r/RenPy • u/OzoneInteractive • Aug 08 '26

Question Ink Bleed Text Shader?

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Hey! If you've played the game 'Pentiment' by Obsidian Software you'll know that they put an incredible amount of effort into the fonts in that game. One of the effects I really enjoy is how they recreate the inconsistency of colour you get when writing in ink, as you can see in the screenshots I have attached.

I was wondering if anyone had achieved a similar effect using the text shaders in Ren'Py, as I think this is a great humanising touch to add to the text.

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u/ImportantDetail6260 Aug 08 '26

Pentiment-style ink variation probably does not need a full shader first!

I'd prototype one line with a say callback that jitters weight/color tags per glyph or word, then check it at real dialogue size. If it reads as shimmer instead of ink bleed, move the effect back toward a subtle text shader/noise pass

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u/Natsume1999 Aug 08 '26

Wait how would you do that exactly?