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Create a font replacement mod using S4E

Finding Fonts

To create a font replacement, your going to need a new font first. There’s a ton of places you can find fonts, but two sites I use are Google Fonts and dafont.com.

Sims 4 Editor supports .ttf and .otf file formats.

Licensing

If you intend to share your mod, be mindful of licensing! Fonts marked as free may still have limitations on redistribution, and you’ll often be required to include a license file along with your mod.

Setup

The game’s fonts are defined in a GFX file called gfxfontlib.

1. Open the Game File Browser and select UI GFX.
2. Search for gfxfontlib, then right click to import it into a package.

View the GFX resource and open the Fonts folder. You’ll see 9 fonts.

• $TextFont
• $BodyFont
• $SubtitleFont
• $HeadlineFont
• $BoldHeadlineFont
• Sims4Symbols
• ChineseTraditionalFont
• JapaneseFont
• KoreanFont

Sims4Symbols has icons and should not be edited. Chinese, Japanese, and Korean have thousands of characters, so these languages each have one dedicated font. Unless you intend to use these languages, you shouldn’t edit these fonts either.

This leaves us with 5 fonts we can edit: Text, Body, Subtitle, Headline, and BoldHeadline

The names are a good hint as to how the fonts are used, but it also takes some trial and error.

Editing Fonts

1. Click the font you want to edit, then click Import
2. Select your custom .ttf or .otf font file
3. Use the Known Glyphs option, then click Import
4. Repeat for any additional fonts you want to replace, then save
5. Enjoy your cool new fonts!

Example Mod

SimsEdit-Fonts.package is an example mod that replaces all 5 fonts with unique fonts to make it easy to identify when each font is used.

Download SimsEdit-Fonts.zip

Example Mod

SimsEdit-Fonts.package - Replaces all 5 fonts to make it easy to identify when each font is used.