Final Fantasy V Advance: Final Fantasy V Advance Font Facelift

The menu font of Final Fantasy V Advance (PAL) has uneven letters sourced from different variants of this typeface. Further, players have found the small font difficult to read when played on real hardware. Therefore, this package of two patches was created.

- SLIM beautifies the original thin font while keeping the original letter width, resulting in better-looking text while ensuring from none of the languages spill from window constraints.
- THICK is aimed at English-speakers only. Certain letters are widened as in the NTSC-U release, perfectly enhancing readability for the English text while causing spillovers in every other language.
- Both patches update certain inventory icons to match with other games in the series.
- Both patches also correct character name errors in the Music Player for each language.

FINAL FANTASY V ADVANCE
EUROPEAN FONT FACELIFT
v0.2 (Sep 29 2021)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Disclaimer .. [DSC1]
Changelog ... [CHG2]
Credits ..... [CRD3]

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Disclaimer [DSC1]
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- Final Fantasy V Advance (c) Square Enix. All rights reserved.


- No ownership is claimed by FlamePurge over Final Fantasy V 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 V Advance (E) (Eternity).gba" with the following
specifications.

Hashes: CRC32 - 7197117E
MD5 - EBC874A9FFABAACD7EA1A3E128DD97D3
SHA1 - 4FC4BC7C1C3ABE9D2F9C59A3AE4172B5CB57BD2C


- 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.

* FFVA_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,

* FFVA_FontFacelift_v02_THICK.ips
Widens various lowercase letters for readability. There are text spillovers with the four
non-English languages.
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Changelog [CHG2]
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v0.2

- For both the slim and thick variants, modified the lowercase l of the menu font to appear more
like that of the dialogue font. This distinguishes the I and l more easily.


- For both the slim and thick variants, modified the lowercase g to resemble the one used in FFIV
DS.


- In the Music Player, corrected Lenna's name in all other relevant languages.

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v0.1

- Modified the menu font to look more like the one used in the US release. It?s still the same size,
just prettier. The Music Player font followed suit.


- Made a thicker variant of the menu font; the Music Player font is still its original width in this
patch. There will be two patches.


- In both patches, replaced the white mallet icon with FFIV's hammer icon.


- In both patches, embellished the broadsword icon so it's more distinguishable from the longsword
icon.


- In both patches, thinned the exclamation and question marks (As well as the inverted ones) in the
dialogue font.


- In both patches, changed the names of a few music tracks.
(Reina?s Theme > Lenna?s Theme
X-Death?s Castle > Exdeath?s Castle
The Evil Lord X-Death > The Evil Lord Exdeath)
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Credits [CRD3]
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- Stealth Translations: Windhex32

- HoRRoR: Square Enix Remakes Font Editor

- Dragonsbrethren: Original font research

- Square Enix

...and all you Final Fantasy fans out there!
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Final Fantasy V Advance (E) (Eternity).gba
CRC32: 7197117E
MD5: EBC874A9FFABAACD7EA1A3E128DD97D3
SHA-1: 4FC4BC7C1C3ABE9D2F9C59A3AE4172B5CB57BD2C