Multicolor char editor for Windows?

[commodorejohn]

Is there any multicolor character editor for Windows that is neither .NET-based nor completely retarded? Seems like even the Covert Bitops (usually a paragon of good editor design) have produced some kind of idiot software that decides whether you're editing multicolor or hi-res characters based on the friggin' foreground color? And doesn't even let you select from all 16 colors for the foreground? Gah. I'm this close to just giving up and writing one myself, but I'd love to know that there's one person out there sane enough to have written a decent char editor...