which mag had an earlier version of this software free? 
No magazine ever distributed Font Creator for free and it is very unlikely this will ever happen as Font Creator is already fully functional for 30 days.
i believe it was a UK MAG from future publishing.
not sure which one.
it could well have been pcplus also! or even one of their arts mags.
the version that was given free was v3.0
They distributed a trial version, you had to contact me for a free registration code for Font Creator v2. That offer expired last year.
so no way of getting version 2 then? 
Nope: 
oh well back to the drawing board!
Drawing board, $79.00 
http://www.dickblick.com/zz554/77/
Font Creator only costs $65.00 for home user 
So there’s no going back! Might as well buy it…