As shown in our first report about the font change, this mostly stems from the fact that Exocet, the heavily stylized "Diablo" font, has been used excessively in earlier titles of the franchise. In fact, the sans-serif, Arial-looking font felt out of place and very much not like other Diablo versions. This decision, however, did not add to the incredible amount of immersion present in Diablo IV. We have learned that Blizzard has introduced the first iteration for the sake of readability and accessibility. It's important to note that the old image is based on in-game footage while the new low-quality image was shown during this week's developer livestream. This comparison shows the massive difference between Diablo IV's old sans-serif in-game font and the new serif version:Ī comparison between Diablo IV's old in-game font (left) and new in-game font (right).
The game's first iteration of a sans-serif in-game font had been one of the few community pain points because it didn't seem to fit the general dark theme of Blizzard's upcoming ARPG.
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Just a week later, we got a first look at the new in-game font of Diablo IV during the latest Developer Update live stream!īlizzard Announces Diablo IV In-Game Font Change Diablo IV Open Beta Retrospective Summary In a blog post talking about lessons learned from March's Beta weekend, Blizzard announced that the in-game font of Diablo IV would change.
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