Earu / gm_fontsx

A Garry's Mod module that lets you check which fonts are available on the system

gm_fontsx

Since apparently we're never getting a proper way to check for installed fonts on Garry's Mod, this has to exist 😒

Usage

require("fontsx")

-- creates a gmod virtual font depending on whether the system font "Consolas" is available
surface.CreateFont("my_virtual_font", {
	font = fonts.Exists("Consolas") and "Consolas" or "Roboto",
	size = 15,
})

require("fontsx")

-- prints all system fonts currently available
PrintTable(fonts.GetAll())

Compiling

• Open a terminal
• Install cargo if you dont have it (on Windows => https://win.rustup.rs) (on Linux/Macos => curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh)
• Get git or download the archive for the repository directly
• git clone https://github.com/Earu/gm_fontsx (ignore this if you've downloaded the archive)
• Run cd gm_fontsx
• cargo build
• Go in target/debug and rename the binary according to your branch and realm (gmsv_fontsx_win64.dll, gmcl_fontsx_win64.dll, gmsv_fontsx_linux.dll, gmcl_fontsx_linux.dll, gmcl_fontsx_osx64.dll)
• Put the binary in your gmod lua/bin directory

Note: Even on other platforms than Windows the extension of your modules needs to be .dll