters still render.

[VL4DST3R]

I don't mean to sound rude but isn't making this font the default a step backwards for the rest of the world who use this tool?

Secondly, as far as I can tell you cannot (easily) get the font used in-game from the game files (correct me if I am wrong) so having that be the default with the one provided externally by the tool as a fallback makes a lot more sense in my opinion.

Third and somewhat unrelated - when I first tried to solve this issue myself, I tried deleting unifont.otf entirely but the font still remained the same, which leads me to believe that it is already included in the tool by default? If so, why have it inside the fonts folder as well?

[Swung0x48]

Secondly, as far as I can tell you cannot (easily) get the font used in-game from the game files

How? The reply above clearly states it is Bank Gothic. I believe it is not included simply because it is not a freefont and thus BMLPlus do not have the right to redistribute it.

[VL4DST3R]

it is Bank Gothic

Ah my bad, I didn't realize that's actually the font used by the game. Arguably not that "clearly stated" however, since he mentioned it just as an example, and I wrongfully confused it with "Century Gothic" that is included by default with windows.

If anyone else stumbles over this issue I believe BankGothicMediumBT from here is the right font so you can manually swap it. I also found this Ballance related project that also has what I presume is the font extracted from the game files, so maybe it is more faithful.

My point about this being quite cumbersome to restore the natural look still stands though.