Update:

Figured I would do a complete FE wipe on my computer and reinstall without mods in case something else was causing this perculiar glitch. (even wiped the registry)

Problem persists.

Has no one else experienced this in ver 1.32?

Text was fine in 1.3, and I didn't play 1.31 so I can't speak to whether or not the error was there.

In an effort to somehow diagnos this, here are the files in my Fonts dir:

BankGthd.ttf
Bo Chen Font.ttf
Register.ini
segoeui.ttf
seguib.ttf
TEMPSITC.TTF
TrajanPro-Bold.ttf

Register.ini reads as follows:

[Settings]
Count = 4

[Font0]
FaceName = BankGothic Md BT
FileName = BankGthd.ttf

[Font1]
FaceName = Trajan Pro
FileName = TrajanPro-Bold.otf

[Font2]
FaceName = Tempus Sans ITC
FileName = TEMPSITC.TTF

[Font3]
FaceName = Segoe UI SemiBold
FileName = seguisb.ttf

In the main dir there is a file called FontSwap.ini. The file reads as follows:

; FE font replacement table
; Also allowed are
; VOffset = to shift the text up or down
; VOffsetCent = to shift the text up or down when centred
; SizePadding = to be used if the vertical font spacing needs increasing / the game does not allocate enough room
; verically
; WeightNoDWrite is used as an override for Weight when on non DirectWrite capable platforms.  Sometimes this needs to be
; different to DirectWrite. If it has no value it is replaced with the value in Weight =

; If a value is not defined the original value is used
; Special is set of the font is bold sometimes
; Add ForcePink = 1 to make that font appear bright pink in game.  Useful for identifying the font in use

; HeightPercentIncrement to increase by a percentage = 100 means 100%
; SmallHeightPercentIncrement and SmallHeight used for fonts < 12px and is in addition to Height

[Global]
; set to 1 to replace all text with the font name
ShowNames =
NoItalicsXP = 0

[Arial Weight 400]
Face=

[Trajan Pro Weight 400]
Face=

[Tahoma Weight 700]
Face= Segoe UI SemiBold
Weight = 400
WeightNoDWrite = 400
Special = 1
SmallHeight = 1
Height = 1
DWriteHeightDiff = -1

[Trajan Pro Weight 700]
Face=

[Tahoma Weight 400]
Face= Segoe UI
SmallHeight = 1
Height = 1
DWriteHeightDiff = -1

[Times New Roman Weight 400]
Face= Trajan Pro

[BankGothic Md BT Weight 400]
Face=

[Times New Roman Weight 700]
Face =

[Verdana Weight 400]
Face=

[Verdana Weight 700]
Face=

[Arial Weight 700]
Face=

Does any of this look out of sorts?

Thanks for the reply.

32-bit, Win-XP Professional

If you are unsuccessful in the repro, could I obtain links to the full ver 1.3 and ver 1.31, and upgrade to 1.31 ?? (as currently I only have the 1.32 full and upgrade files on my machine)

I'll download them all, and systematically install versions and upgrades to see which ones produce the proper fonts on my system and which ones don't, hopefully helping you diagnose what the problem might be...

Im not able to repro it here.  No, the fonts aren't installed in your windows/fonts directory.  Please send me your debug file so I can see if it gives any errors.

EDIT: Deleted the files.

If Stardock won't give you access to 1.00, I can always burn it to a DVD and send it to you.  Where do you live?  Is it in the US?

However, Stardock, are you able to give GFireflyE access to the 1.00 version install?

I'm not sure a backwards update would work.  I think it would check for a previous update and update from that, or only change the things that were different between the version installed and the update's version of the files.

Hmm, it might work then.  But you'd need to compare the "downdating" with "updating" to see if there are any differences.  But it does seem that it might work.

For the curious, this issue has been resolved via email conversation.

In the end, it was determined that he was missing files that should have come from the installer and placed in the appropriate places.  A full uninstall of the game, a reboot of the machine, and then a full install of the game solved the issue.

Just wanted to put it out there in case anyone else had the issue and was reading this thread for a solution.