Last week’s update rolled out a new font face across all of Zwift. And while it’s grown on me, I’m also seeing a lot of Zwifters saying they prefer the old font.
If you’d like the old font back, here’s a simple hack for Mac and PC users, from Zwifter Youry_Pershin. (This was originally shared in the Zwift forum.)
Disclaimer: this hack involves replacing some of the files in your Zwift install, much like some Zwifters did back in 2018 to pave New York’s glass roads. This means that future Zwift updates could overwrite your workaround, forcing you to do it again. It also means if you do it wrong, you could mess up your Zwift install and be forced to reinstall the program.
First, you’ll need the old fonts and related files. You can grab those from Youry’s Google drive here.
Mac Instructions
Make sure Zwift is not currently open, then do the following:
- In Library/Application Support/Zwift/assets/fonts
make a backup of the font.wad file in this folder
replace the file with font.wad from the Google drive linked above - In Library/Application Support/Zwift/assets/Noesis/Blend_Data
make a backup of the noesis.wad file in this folder
replace the file with noesis.wad from the Google drive linked above - In Library/Application Support/Zwift/data/fonts
make a backup of all .ztx files in there (8 in total)
replace all files with the .ztx files from the Google drive linked above
Open Zwift and you should have the old font back.
PC Instructions
Same as above, except Zwift is installed in a different folder on PC.
Make sure Zwift is not currently open, then do the following:
- In Program Files (x86)/Zwift/assets/fonts
make a backup of the font.wad file in this folder
replace the file with font.wad from the Google drive linked above - In Program Files (x86)/Zwift/assets/Noesis/Blend_Data
make a backup of the noesis.wad file in this folder
replace the file with noesis.wad from the Google drive linked above - In Program Files (x86)/Zwift/data/fonts
make a backup of all .ztx files in there (8 in total)
replace all files with the .ztx files from the Google drive linked above
Open Zwift and you should have the old font back.
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