No matter how awesome the game is, I just don't have time to play it. Other things or game/s had higher priority(first person shooters), in past couple of weeks. I do hope, that I'll get a chance to play it in coming weeks, if not, then I'll play it in January January is always chilly month, with lots of boredom after work time

My first HOW-TO! How to change font size in custom Football Manager 2012 skins.

Before you do anything, backup skin which you are going to edit.
I'm not responsible for any lost data -.-

In following folder you have file called "*skin name* settings.xml"

Open that file with Notepad++ or other editor you use, and go to line 18 where it says Trom there on you have code which defines font size or style, to get bigger or small font size change the value number, for bigger font, bigger number and visa versa for smaller font.
Be aware, if you set value to big, some menu text might get cut out, and if you set value to small you might not see the menu good. I have this values set in skin I use, you can also download it here.

Any questions, you can find me in steam, origin, xfire, twitter, ... or you can e-mail me via contact form. In case you are to afraid you'll do somehting wrong, I am willing to help you out and edit any skin's font, as long as you provide me original link to developer's skin.

Note: In future this won't be needed to do manually in skin files anymore, but Football Manager 2012 developers will implement it in game. When this will happen, only developers know.

Today I downloaded Face Pack for my Football Manager 2012. Download is free (7 parts), went smooth and quick, looks very nice, so I'm very happy with it.
I found download links at aid the boss website. Face Pack is created by the community at sortitoutsi.net where you can become premium member and get download in one file and higher speed.

Today I made myself something, which I wished that Football Manager 2012 already had implemented. A feature to change the font size in display menu. I believe we will see that option in future, but for now I used Base 2012 Dark skin It was made by Michael Murray, and I edited font to bigger size. I know I'll spend to much time playing this game, so I'm just taking percussion for my precious eyes

If anybody is planning to use it, I suggest making a backup from skin you are using at this moment. I don't take any responsibility, in case something goes wrong by your installment. All works by me and I uploaded exactly same file, so it should work by you as well.

Path where you should install the skin:
\My Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2012\skins\
Extract the file in advance and then copy the whole folder to above path.
Any questions, you can find me in steam, xfire, twitter, ... or you can e-mail me via contact form.

Important!
Check following links where text gets cut out due to increasing the font size. Tactics Shouts Club Details Honours
Red rounded border shows where text gets cut out, or character is missing due to button being over it.

If you are bothered by it, I suggest you don't use what I did. I personally don't mind few things being out of line, as long as I don't get headaches because of to small font.
It is possible that in future I'll edit the skin not only font. I do hope, that FM12 developers will be faster than me, and give the option of changing the font size in game itself.

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