custom Fonts in PIE, generic in shipping version

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hi all, I have an issue with fonts. In PIE I’m using a custom font that displays properly, but in the shipping build seems to be using a generic font, and I have no idea why. Please take a look at the picture, on the left side is the generic font in the shipping build, and on the right side is the custom font as displayed in PIE.

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Please let me know.

Thanks!

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Hey room101,

Are you ensuring to include the content folder/file that contains your custom font in your shipping build? Does it function as expected if you use a development build instead?

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hi Sean, thank you very much for your reply! as far as I know, yes, the content folder that contains the fonts is included in the packaging settings. If you want, you can give it a try, the project can be downloaded from [here][1]
Thanks!

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The link unfortunately does not work for me. Could you upload the project to Dropbox and provide a download link, or ensure that I will be able to access the link you’ve provided?

Thanks!

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whoops, misspelled [the link][1], should work now

Thanks Sean for your reply!

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Hey room101,

So here’s what I did to resolve the issue (at least with a test widget that I created in your project). Go to Edit->Project Settings->Packaging->Packaging and click the dropdown arrow. Under Additional Asset Directories to Cook, add Data/Blueprints/Widgets.

Let me know if that works.

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hi Sean, thank you very much for your reply!

interestingly enough, adding that folder to the project settings crashes my shipping build upon launching the executable.

can you please explain a bit more what you meant by the test widget you created?

Thanks!

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I just created a simple test widget that contained a text box that was displayed on screen, as the text box you’ve shown in your above image wasn’t displaying for me.

It was just a basic Text Box that I added to the viewport inside of the level blueprint. Give that a shot and let me know if it still crashes, as it could be something related to the particular widget that you were using.

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hi Sean, thank you very much for your reply!

in my case, I finally realized that I need to include the path to my original TTF font files in the project settings, and once I did that, the fonts in the shipping build display correctly.

Thank you again very much for all your help!