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[caveman017]

I'd love to use 1080i, but i find the fonts are too small. Is it possible to make them larger?

[caveman017]

anyone?

[MrQRamos]

I've been experimenting with this myself.  Something to keep in mind first.... running in 1080i will cause you to run into some memory issues particularly while running videos (and also because of the use of TrueType Fonts I'm about to mention), this can be relieved by lowering your cache settings and disabling rss feeds. That having been said here's what I've got.  The code below should go into your Q:\skins\PMIII\1080i\font.xml.  Notice I have created settings for Arial and Myriad, which means you need to provide these two fonts in the Q:\media\fonts folder i.e. Copy Arial.ttf and Myriad.ttf from your Windows Font folder, or dl them off the net into the Q:\media\fonts folder.  To use Arial or Myriad in XBMC, look in the Appearance settings and switch it to your desired font.  Hope this helps.
-Q

CODE

  
    
      font18
      common-font18.xpr
    

    
      font13
      common-720pfont14.xpr
    

    
      font14
      common-font18.xpr
    

    
      font64
      common-font64.xpr

    

    
      matrix8
      matrix8.xpr
    

    
      font04
      common-font18.xpr
    

    
      font15
      common-font15.xpr
    

    
      font10
      common-720pfont14.xpr
    

    
      font101
      common-720pfont14.xpr
    

    
      font12
      common-720pfont14.xpr
    

    
      fontKB
      common-720pfont14.xpr
    

    
      special12
      special-normal-pal.xpr
    

    
      special13
      special-bold-pal.xpr
    

    
      fontBL
      common-720pfont14.xpr
    

  

  
    
      font18
      Arial.ttf
      40
    

    
      font13
      Arial.ttf
      38
    

    
      font14
      Arial.ttf
      38
    

    
      font64
      Arial.ttf
    

    
      matrix8
      Arial.ttf
    16
    

    
      font04
      Arial.ttf
      38
    

    
      font15
      Arial.ttf
      38
    

    
      font10
      Arial.ttf
      32
    

    
      font12
      Arial.ttf
      32
    

    
      fontKB
      Arial.ttf
    26
    

    
      font101
      Arial.ttf
      24
    

    
      special12
      Arial.ttf
    40
    

    
      font16
      Arial.ttf
      48
    

    
      special13
      Arial.ttf
    48
    

    
      fontBL
      Arial.ttf
      32
    

  


    
      font18
      myriad.ttf
      40
    

    
      font13
      myriad.ttf
      38
    

    
      font14
      myriad.ttf
      38
    

    
      font64
      myriad.ttf
    

    
      matrix8
      myriad.ttf
    16
    

    
      font04
      myriad.ttf
      38
    

    
      font15
      myriad.ttf
      38
    

    
      font10
      myriad.ttf
      32
    

    
      font16
      myriad.ttf
      48
    

    
      font12
      myriad.ttf
      32
    

    
      fontKB
      myriad.ttf
    26
    

    
      font101
      myriad.ttf
      24
    

    
      special12
      myriad.ttf
    40
    

    
      special13
      myriad.ttf
    48
    

    
      fontBL
      myriad.ttf
      32
    

  

[ChrisF]

Very Nice!!!

Someone should sticky this or include it in the FAQ/linked posts at the top as the 720p font sizes are pretty small at 1080i and this is an easy 2 minute solution.

[MrQRamos]

Just thought I'd provide a screenshot in case anyone was interested...

(IMG:http://www.supload.com/thumbs/default/1080i%20Myriad%20Font.jpg)

Edit: Fixed supload link

This post has been edited by MrQRamos: Jan 23 2006, 02:50 AM

[ClintiePoo]

This should be put in the FAQ.  It seems like people ask this a lot, and nobody has an answer.  This is the first time I have seen a solution.

[zdman]

QUOTE(MrQRamos @ Jan 22 2006, 07:46 PM)

Just thought I'd provide a screenshot in case anyone was interested...

That looks great. I will have to give it a try.

By the way, what XBMC version are you running?  I notice from your picture that the script menu works, I have the latest version and my script menu is all messed up whenever I run any of the 16:9 modes.

[MrQRamos]

QUOTE(zdman @ Jan 23 2006, 09:00 AM)

By the way, what XBMC version are you running?  I notice from your picture that the script menu works, I have the latest version and my script menu is all messed up whenever I run any of the 16:9 modes.

I'm running XBMC-CVS_2006-01-18-T3CH

[ChrisF]

QUOTE(ClintiePoo @ Jan 23 2006, 01:54 PM)

This should be put in the FAQ.  It seems like people ask this a lot, and nobody has an answer.  This is the first time I have seen a solution.

I agree.  This took maybe two minutes to set up and I have never once seen a smooth solution like this posted.  I love the Proj M. 3 skin but for 1080i the fonts are definitely too small.  This makes the 10 ft. interface perfect.  Heck, it's easy to implement, maybe they could include it in future releases or something.

[tt4079]

Adding a hd video cable, changing the font file, making a few changes to the home page to show weather and ip address, and adding new milkdrops has made me fall in love with my xbox all over again. How f**cking good does 1080i look? lol

Thanks for the font info, took me 2 mins and the results is a dashboard that looks the dogs gonads in 1080i.

[rockdawg]

That is a good workaround and I've been using it on my 720p display for some time, but it isn't a totally perfect solution as some elements don't scale along with the text.  For example, if you bring up the seek bar OSD while watching a video the numbers will be outside the boundary.  The same happens in some scripts like Xradar too.  I wish there was a way to simply scale the entire skin to a higher resolution.

[ChrisF]

Probably going to be nearly impossible to cover every possible script ect...  It would be nice if it was just build into the skin as 720p fonts are just too small.

rockdawg - why use 1080i on a 720p native display?  You are just scaling back down anyway.  Output at your native will give you the best from a picture quality standpoint (unless you are after more real estate or something).

[Heet]

Looks pretty damn good.  Thanks for the easy solution!

[bigjuggler]

Thank you very much for posting this information. Small font sizes have kept me from ever using 1080i on XBMC.

Sadly, when I tried your solution, it did not work, instead I got no text at all. I have tried twice.

Here's what I did (my XBMC folder resides in F/Apps/XBMC):
•cut and pasted the code you posted here and saved it as Font.xml
•deleted the old Font.xml and copied this new one to F/Apps/XBMC/skin/Project Mayhem III/1080i
•copied arial.ttf (308k) and myriad.ttf (84k) to F/Apps/XBMC/media/Fonts
•restarted XBMC

Now, when I change to 1080i in the appearance panel, I get not text on screen at all. I have tried selecting Arial as my font and default and both give me the same result. Myriad is not showing as a choice in the appearance menu. If I go back to my old xml, 1080i is fine, except for the teeny tiny fonts.

From what I have read the "Q" drive is the temporary directory created by XBMC when booting and it points to the home folder, so I assumed when your instructions said to change the xml and fonts in the Q drive, that meant in my home folder for XBMC, which I have noted is F/Apps/XBMC.

I am running a build from Dec 23, 2005, would a newer build be necessary for this change?

Any ideas what I am doing wrong? I would really love to try the 1080i setting out.

Thanks

This post has been edited by bigjuggler: Jan 25 2006, 06:00 PM

[MrQRamos]

Try changing to Arial or Myriad before making the switch to 1080i...
i.e. Go to Appearance (in 480p/720p or whatever works for you).   Switch to Myriad or Arial, then switch to 1080i.