# Anybody know why the font is weird? **URL:** \ **Category:** Arcade\ **Created:** [January 5, 2026, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/anybody-know-why-the-font-is-weird/41391 "2026-01-05T18:27:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![YamJam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/yamjam/32/29681_2.png) [@YamJam](https://forum.makecode.com/u/YamJam)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2026, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/anybody-know-why-the-font-is-weird/41391/1 "2026-01-05T18:27:34Z")
[https://makecode.com/\_UKo5i25MwhHt](https://makecode.com/_UKo5i25MwhHt) Infinite maze of doom and despair, the fonts are weird as you can see in the beginning tutorial. Can anybody help? ---
**Author:** ![redSprite](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/redsprite/32/34262_2.png) [@redSprite](https://forum.makecode.com/u/redSprite)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2026, 10:15pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/anybody-know-why-the-font-is-weird/41391/2 "2026-01-05T22:15:52Z")
```auto ’ ``` This character is present in your string, which changes the font I’m pretty sure (Present at the DONT). Removing it seems to fix it; > **[infinite maze of doom, despair, and 40 DEGREES CELSIUS JESUS](https://arcade.makecode.com/38176-99693-15535-71476)** > > Made with ❤️ in Microsoft MakeCode Arcade. ---
**Author:** ![dogSquid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/dogsquid/32/26689_2.png) [@dogSquid](https://forum.makecode.com/u/dogSquid)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2026, 10:16pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/anybody-know-why-the-font-is-weird/41391/3 "2026-01-05T22:16:42Z")
> **[infinite maze of doom, despair, and 40 DEGREES CELSIUS JESUS](https://arcade.makecode.com/S20800-51505-80790-00270)** > > Made with ❤️ in Microsoft MakeCode Arcade. Here you go. This version should be fixed. I don’t really know why the writing was so big; my best guess would be that you may have included an emoji or other special character in the text and later deleted it, as that can sometimes cause large writing in my experience. I just deleted your block and rewrote it in a different one to fix. `:)` - dogSquid ---
**Author:** ![Peau12](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/peau12/32/29299_2.png) [@Peau12](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Peau12)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2026, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/anybody-know-why-the-font-is-weird/41391/5 "2026-01-05T22:54:21Z")
Don’t use emojis! ---
**Author:** ![YamJam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/yamjam/32/29681_2.png) [@YamJam](https://forum.makecode.com/u/YamJam)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2026, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/anybody-know-why-the-font-is-weird/41391/6 "2026-01-05T22:54:22Z")
thx guys, the end menu isn’t fixed and the potion dialog isn’t as well but I’ll give u some credit in the game ---
**Author:** ![richard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/richard/32/5417_2.png) [@richard](https://forum.makecode.com/u/richard)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2026, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/anybody-know-why-the-font-is-weird/41391/7 "2026-01-05T22:59:50Z")
@YamJam basically, arcade has two fonts that are built in for text: one is the standard 7x6 font you see in most dialogs and the other is a larger 11x11 font which includes support for more characters. if you use any character outside the standard [ASCII](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII#Character_set) range, your text will automatically be displayed using the 11x11 font. usually it’s easy to pick out which character is causing the issue, but some operating systems (_cough_ macOS _cough_) like to automatically convert apostrophes and quotation marks from the standard ASCII characters to their unicode equivalents which can be tough to detect ---
**Author:** ![YamJam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/yamjam/32/29681_2.png) [@YamJam](https://forum.makecode.com/u/YamJam)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2026, 11:02pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/anybody-know-why-the-font-is-weird/41391/8 "2026-01-05T23:02:11Z")
New update! > **[infinite maze of doom, despair, and 40 DEGREES CELSIUS JESUS](https://arcade.makecode.com/91056-14180-58895-54014)** > > Made with ❤️ in Microsoft MakeCode Arcade. ---
**Author:** ![YamJam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/yamjam/32/29681_2.png) [@YamJam](https://forum.makecode.com/u/YamJam)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 3:02am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/anybody-know-why-the-font-is-weird/41391/9 "2026-01-06T03:02:36Z")
I CANT STOP EDITING THE GAME THIS IS (for 2 months) THE FINAL VERSION TRUST (Tell me any bugs so I can edit the game again) > **[infinite maze of doom, despair, and 40 DEGREES CELSIUS JESUS](https://arcade.makecode.com/74309-50657-40364-80595)** > > Made with ❤️ in Microsoft MakeCode Arcade. ---
**Author:** ![YamJam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/yamjam/32/29681_2.png) [@YamJam](https://forum.makecode.com/u/YamJam)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 3:03am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/anybody-know-why-the-font-is-weird/41391/10 "2026-01-06T03:03:30Z")
If you come across the password guy, the password is gumnum ---
**Author:** ![YamJam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/yamjam/32/29681_2.png) [@YamJam](https://forum.makecode.com/u/YamJam)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2026, 2:43am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/anybody-know-why-the-font-is-weird/41391/11 "2026-06-25T02:43:34Z")
New update soon (yay) hehe ---
**Author:** ![YamJam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/yamjam/32/29681_2.png) [@YamJam](https://forum.makecode.com/u/YamJam)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2026, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/anybody-know-why-the-font-is-weird/41391/12 "2026-07-26T18:54:29Z")
part 2 coming soon… _you wander a strange new land, examining new rocks and minerals, entering strange, ancient structures and almost get set on fire a few times… You open boxes and find tons of loot, but here, unlike the maze, there is no escape…_