i have a font type i want to use on scratch, is it possible to import the font onto scratch?

Unless you use cooltext.com, I don't think that you can upload a custom font. You have to have it pre-typed somewhere else.

Go to google drive, and open a new drawing. Write the text with the font you want in a text box. Then click file > download > .svg. That will save it to your computer. Then go to scratch and go to costumes. Click the ‘upload costume’ button and upload the text.

SVGs can have any font, although they may revert back to Sans Serif when edited.

The_Imaginarium wrote:

Go to google drive, and open a new drawing. Write the text with the font you want in a text box. Then click file > download > .svg. That will save it to your computer. Then go to scratch and go to costumes. Click the ‘upload costume’ button and upload the text.

i've tried but i cant upload the font from my computer onto google drive either

Idk if all fonts work but some fonts do.

CST1229 wrote:

SVGs can have any font, although they may revert back to Sans Serif when edited.

True. It may revert to probably serif if Scratch doesn't support the font.

You could make it in an svg editor and convert the svg to a png.
Another option is to make only the text in an svg editor, then export the text as a png then into the scratch editor with a transparent background for more customizability.

gosoccerboy5 wrote:

CST1229 wrote:

SVGs can have any font, although they may revert back to Sans Serif when edited.

True. It may revert to probably serif if Scratch doesn't support the font.

You could make it in an svg editor and convert the svg to a png.
Another option is to make only the text in an svg editor, then export the text as a png then into the scratch editor with a transparent background for more customizability.

yeah but when i convert it into a png some of the white is still left on the text

I found a perfect way to load fonts from your computer into Scratch Here is how to do it (i got the information from the Scratch wiki on the scratch labs page there was a tutorial on loading custom fonts into the font block and I tried loading custom fonts into the paint editor with the method):

1. First, create a new project. Create a new sprite and name it to what you want. Then, make a costume and enter your text using the Text tool. You can create as many costumes as you want.
2. Save the project into your computer. Then, make sure you have File name extensions enabled. When you have, rename the extension .sb3 to .zip. Now, extract the files from the new archive into a folder.
3. Now, you need to click on one of the SVG files until you see your written text. When you have selected the right file, you just need to open it in Notepad (or any text editing software you like) and find the name of the font you used. Then, change it to the name of the font you want to change it.
4. Now, you need to insert it into a .zip archive. Then, rename the .zip file extension to .sb3 and load it into the Scratch editor. Now, you have the font! But there will be a bug, that it cuts a bit of the text. Try typing the text again, and it will be fixed

Hope you found this useful