Announcing Font Collector to convert fonts to many useful formats...

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"Font Collector" is a program which runs on PalmOS® version 3.5 and up (some output formats require OS5) that converts fonts from many other formats — including fonts within applications you may have sitting around on your PDA — to Fonts4OS5, FontHackV, FontSubst, PalmBible+, and Plucker formats.

It's free when used to convert fonts to PalmBible+ and Plucker. For other output formats, Font Collector is shareware ($5.00/USD; free trial with slightly uglified output font). You can now use lots of free fonts (especially if you have a Treo 600, because you can use all old FontHack123 fonts which were made for the same resolution).

You may be surprised how many nice fonts you already have built into applications like Blazer (usage subject to possible legal restrictions). You can use FontBucket or iSiloX to create fonts on your desktop from TrueType fonts, and then use "Font Collector" to convert them to one of the supported formats.

Supports the following input formats on devices running OS3.5 and later:

• FontHack123 (this is a pre-OS5 format)
• eReader
• Fonts4OS5 (not for conversion to other formats)
• FontSubst (not for conversion to other formats)
• FontHackV
• Fonts inside all applications' main .prc files
• Plucker
• iSilo
• PalmBible+
• VersaMail fonts
• FontBucket
• Built-in Sony NX fonts
• Built-in Palm OS fonts on many devices

You can download Font Collector at PalmGear, a division of Motricity, or download Font Collector from ZLThemes.