Font issues after upgrading to 1.12.2

Spyros_P · March 6, 2026, 11:13pm

After upgrading to 1.12.2, I face an issue with game object labels (not gui).

My game had a simple game object: A sprite, two labels on top of it and a script.

This rendered like (the game object is the tile with the letter on it):

After upgrading, it is displayed as - the label is lost:

The labels are not shown.

I can get them to show again, a bit different, if I change the label’s material from /builtins/fonts/label-df.material to /builtins/fonts/label.material:

I thought it was an issue of positioning and that maybe it was hidden behind the sprite, but this was not the case. I couldn’t find any reference to labels and materials in the release notes, so I was caught by surprise. Is this something known? I haven’t seen anything else affected.

Mathias_Westerdahl · March 7, 2026, 8:04am

Hi @Spyros_P !

I agree, this is not something I would have expected in this release.
Would you mind creating a ticket on Github and also supplying a small repro project?

Spyros_P · March 7, 2026, 8:54pm

Done - issue #12010

Repro project: GitHub - spyros1973/MaterialIssue · GitHub

britzl · March 11, 2026, 4:11pm

I’ve looked at your example project and it turns out that you are using the wrong material with the wrong font. I’ve replied in the issue.

github.com/defold/defold

Label components no rendering at all using default material

opened 08:53PM - 07 Mar 26 UTC

closed 04:09PM - 11 Mar 26 UTC

spyros1973

bug engine label render

**Describe the bug (REQUIRED)** Label components (not gui) seem to fail to rende…r properly, when using the default /builtins/fonts/label-df.material **To Reproduce (REQUIRED)** - Create a game object - add a sprite and a label. The label will by default use the /builtins/fonts/label-df.material material. - Add a letter for the text property. On game object editor you can see your text. - Add the game object in a collection. - When running the text won't be displayed. Changing the material to /builtins/fonts/label.material will allow it to be shown. **Expected behavior (REQUIRED)** Seeing the label text, as shown in game object editor **Defold version (REQUIRED):** - 1.12.2 **Platforms (REQUIRED):** - Platforms: Tested on Windows and HTML5 - the latter running on both desktop and iOS browsers **Minimal repro case project (OPTIONAL):** https://github.com/spyros1973/MaterialIssue **Workaround (OPTIONAL):** Change the label material to /builtins/fonts/label.material **Screenshots (OPTIONAL):** Game screenshot on version before 1.12.2 ![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/329e7264-3982-43fe-a7b6-aea20ed5c5e9) The letter block rendering on v1.12.2 (on a different level) <img width="511" height="374" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2a3452d5-04bf-4c2c-91cf-8f045e88a651" />

Spyros_P · March 11, 2026, 11:09pm

Thanks for taking a look at it. I’m a bit wiser regarding materials now. Please keep om mind that the same project works correctly in the previous version of Defold.