- added an option to always display the log and the subtitles with the generic font.

If this is on it will disable the status bar's pop screen for the log and always use the HUD overlay instead.

src/console/c_console.cpp

@@ -581,11 +581,6 @@ CUSTOM_CVAR (Int, msgmidcolor2, 4, CVAR_ARCHIVE)
 	setmsgcolor (PRINTLEVELS+1, self);
 }
 
-FFont * C_GetDefaultHUDFont()
-{
-	return generic_ui? NewSmallFont : SmallFont;
-}
-
 void C_InitConback()
 {
 	conback = TexMan.CheckForTexture ("CONBACK", ETextureType::MiscPatch);

src/g_statusbar/shared_sbar.cpp

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ EXTERN_CVAR (Int, con_scaletext)
 EXTERN_CVAR(Bool, vid_fps)
 EXTERN_CVAR(Bool, inter_subtitles)
 CVAR(Int, hud_scale, 0, CVAR_ARCHIVE);
-
+CVAR(Bool, log_vgafont, false, CVAR_ARCHIVE)
 
 DBaseStatusBar *StatusBar;
 
@@ -1231,10 +1231,10 @@ void DBaseStatusBar::DrawLog ()
 	if (text.IsNotEmpty())
 	{
 		// This uses the same scaling as regular HUD messages
-		auto scale = active_con_scaletext(generic_ui);
+		auto scale = active_con_scaletext(generic_ui || log_vgafont);
 		hudwidth = SCREENWIDTH / scale;
 		hudheight = SCREENHEIGHT / scale;
-		FFont *font = C_GetDefaultHUDFont();
+		FFont *font = (generic_ui || log_vgafont)? NewSmallFont : SmallFont;
 
 		int linelen = hudwidth<640? Scale(hudwidth,9,10)-40 : 560;
 		auto lines = V_BreakLines (font, linelen, text[0] == '$'? GStrings(text.GetChars()+1) : text.GetChars());

src/gamedata/fonts/v_font.h

@@ -191,7 +191,5 @@ EColorRange V_ParseFontColor (const uint8_t *&color_value, int normalcolor, int
 FFont *V_GetFont(const char *fontname, const char *fontlumpname = nullptr);
 void V_InitFontColors();
 
-FFont * C_GetDefaultHUDFont();
-
 
 #endif //__V_FONT_H__

src/intermission/intermission.cpp

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ void DrawFullscreenSubtitle(const char *text)
 	auto scale = active_con_scaletext(generic_ui);
 	int hudwidth = SCREENWIDTH / scale;
 	int hudheight = SCREENHEIGHT / scale;
-	FFont *font = C_GetDefaultHUDFont();
+	FFont *font = generic_ui? NewSmallFont : SmallFont;
 
 	int linelen = hudwidth < 640 ? Scale(hudwidth, 9, 10) - 40 : 560;
 	auto lines = V_BreakLines(font, linelen, text);

wadsrc/static/zscript/ui/statusbar/strife_sbar.zs

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class StrifeStatusBar : BaseStatusBar
 	override void ShowPop (int popnum)
 	{
 		Super.ShowPop(popnum);
-		if (popnum == CurrentPop || (popnum == POP_LOG && generic_ui))
+		if (popnum == CurrentPop || (popnum == POP_LOG && MustDrawLog(0)))
 		{
 			if (popnum == POP_Keys)
 			{
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class StrifeStatusBar : BaseStatusBar
 	override bool MustDrawLog(int state)
 	{
 		// Tell the base class to draw the log if the pop screen won't be displayed.
-		return generic_ui;
+		return generic_ui || log_vgafont;
 	}
 
 	void Reset ()