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    (Solved) ES: Change font size on video screensaver game info?

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      sinibomb
      last edited by sinibomb

      Pi Model or other hardware: 3b
      Power Supply used: official 2.5A
      RetroPie Version Used (eg 3.6, 3.8.1, 4.1 - do not write latest): 4.3.8
      Built From: retropie-4.2-rpi2_rpi3.img
      USB Devices connected: keyboard, x-arcade, 2.5" 1tb usb
      Controller used: x-arcade
      Error messages received: none
      Log found in /dev/shm/runcommand.log (if relevant): n/a
      Guide used: none
      Emulator: Emulationstation/mame2003

      Is it possible to change the font size of the game info text displayed on the video screensaver?

      I know I can change the display frequency (never, always, start & end), but I'd really like to reduce the size a bit if that's possible, and that's not configurable through the front end.

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        mitu Global Moderator @sinibomb
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        @sinibomb Since this is a video screensaver, the font is part of the video, so it's not possible to change its settings, you need to get another video methinks. What video are you referring to ?

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          sinibomb
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          @mitu Video's are just my scrapes for all of the games installed - video screen saver cycles through them at random.

          Under UI settings>Screensaver settings>Video screensaver settings>Show game info on screensaver there are 3 options - always, start & end, never.

          If never is selected, no text is displayed, so they're not hard coded to the videos

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            mitu Global Moderator @sinibomb
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              sinibomb
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              Well I managed to do it - bit of a heath robinson solution...

              From this thread (similar question)
              https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/9078/omxplayer-default-settings-change-system-wide

              I grabbed the Thin Pixel 7 font from here: https://onextrapixel.com/25-free-pixel-perfect-fonts-for-8-bit-designs/

              Renamed the font file as FreeSans.ttf and FreeSansOblique.ttf (these are the two fonts that are used for the video subtitles on the screensaver), and then dropped them into /usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont, overwriting the existing font files.

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