When Using Segoe UI Font with Unity, Consider Alternatives Due to Poor Kerning

As developers working on Windows Phone apps using the popular game engine Unity, we often encounter issues that can significantly impact our projects' overall quality. One such problem is poor kerning when using certain fonts within Unity's user interface (UI) components.

The Segoe UI font, native to Windows Phone and widely used in many applications due to its clean appearance, unfortunately suffers from this issue. In fact, the problems persist even after updating your project to the latest version of Unity (Unity 5 at the time of writing).

In search for a solution or at least an effective workaround, I decided to explore alternative fonts that could potentially address these issues.

The Segir Font: A Potential Alternative

After conducting extensive research and testing various font options available on popular online repositories such as DaumPotter and FontSquirrel, I came across the open-source sans-serif typeface called 'Segiz.' This particular font seems promising due to its similarities in appearance with the native Segoe UI font.

Upon integrating the Segir font into my Unity project using Unity's built-in support for TrueType (ttf) and OpenType (otf) fonts, I was pleasantly surprised by a marked improvement in overall text rendering quality. The kerning issues that plagued me when using the default Segoe UI font seemed to vanish entirely.

While further testing is always recommended before fully adopting any new third-party component or asset into production environments, my initial experience with the Segir font has been overwhelmingly positive.

If you're facing similar problems related to poor text rendering in Unity and are considering alternatives to the native Segoe UI font, I highly recommend giving the Segiz typeface a try.

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