FontHackV 2.0 released

[Colin Dunstan]

FontHackV is a shareware font substitution hack for PalmOS5. The new V2.0 includes:

- a new user interface;
- font preview;
- 4 custom fonts substitution, you can substitue any fonts;
- 6 new fonts (Batang, Comic, Times New Roman);
- bugs fixes.

[phoenixz]

This is not a review.

I upgraded to this version a few days ago. Although it's no longer freeware, it has an unlimited trial period and only pops up a nag screen when you modify your font settings. I received a free license in exchange for the right to include a font I converted(Georgia22Std) in the next update.

On the changes:
- New user interface requires quite a few taps to get the settings done.
- Font preview doesn't always refresh the background of the preview text area correctly.
- Custom font substitution is very useful for customizing 3rd party programs with their own fontIDs. E.g., dictionaries with their own phonetic symbol fonts.
- New readme file. New information on adding "about" info into the fonts. You can now put your name into the fonts you make.
- New fonts (Batang/Comic/Georgian/Times) were converted from FontBucket and more or less useless. Untweaked bitmap fonts are simply too ugly to read.
- Bugfixes are always welcomed. It seems to be very stable now.

On the price:
Like I said, you don't lose anything even if you don't register, but $9.99 seems very reasonable, though Fonts4os5 offers a lot more at only $12.99. I hope the author of fonthackv can add more features in the future. 2.0 looks more like a polished 1.x.