The 8×8 menu font featured in all retail releases of Final Fantasy IV Advance is far too slim. In fact, this small typeface is hard to read for some players. Dragonsbrethren's "European Font Improvement" patch sought to rectify this, but didn't alter the accented vowels or lowercase tilde n.
Therefore, this two-patch package was created to beautify the European version's original thin font, or alternatively widen it a little in the vein of FFV and VI Advance's US releases. Several characters in the 12x12 dialogue font were also raised vertically by one pixel to draw a shadow on their baselines.
Both patches also feature extremely minor text improvements in the English translation.
FINAL FANTASY IV ADVANCE
EUROPEAN FONT FACELIFT
v0.2 Jan 26 2019)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Disclaimer .. [DSC1]
Overview .... [OVR2]
Changelog ... [CHG3]
Credits ..... [CRD4]
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Disclaimer [DSC1]
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- Final Fantasy IV Advance (c) Square Enix. All rights reserved.
- No ownership is claimed by FlamePurge over Final Fantasy IV or the franchise from which it
originates. Commercial use of this patch, including but not limited to reproduction, sale, etc.
is strictly prohibited.
- This unofficial, fan-made patch is provided "as-is" on a voluntary (i.e. non-profit) basis.
FlamePurge is not liable for damage incurred to the end-user, their OS, or their hardware while
using this patch.
- Apply this patch only to "Final Fantasy IV Advance (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It).gba" with the
following specifications.
CRC32: 27F2BC67
MD5: 2FF590AA635590C2F8140C88CBB19025
SHA-1: B09D50D782B184C8641AEA6DD904AE46C3CC72E6
SHA-256: BFEE8D0E3B4637EF269242DE07BCAC1369EBA8BA9C0FF3892853B34933F755BF
- Players are encouraged to keep a backup of their original game file in case an error occurs.
- There are 2 patches enclosed. Choose 1 of the following.
* FFIVA_FontFacelift_v02_SLIM.ips
Evens out and cleans up the thin menu font intended for the PAL release of the game. The width
of the letters remains unchanged,
* FFIVA_FontFacelift_v02_THICK.ips
Widens various lowercase letters for readability. There are text spillovers with the four
non-English languages.
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Overview [OVR2]
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- There are 2 patches: one that slightly widens the 8x8 font, and one that slightly beautifies it
while keeping the same width.
- The hammer icon is now represented by a hammer, instead of a wrench.
- The shield icon is replaced by that of FFV and VI Advance.
- In the English localization, Yang's command "Power" is now "Focus", and the term "Babel" is now
"Babil".
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Changelog [CHG3]
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v0.1
- In both patches, updated the following characters in the 12x12 dialogue font:
! y ? ? A ? j ? ? J ? ? ? 1 ? 2 3 4 ? 0 5 6 9 7 8 ? ... ? [ ]
- Updated the following characters in the slim 8x8 menu font:
d b ? ? ? ? Y x ? ? ? ? / X ... ? # $ [ ? ] ^ ` ~
(This font is used in both patches' Music Player.)
- Made a wider variant of the 8x8 menu font, based off of the updated slim version. There will be
two patches.
- Swapped around the hammer and wrench icons.
- Changed the shield icon to the one used in FFI, V, and VI Advance.
- In the English script, changed one of Yang's commands from "Power" to "Focus".
- In the English script, amended the Config option "B Button Dsh." to "B Button Dash".
- In the English script, the term "Babel" is now "Babil".
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Credits [CRD4]
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- Stealth Translations: Windhex32
- HoRRoR: Square Enix Remakes Font Editor
- Dragonsbrethren: Supplied values for Square Enix Remakes Font Editor, and made original Font
Enhancement project
- Square Enix
...and all you Final Fantasy fans out there!
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Final Fantasy IV Advance (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It).gba
CRC32: 27F2BC67
MD5: 2FF590AA635590C2F8140C88CBB19025
SHA-1: B09D50D782B184C8641AEA6DD904AE46C3CC72E6
SHA-256: BFEE8D0E3B4637EF269242DE07BCAC1369EBA8BA9C0FF3892853B34933F755BF
