Comments on: Return to Zwift’s Old Font with this Hack (PC/Mac)

By: Eric Schlange

Eric Schlange — Mon, 22 May 2023 15:46:59 +0000

In reply to Sam B. Doubtful. I think it was developed specifically for Zwift.

By: Sam B

Sam B — Sun, 21 May 2023 21:55:08 +0000

Hi, do you know if i could use Zwift font for my personal site?
-Sam

By: Ray Morro

Ray Morro — Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:12:28 +0000

In reply to Ray Morro. Also, the link to the gentlemen Youry's Google drive doesn't work anymore... Possibly IP issues with using Zwift's fonts?!?

By: Ray Morro

Ray Morro — Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:10:24 +0000

This hack doesn’t work anymore. This afternoon I spent a few minutes coming up with a command file to automate the copying of the original style font files into the appropriate directories on a PC/laptop, but when I logged into Zwift there was no text being displayed. Fortunately, I also made sure the new font files were backed up before overwriting/replacing them. Easy to revert back! Still, I would’ve liked to have been able to go back to the old fonts. Stylistically they were cleaner. I believe they have fixed the newer ones to make the ones and sevens more readable etc.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 13:21:24 +0000

In reply to Uros. The update was a nightmare after the hack. Zwift crashed on my PC and never started up. Neither when I put back the old font files. Needed a complete uninstall and new clean install with a long update. Up and running again, but with the ugly new font. For me too much hassle to do that over and over again after every single update! Why dont we get to choose the font in settings? Would be nice, because readability is just bad with the new one.

By: P D

P D — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 18:46:12 +0000

In reply to CoCo.

Its not trivial, its kind of important to be able to read things on-screen especially when you need information quickly and your brain is processing lots of information at once… such as in a zwift race. Having a clear, legible font is just basic common sense. The new font fails to deliver. Its not just a matter of subjective preference, people don’t like it because its literally hard to decipher what some characters are meant to be. It fails in the most basic tests of a font – is it readable.

By: Cassio

Cassio — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 23:25:40 +0000

In reply to Marcos. Re-download from same link, Youry updated to 105233.

By: Marcos

Marcos — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 22:46:32 +0000

It appears to have been broken by the 1.29 update. I tried redoing the hack but that now causes Zwift to crash before getting to the homescreen. The only fix seemed to be to reinstall and live with the awful new font. I can’t help but think this is deliberate on Zwift’s part.

By: graphicartist

graphicartist — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 13:47:45 +0000

I thought the new font outrage was overblown but found myself tripped up by the small font for critical information in the odd new desktop UI when I picked a pace partner the other day. Thought I was picking a 2.1 w/kg partner for an easy spin-up before an event and it turned out to be a 2.7 w/kg. I stuck with the higher-than-desired one, which gave me a convenient excuse for the day’s underperformance.

By: Youry_Pershin

Youry_Pershin — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 02:00:18 +0000

In reply to Uros. probably not, need noesis.wad repack (as minimum)