FontSmoother 1.50 released (major revisions under the hood)

pruss · 12-12-2005, 08:44 AM

My FontSmoother for displaying smooth (antialiased) fonts on hi-res Palm OS 5 PDAs has been significantly updated. Most of the updates are under the hood, but they should make a much better product.

(To update, uncheck old version in YAHM, hotsync, check new version.)

http://www.palmgear.com/index.cfm?xyz=90288
http://www.zlthemes.com/Programs.php

Updates:

Added Larabie Goodfish font.
Speed optimization: up to about 60% faster with common text operations.
Overhauled font remapping method, to make it more reliable for NVFS devices like the TX.
Added special Fonts4OS5 mode. This is a neat feature for NVFS devices to compensate for instabilities in Fonts4OS5: you can use Fonts4OS5 to set the fonts for different apps, then deactivate Fonts4OS5, and FontSmoother will still use the options Fonts4OS5 has set, but without the instabilities introduced by Fonts4OS5.
Removed safe mode option. Made Blazer tweak always on and removed option. Removed -std- fonts (except for fixed width)--they were really a leftover from earlier versions.
Improved quality in Versamail.
Fixed control panel app list bug (also in Force16).
Fresh trial period for users who tried a previous
version.

pruss · 12-12-2005, 06:46 PM

I just released 1.51, which fixes a minor display artefact that occurs when fonts are loaded.

pruss · 12-15-2005, 11:09 AM

And now I've released 1.52, which hopefully fixes the broken FontHackV support in 1.50. It's just an interim release: work on 1.60 (with a release date before Christmas, and a MAJOR new feature) continues.

pruss · 12-20-2005, 10:00 AM

And now 1.53 is out, fixing more bugs.

A beta of 1.60 is at http://www.prussfamily.us/FontSmoother159A.prc

pruss · 12-20-2005, 09:28 PM

And now 1.54 is released with more fixes.

Alexander Turcic · 12-21-2005, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pruss

And now 1.54 is released with more fixes.

Do you ever sleep?

Bob Russell · 12-21-2005, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alexander

Do you ever sleep?

Heh... I was wondering the same thing!! Quite impressive.

pruss · 12-22-2005, 10:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alexander

Do you ever sleep?

I do a lot of programming early in the morning while with a baby. Sometimes in the middle of the night with a baby.

12-12-2005, 08:44 AM	#1
pruss Evangelist Posts: 461 Karma: 819417 Join Date: Nov 2004	FontSmoother 1.50 released (major revisions under the hood) My FontSmoother for displaying smooth (antialiased) fonts on hi-res Palm OS 5 PDAs has been significantly updated. Most of the updates are under the hood, but they should make a much better product. (To update, uncheck old version in YAHM, hotsync, check new version.) http://www.palmgear.com/index.cfm?xyz=90288 http://www.zlthemes.com/Programs.php Updates: Added Larabie Goodfish font. Speed optimization: up to about 60% faster with common text operations. Overhauled font remapping method, to make it more reliable for NVFS devices like the TX. Added special Fonts4OS5 mode. This is a neat feature for NVFS devices to compensate for instabilities in Fonts4OS5: you can use Fonts4OS5 to set the fonts for different apps, then deactivate Fonts4OS5, and FontSmoother will still use the options Fonts4OS5 has set, but without the instabilities introduced by Fonts4OS5. Removed safe mode option. Made Blazer tweak always on and removed option. Removed -std- fonts (except for fixed width)--they were really a leftover from earlier versions. Improved quality in Versamail. Fixed control panel app list bug (also in Force16). Fresh trial period for users who tried a previous version. Last edited by pruss; 12-12-2005 at 08:48 AM.

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12-12-2005, 06:46 PM	#2
pruss Evangelist Posts: 461 Karma: 819417 Join Date: Nov 2004	I just released 1.51, which fixes a minor display artefact that occurs when fonts are loaded.

12-15-2005, 11:09 AM	#3
pruss Evangelist Posts: 461 Karma: 819417 Join Date: Nov 2004	And now I've released 1.52, which hopefully fixes the broken FontHackV support in 1.50. It's just an interim release: work on 1.60 (with a release date before Christmas, and a MAJOR new feature) continues.

12-20-2005, 10:00 AM	#4
pruss Evangelist Posts: 461 Karma: 819417 Join Date: Nov 2004	And now 1.53 is out, fixing more bugs. A beta of 1.60 is at http://www.prussfamily.us/FontSmoother159A.prc

12-20-2005, 09:28 PM	#5
pruss Evangelist Posts: 461 Karma: 819417 Join Date: Nov 2004	And now 1.54 is released with more fixes.

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