Font Fixer
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.1% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #1 of 6 babric mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
## Summary This mod fixes and extends the Font Renderer in Legacy versions of Minecraft by essentially backporting a newer version of the `FontRenderer` class (1.5.2 was used as the base in version 1; 1.12.2 is used as the base in version 2). ## Details In particular, the following bugs have been fixed and features have been added: - Fix the text width calculation and shadows when rendering non-ASCII characters - Change Font height to 9 instead of 8 - Add support for glyphs/unicode characters - Add missing formatting and color codes ## Installation ### As a ModLoaderMP / Forge mod This mod needs to be installed as a **jar-mod**. That means, you have to... 1. Be sure to back up your `minecraft.jar`! 2. Extract the content of the mod zip into the `minecraft.jar` file 3. Delete the `META-INF` folder in there 4. Overwrite any existing files when doing so! 5. ??? 6. Profit! ### As a Fabric mod Just place the mod file in your mods folder :) ## Issues - Some **OptiFine** versions have minor issues with Font Fixer installed (e.g., custom fonts do not work) - ~~Some unicode characters could not be rendered~~ - this has been fixed in version **2**!
This mod fixes and extends the Font Renderer in Legacy versions of Minecraft by essentially backporting a newer version of the `FontRenderer` class (1. 5. 2 was used as the base in version 1; 1. 12. 2 is used as the base in version 2).
In particular, the following bugs have been fixed and features have been added: - Fix the text width calculation and shadows when rendering non-ASCII characters - Change Font height to 9 instead of 8 - Add support for glyphs/unicode characters - Add missing formatting and color codes
## Installation
### As a ModLoaderMP / Forge mod
This mod needs to be installed as a jar-mod. That means, you have to... 1. Be sure to back up your `minecraft.jar`! 2. Extract the content of the mod zip into the `minecraft.jar` file 3. Delete the `META-INF` folder in there 4. Overwrite any existing files when doing so! 5. ??? 6. Profit!
### As a Fabric mod
Just place the mod file in your mods folder :)
- Some OptiFine versions have minor issues with Font Fixer installed (e.g., custom fonts do not work)
- ~~Some unicode characters could not be rendered~~ - this has been fixed in version 2!
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Minecraft Mods
- Author
- HyperSpeeed
- Version
- 1.4-2
- Downloads
- 16,222
- Endorsements
- 11
- Category
- babric
- Created
- 2/11/2022
- Updated
- 11/17/2025
- Game Versions
- 1.4
- Tags
- decoration, utility
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❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Which Minecraft Mods versions does Font Fixer support?
The author lists 1.4. Other versions may work but are untested by the author.
What is the latest version of Font Fixer?
Version 1.4-2, published 2025-11-17 with 16,222 downloads recorded at the source.
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