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Prinseskat
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Fonts

Letsgopitt wrote:

How do you get fonts from other places?
Via another vector editor, such as Inkscape. Google Drawings works if you don't want to download anything. Choose a font; they most likely have a lot more than Scratch. Type whatever, then save as .svg and import into Scratch as a costume. The problem with this is it takes time, you can't change text afterwards and sometimes there are strange glitches importing vector graphics from other places.
Scratchifier
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Fonts

Letsgopitt wrote:

How do you get fonts from other places?

Download inkscape if you don't have it already
Type text with text tool
Path –> Object to path
Object –> Ungroup
Path –> Union
Save as regular SVG
Upload text to costume in Scratch

And the length of the process is mainly why this is a very desired feature by many users.
Letsgopitt
Scratcher
500+ posts

Fonts

Scratchifier wrote:

Letsgopitt wrote:

How do you get fonts from other places?

Download inkscape if you don't have it already
Type text with text tool
Path –> Object to path
Object –> Ungroup
Path –> Union
Save as regular SVG
Upload text to costume in Scratch

And the length of the process is mainly why this is a very desired feature by many users.
Okay, thanks!
MegaApuTurkUltra
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Fonts

Support
AonymousGuy
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Fonts

eh

nah

Everybody, after seeing new fonts, would be like "THAT FONT? Now I don't think so, we need [comic sans] instead!" and because adding too many fonts to the scratch editor would make it considerably slower / cause other problems, the ST could only implement limited fonts.

Just use inkscape and convert all your objects to paths. Inkscape is great anyways.

EDIT: Actually, maybe it would be nice if you could load fonts from your computer into the Bitmap editor, because it doesn't save the text and need to render it anyways - so it wouldn't require the user to have the font installed on their computer / in the editor.

Last edited by AonymousGuy (April 9, 2015 01:40:08)

scratcher1
Scratcher
45 posts

Fonts

Comic sans- yes because its good for comics
ArrstalKOP
Scratcher
100+ posts

Fonts

Good for you!
ArrstalKOP
Scratcher
100+ posts

Fonts

i made this because people like me are unfortunate to have a 1 on 1 school computer program and is not allowed to download inkscape.
ev3commander
Scratcher
500+ posts

Fonts

ArrstalKOP wrote:

i made this because people like me are unfortunate to have a 1 on 1 school computer program and is not allowed to download inkscape.
You can use Microsoft word and snipping tool or if you have mac then use textedit and cmd-shift-4, then use preview to edit it.
ArrstalKOP
Scratcher
100+ posts

Fonts

oh well. Anyways, Ima gonna get supporters on.
meowmoo
Scratcher
500+ posts

Fonts

ArrstalKOP wrote:

oh well. Anyways, Ima gonna get supporters on.
What does that mean?
Mathboy428
Scratcher
33 posts

Fonts

Partial support?
'Cuz they could just make it so that you can choose any of the fonts installed on your computer + the deafult ones.

ev3commander wrote:

ArrstalKOP wrote:

i made this because people like me are unfortunate to have a 1 on 1 school computer program and is not allowed to download inkscape.
You can use Microsoft word and snipping tool or if you have mac then use textedit and cmd-shift-4, then use preview to edit it.

But what if you don't have MS word? I don't.
CatsUnited
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Fonts

Mathboy428 wrote:

Partial support?
'Cuz they could just make it so that you can choose any of the fonts installed on your computer + the deafult ones.

ev3commander wrote:

ArrstalKOP wrote:

i made this because people like me are unfortunate to have a 1 on 1 school computer program and is not allowed to download inkscape.
You can use Microsoft word and snipping tool or if you have mac then use textedit and cmd-shift-4, then use preview to edit it.

But what if you don't have MS word? I don't.
WordPad for Windows?
meowmoo
Scratcher
500+ posts

Fonts

Mathboy428 wrote:

Partial support?
'Cuz they could just make it so that you can choose any of the fonts installed on your computer + the deafult ones.

ev3commander wrote:

ArrstalKOP wrote:

i made this because people like me are unfortunate to have a 1 on 1 school computer program and is not allowed to download inkscape.
You can use Microsoft word and snipping tool or if you have mac then use textedit and cmd-shift-4, then use preview to edit it.

But what if you don't have MS word? I don't.
Google drawings.
JavaFernOS
Scratcher
100+ posts

Fonts

Support!!!!!!!!!!! We want Syncopate! We want Roboto! We want Arial! We want Open Sans! We want Comic Sans!(no offence Comic-Sans)
JavaFernOS
Scratcher
100+ posts

Fonts

BUT GUYS!!! YOU CANT USE MICROSOFT WORD OR GOOGLE DOC. BECAUSE THEY HAVE DIFFERENT TAGS, SEE: towerPic.png and ScienceReport.gdoc if you are using google.
meowmoo
Scratcher
500+ posts

Fonts

JavaFernOS wrote:

Support!!!!!!!!!!! We want Syncopate! We want Roboto! We want Arial! We want Open Sans! We want Comic Sans!(no offence Comic-Sans)
No, I think of arial as other people think of comic sans. Only I have a good reason.
FalconGunner99
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Fonts

meowmoo wrote:

JavaFernOS wrote:

Support!!!!!!!!!!! We want Syncopate! We want Roboto! We want Arial! We want Open Sans! We want Comic Sans!(no offence Comic-Sans)
No, I think of arial as other people think of comic sans. Only I have a good reason.
What ‘good reason’ is that?
meowmoo
Scratcher
500+ posts

Fonts

FalconGunner99 wrote:

meowmoo wrote:

JavaFernOS wrote:

Support!!!!!!!!!!! We want Syncopate! We want Roboto! We want Arial! We want Open Sans! We want Comic Sans!(no offence Comic-Sans)
No, I think of arial as other people think of comic sans. Only I have a good reason.
What ‘good reason’ is that?
Arial is the default font for me, meaning I see it all the time, and it makes everything look like italics. I've just gotten sick of it after all this time I've spent looking at it.
FalconGunner99
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Fonts

meowmoo wrote:

FalconGunner99 wrote:

meowmoo wrote:

JavaFernOS wrote:

Support!!!!!!!!!!! We want Syncopate! We want Roboto! We want Arial! We want Open Sans! We want Comic Sans!(no offence Comic-Sans)
No, I think of arial as other people think of comic sans. Only I have a good reason.
What ‘good reason’ is that?
Arial is the default font for me, meaning I see it all the time, and it makes everything look like italics. I've just gotten sick of it after all this time I've spent looking at it.
Well that reason does sound good from your perspective, but I don't mind the font at all, and I kinda doubt most people would.

Have you considered changing your default font?

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