A few popular places are:ĭo pay attention to the license for fonts you download and use. If a font is commercial, or licensed for personal use only, it may be technically illegal for you to distribute them with your skins. No need to install 3rd-party fonts in Windowsįonts installed in Windows (they will be in the Windows\Fonts folder) will automatically be available for use in Rainmeter. 3rd-party fonts, which you might obtain from one of those sites listed above, can easily be used in and distributed with your skins, without any need for you or your users to install them in Windows. It's really just a small waste of memory to install fonts that you are only using in Rainmeter. Using Fontsģrd-party font files can be used by creating a folder in the root level folder of the skin, and putting the font. Rainmeter will automatically load any fonts found in that folder, and they will be available to use as if they were installed in Windows. Specifying the font is done with the FontFace option in a String meter. The font is identified by specifying the family name of the font (e.g. The family name can be found by double clicking the font. Ttf/.otf file and at the very top left in the Windows font viewer using the Font Name there. ![]() FontWeight : A number between 0-999 specifying the weight of the font.ĭetails on this option can be found at FontWeight.FontColor : A rrr,ggg,bbb,aaa (rgb) or rrggbbaa (hex) color code.FontSize : The size of the font in points.Īdditional attributes for the font can then be specified with other options available on the String meter. In addition, there are other attributes that can be set using the InlineSetting option on a String meter. Some of the features that can be set are Italic, Oblique, Underline, StrikeThrough and Shadow, as well as adding gradients to the text. ![]() otf files, with each being a different weight or style. Generally these are all fonts that share the same font family name, but the font viewer program in Windows may show the font name including sub-family names, like "Fira Sans Bold" or "Roboto Italic". If you use those full family / sub-family names, that is almost always going to be fine. Rainmeter will figure out the actual family name when the font is loaded, and will use the correct font file when attributes like weight or italic are used.
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