I noticed since TBC Phase 2 was released my AddOn isn’t loading my font anymore, and I was wondering if it was intended or is a bug that opentype font was dropped? I’ve been using an OTF font since vanilla classic and suddenly there’s just chains of errors when I try to load the OTF font, I’ve temporarily replaced it with a ttf
anyone else experienced something like this?
It got left out but should be returning in the not too distant future.
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Support for OpenType fonts should be fixed again in an upcoming classic build
opened 11:56AM - 01 Sep 21 UTC
closed 10:56PM - 16 Sep 21 UTC
Bug
Acknowledged by Blizzard
**2021-09-15:** This issue has been resolved [on the latest PTR builds for 9.1.5… and 1.14.0](https://github.com/Stanzilla/WoWUIBugs/issues/164#issuecomment-920423713), but still affects the current live version of BCC (2.5.2.40045).
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OTF fonts are broken as of 2.5.2, 1.14.0, and 9.1.5 and cannot be used with fontstrings in the game client. Support for OTF worked previously in older patches of the game client for each branch, including 2.5.1, 1.13.7, and 9.1.
To test, install an OTF font in the game directory and attempt to use it with a fontstring. A good test case is [Source Sans](https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-sans/releases/tag/3.046R), for which you can use `SourceSans3-Regular.otf` inside `OTF-source-sans-3.046R.zip`. Place this in the Fonts folder of the game directory and run the following ingame:
```
/run local FS = UIParent:CreateFontString(); FS:SetPoint("CENTER", 0, 10); FS:SetFont("Fonts\\FRIZQT__.ttf", 15); FS:SetText("Test Text");
/run local FS = UIParent:CreateFontString(); FS:SetPoint("CENTER", 0, -10); FS:SetFont("Fonts\\SourceSans3-Regular.otf", 15); FS:SetText("Test Text");
```
The expected result should be two lines of text in the centre of the screen. In the clients where support is broken, you'll only see one line of text.
On the current 9.1 and 1.13.7 clients, the test case works as expected:
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(Mmm I had already typed my post earlier but something else required my attention
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