FontHack is great in that it allows you to specify an alternate 
font to use for each of the Palm standard fonts (Standard, Bold,
Large) on a per application basis.  Unfortunately you don't
know what the font will look like until after you select it
for use.  AAAFontView lets you preview fonts two ways.

The first way presents a list of all files on the Palm
device with a type of 'Font'.  When you select one of
the listed fonts, the text beneath the list will be
displayed using that font.  This enables you to get
a quick look at each available font.  So far, though,
I only handle one font per file -- some files have
multiple fonts in them.  I will be handling those in
the next release.

The second way is to present a form with text drawn in each
of the standard fonts (standard, bold, large) so that you
can see the effect of the combination of fonts you have
selected in FontHack.

The sample text will now be remembered as an unsaved
preference, but you can only modify it in the lists view.

You can now delete the fonts you do not want to keep, so
you don't have to resort to an external db management
utility like ZarfCatalog ... but I can not yet tell whether
a font is in use by FontHack123, so be careful what you
delete.  If you delete a font currently being used by 
FontHack123 your Palm device will become unstable.

The name of this application begins with "AAA" in order to 
make it conveniently near the top of the app list presented 
by FontHack (right below "All").  Thus you can set the fonts
you want to try in FontHack, then swap over to AAA Font Viewer
to see the results, then swap back & try again fairly easily.

For the future:
	fix [std][bold][large] font selectors
		to show the Palm ROM std/bold/large
		fonts instead of the ones selected by
		FontHack123
	add "details" to list view (show font info)
	support cut/copy/paste
	support scroll bars on text fields
	select fonts for FontHack directly from AFvw
		

-Richard M. Hartman
RHartman10@aol.com
http://www.catslair.com/tech/palm/


(ok, the Palm section of my web site isn't really there
yet, but it will be some day ... in the meantime if you
enjoy figure skating, take a look at some of the pics
we have up in the rest of the site!)


History:

16-May-2000:	v1.2
	fixed crash when deleting last installable font on the device
	(I really should've caught this in v1.1, but I went for the
	 quick-n-dirty fix there :-P )

1-May-2000:	Sixth release (v1.1)
	fixed crash if run when no installable fonts on device
If you do not have any fonts, try downloading the Alpha Fonts
package from http://www.palmgear.com/software/showsoftware.cfm?prodID=6091

24-Apr-2000:	Fifth release (v1.0)
	show multiple fonts per font db using same
	 	convention as FontHack123-2
	sort font list (note: FontHack123-2 does not sort 
		it's list, so you'll still have to hunt for
		the right one there)
	use "largeBold" font instead of "large" for 3rd
		font selector to match Palm apps.  notepad,
		todo, etc use std/large/largebold as font
		choices, not std/large/bold

31-Mar-2000:	Fourth release (v0.7)
	up/down keys now change font selection
	display font width & height when selected
	"small fonts" problems fixed (thanks go to Ken Krugler)

30-Mar-2000:	Third release (v0.5)
	Added ability to delete font database
	Added std/bold/large font selectors 
		note: these are subject to the 
		FontHack123 substitutions

28-Mar-2000:	Second release (v0.4)
	Added list view
	Remember sample text

25-Feb-2000:	Initial release (v0.1)