Final Fantasy VI Advance: Final Fantasy VI Advance Font Facelift

Just like its predecessor, the menu font of Final Fantasy VI 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 also redesign the in-battle HP/MP display so they match the menu font.

FINAL FANTASY VI ADVANCE
EUROPEAN FONT FACELIFT
v0.5 (Sep 28 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 VI Advance (c) Square Enix. All rights reserved.


- No ownership is claimed by vivify93 over Final Fantasy VI 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.
vivify93 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 VI Advance (E) (Eternity).gba" with the following
specifications.

Hashes: CRC32 - D15DEBA5
MD5 - 7F6BF3B4D84F113AA454136E5B53FD77
SHA1 - C5B27ED0870EA64E6A001C5BC367F76571ACE973


- 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.

* FFVIA_FontFacelift_v05_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,

* FFVIA_FontFacelift_v05_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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v0.5

- 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.

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v0.4

- Recreated the mod from scratch for quality assurance.

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v0.3

- Updated numbers were somehow reverted to thicker variants. Fixed.

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v0.2

- Fixed the lowercase standard and accented a's in the thicker font patch, and slightly edited the
uppercase ?G? for wider, slimmer, and Music Player fonts.


- Further updated standard and inverted question and exclamation marks.

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v0.1

- Modified the menu font to better match the one used in the US release, but its original width
is retained. (This font is used in the Music Player in both patches.)


- Made a thicker variant of the menu font. There will be two patches.


- Modified a few item and spell icons. Notably, the white magic icon is no longer missing a gray
pixel.


- Thinned the exclamation and question marks in the 12x12 dialogue font.


- Thinned the countdown timer/battle numbers, as well as the MP display.
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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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File: Final Fantasy VI Advance (E) (Eternity).GBA
CRC32: D15DEBA5
MD5: 7F6BF3B4D84F113AA454136E5B53FD77
SHA1: C5B27ED0870EA64E6A001C5BC367F76571ACE973