Required

• GCF Scape


• WordPad, Notepad or any similar editor

• A working, updated CSS installation


• The custom font you want to use in .ttf format

Changing the font

• For this, go to your "C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\SteamApps" folder and open "source engine.gcf".


• Go to "root\hl2\resource\" and extract the file "SourceScheme.res".

• Open up your "SourceScheme.res" file with WordPad, Notepad or any similar editor.


• Search the line ""MenuLarge"", it will look like this:
  
  
  "MenuLarge"
  {
  "1"
  {
  "name" "Verdana"
  "tall" "16"
  "weight" "600"
  "antialias" "1"
  }
  }
  
  
  
  The line "name" controls the font CSS uses to display the menu. You can now change it to the name of your custom font, in my example the font I use is named "adler":
  
  
  "MenuLarge"
  {
  "1"
  {
  "name" "adler"
  "tall" "16"
  "weight" "600"
  "antialias" "1"
  }
  }
  




• You can also change the size of the menu through editing the line "tall", in my example I wanted it very big therefore I changed it from 16 to 30:
  
  
  "MenuLarge"
  {
  "1"
  {
  "name" "adler"
  "tall" "30"
  "weight" "600"
  "antialias" "1"
  }
  }
  

• Scroll down to the end of the "SourceScheme.res" file, you will see these lines:
  
  
  //////////////////////// CUSTOM FONT FILES /////////////////////////////
  //
  // specifies all the custom (non-system) font files that need to be loaded to service the above described fonts
  CustomFontFiles
  {
  "1" "resource/HALFLIFE2.ttf"
  
  }
  
  
  
  Add a new line with your custom font name, in my case, it's still "adler". Notice that the number of the new line has to be in a row, therefore if you add it as a second font, you have to change the "1" to a "2":
  
  
  //////////////////////// CUSTOM FONT FILES /////////////////////////////
  //
  // specifies all the custom (non-system) font files that need to be loaded to service the above described fonts
  CustomFontFiles
  {
  "1" "resource/HALFLIFE2.ttf"
  "2" "resource/adler.ttf"
  
  }
  }
  

• Save your "SourceScheme.res" file in your Counter-Strike: Source resource folder, the path to it will look like this:
  "C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\*youraccountname*\counter-strike source\cstrike\resource"


• Don't forget to save your font there too!