I'm not familiar with English systems, but AFAIK they also play Japanese games without any problem(or so I've heard), so the Japanese font should be included in the western system cards as well.
So, does it mean that the western system cards included the original Japanese font, but somehow changed the English font for whatever reasons (copyright issues, maybe)?
Edit: Or do you mean that the English fonts in the system cards suck (regardless of region), but it's only less annoying when most of the text are in Japanese?
I think for whatever reasons, the English font in Japanese system card 3.0 is a bit different from those in 1.x as well (don't know when it was changed, either from v1 -> v2, or v2 -> v3), as the screenshots in game manuals of non-super CD games usually show letters that are a bit different from playing the game with system 3.0.
Edit: If Wikipedia is to be trusted, the 12x12 and 16x16 fonts were changed in Super System Card(i.e. since v3) to add more symbols and enhance readibility. Maybe for unknown reasons the western system card v3 still uses the old fonts?
So, does it mean that the western system cards included the original Japanese font, but somehow changed the English font for whatever reasons (copyright issues, maybe)?
Edit: Or do you mean that the English fonts in the system cards suck (regardless of region), but it's only less annoying when most of the text are in Japanese?
I think for whatever reasons, the English font in Japanese system card 3.0 is a bit different from those in 1.x as well (don't know when it was changed, either from v1 -> v2, or v2 -> v3), as the screenshots in game manuals of non-super CD games usually show letters that are a bit different from playing the game with system 3.0.
Edit: If Wikipedia is to be trusted, the 12x12 and 16x16 fonts were changed in Super System Card(i.e. since v3) to add more symbols and enhance readibility. Maybe for unknown reasons the western system card v3 still uses the old fonts?