Thanks for giving it a try

1- That particular font install interfered with one of the other scripts that I have, so I didn't use it. I may eventually find something to replace it, but so far I haven't found anything I liked.
2- This is an issue two other players have encountered, but I simply cannot replicate it! The battle commands use the same font as the conversation text, so in theory, if you see one - you should see the other. The battle script doesn't draw on any font use, but I guess I'll keep looking. Last time I tried to troubleshoot it, it turned out to be an RMXP error - and I have no way of fixing that.
3- I actually have a "speed" item (something like wing boots) that increase walking speed; it just wasn't in the demo.
I only started pixel art recently, but practice makes all the difference. I'm happy with the style I've adopted, even if it seems to take forever to complete anything.
Hopefully I'll have some screenshots and whatnot to show soon.