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MZ Pixel Fonts Are Blurred in Centered Text in Menus, Can I Fix This?

BMM Archive · July 15, 2026

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  • Original title: MZ Pixel Fonts Are Blurred in Centered Text in Menus, Can I Fix This?
  • Original author: JimFrom2003
  • Original date: November 2, 2024
  • Source thread: https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/threads/pixel-fonts-are-blurred-in-centered-text-in-menus-can-i-fix-this.172982/
  • Source forum path: Game Development Engines > RPG Maker Javascript Plugins > Javascript/Plugin Support

Summary

I found a pixelated font for my low-resolution game, but the problem is, on certain menus (title screen, options, etc.) the text is blurred on certain lines. I think it's because they way RMMZ centers text causes it to land on half-pixels. I've tried getting the pixels to align properly by writing a plugin and using math.Round(), but nothing seems to work. Does anyone have any idea which variables I should try tweaking or if there's a different method I should try, or is it just another hard-coded "quirk" of...

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I found a pixelated font for my low-resolution game, but the problem is, on certain menus (title screen, options, etc.) the text is blurred on certain lines. I think it's because they way RMMZ centers text causes it to land on half-pixels. I've tried getting the pixels to align properly by writing a plugin and using math.Round(), but nothing seems to work. Does anyone have any idea which variables I should try tweaking or if there's a different method I should try, or is it just another hard-coded "quirk" of RPG Maker that I'm just going to have to work around?

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