necrobump

beo like we can have some good fonts but instead scratch has fonts like curly that nobody except 8 year olds will use…

BennettLovesOreos wrote:

necrobump

beo like we can have some good fonts but instead scratch has fonts like curly that nobody except 8 year olds will use…

Remember Scratch is a site designed for children 8 and older.

Anyways, even if adding fonts to the editor may fall under ‘fair use’, I feel like Scratch should avoid beef at all costs with the respective owners, as it has been made clear multiple times that companies does not care about that. That being said, compatibility with Google Fonts would be nice.

I support. However, there are also workarounds for this.
There is a Scratch Mod, Turbowarp, where you can upload system fonts or .ttf files. If you choose to use a system font, the project can later be uploaded to Scratch and it will appear correctly for most users.
However, in the case where a user doesn't have the system font, or if you use a .ttf file, there is something else you can do. Finish drawing the costume, then convert it to bitmap. (If needed, duplicate the costume first before converting it, to save a backup of the costume if necessary.) When the bitmap costumes are uploaded to Scratch, the font should appear correctly for everyone.
An example of this is my game, Harvest.
I'm not the best at explaining things; sorry if this was confusing.