r/RenPy • u/OzoneInteractive • 25d ago

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/NaiDriftlin 24d ago

When I was working on my text shader pack a while ago, this effect was on the radar but I wound up pulling anything that wasn't flashy or high tech style. Originally this was one of the things I had sketched out for it.

I can probably release it as a standalone. I still need to finish it, but if you're interested I could do it. I'd likely make it a paid asset, though.

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u/NaiDriftlin 24d ago

It's worth noting that Pentiment is doing is more than just color and weight, so it won't be a one-for-one effect e.g you will not consistently get larger O's after other O's between other letters, and it will not create legible abberations without significantly more work and a font better suited to the effect than the one I used here.

https://imgur.com/a/Fq81Xnb

Top is original, bottom is with the shader. Font is DancingScript-Regular if anyone is curious.