yep i was on 3.71m33 and i heard that recovery mode of 3.71m33 is messed up after i fixed my psp and sure enough it was 3.71m33 recovery mode i was using to do the flashing. i was updating my gui to copy the font file directly to flash0 when connected via recovery mode. now i know to avoid doing this.
while im here, do custom fonts work in 3.71m33? i need confirmation before i continue updating my font converter gui.