So where do people pick their fonts from for the network b/c I keep accidentally going from basic bitch text to courier new and I feel like neither are right

:|a

<--courier new

𝔢 𝔦 𝔰 𝔡 𝔞 𝔪 𝔪 𝔢 : yeah I always use that one for smartphone style text messaging in games, but the network system is different/weirder in Abraxas and I feel like stabman would have more of a handwriting style thing

SO i think the best idea is to probably google something like "web safe fonts handwriting" and pick one out that feels good for altaïr

Oh that's a good idea

you might have to do a little digging for one that's both legible/appropriate but that's probably a good starting point

he only thing i'd caution is like

nonstandard fonts even if they purport to be websafe can be really finicky between devices

Yeah I was concerned about the display angle

e.g. some fonts look fine on my screen but show up as something completely different on another person's browser, so i'd just try it out in a post double-check by a couple of friends before goin' with it

YEAH there's a reason i decided to say "fuck it" and go with fake linux monotype KSJFHKJHF

Yeah but you can lean into the modern aspect and Altaïr....cannot lok

Lol even...

I also just wanted to go for something legible but not too modern tech-y so I use georgia for viktor

It's just mind words, not necessarily actual handwriting so

ya ya

i pick from the websafe fonts, and then i use a combination of letter spacing/caps/italics etc to make it....less like the default variation of that font

so thats how i settled on mine. i went websafe so it looks the same across the board even tho its like...more limited

for sure, it's just that if I DO change it up I want the Aesthetic to match

i used georgia in all caps bc it looked the most Medieval lmfaooo

that's perfectly reasonable logic

I'm lazy and don't bother lol. Jayce has the normal text and Jesper has courier new because I had it already for texts. Istredd is just normal italics. I forget it if make it more complicated so I just gave up. basic bitch i am

Dean's is one that looks one way on my screen but different to people on mobile or older laptops and shit. I picked a Google font that apparently isn't always installed by default. The Jo player went and installed it and it looks right to her now but yeah, something to keep in mind when you pick one.

i use georgia italicized, and times new roman italicized. they look more handwriting-y when you add italics

I have a canon handwriting sample for Jon and it just isn't possible to reproduce accurately -- the closest common google font is probably some kind of chancery italic, but he really writes in Insular Minuscule, and it's easiest to just link it.

(I also try to never use semicolons in texts in games... dashes only! for the aesthetic!... but sometimes I slip, and I definitely slip on using British spellings as you see in "organise" and "defence" in that message.)

I would be pickier about punctuation and spelling etc more if he were actually writing or typing, heh.

since that's an extra technical hurdle that is funny to play with.