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This small ROM hack adjusts the game's half-width font to improve legibility while keeping the original style and tile grid. The goal is to make the in-game text look more readable and less seesaw-y.

What it does - Redraws several characters in the 3×7 half-width font to improve clarity. (ex: the "N" doesn't look like a fat "H" or an odd "W" anymore)

  • Keeps font width, line height, and overall aesthetic identical to the original; only glyph pixels are adjusted.

Compatibility - Should be compatible with all existing Pokémon TCG ROM hacks. I have personally tested it with:

  • Digimon Adventure TCG REMASTERED v8.30.2025

  • Generations v1.7.1

  • Kanto TCG v1.2

  • TCG Neo v1.43

  • Enhanced v1.0

  • Pokemon Trading Card Game (USA, Australia)

  • Works with tvil's “Lowercase Letters” hack (the lowercase letters were also edited).

  • Doesn't work with the European roms. Notes and limitations - Because this is a half-width font using a 3×7 pixel grid, some compromises were necessary; complex shapes were simplified for readability (that means the ampersand still isn't perfect).

  • No gameplay changes, only font graphics are modified.

Changelog - v1.0 — Initial release: improved glyphs for several letters and symbols.

Hashes

Filename: Pokemon Trading Card Game (USA, Australia) (SGB Enhanced) (GB Compatible).gbc
CRC32: 81069d53
SHA-1: 0f8670a583255cff3e5b7ca71b5d7454d928fc48
Verified: Nintendo - Game Boy Color v.20260613-134444 (No-Intro)

Staff Credits

  • The pret team for their disassembly project.:

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Relevant Link

https://github.com/RandomUsername404/PokemonTCG_GB-Slightly_Better_Font/tree/master/patches

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Simone D. Alemanno 2026-02-04
Amazing! I'm going to try it out right away!
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RanUser404 2026-02-04
It is and yes, the lowercase letters have been edited :) https://i.ibb.co/cXV79GxJ/ptcg04-lowercase.png
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Simone D. Alemanno 2026-02-03
Is this compatible with the Lowercase Letters hack? And if so, have the lowercase letters in the font been edited in any form at all?
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