SubZero123123 Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 Hi all...I have been wondering for some time now (and I suppose I could just as easily test this out...but... I want to eliminate as many of the fonts in my "fonts" folder as possible....I know the system requires a decent amount for various displays and what not......but what bugs me a lot in the folder are all the "bold" and "italic" versions of fonts. About 3 years ago I tried minimizing the folder only to get an error because I had deleted Tamoha...which at the time I didn't realize was important. Anywayz...my question is.....Is there any way to check to see if any programs specifically need a font..........or if not....is it safe to delete such fonts as "Arial Narrow" and "Arial Black"....of course I'll keep "Arial" ...but the extras....are they needed? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/205839-help-minimize-fonts-folder/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ross240 Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 here's what my xp fonts folder contains. works pretty fine for me Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/205839-help-minimize-fonts-folder/#findComment-584397348 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberfrem Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 You may wish to check this tool out: Font Frenzy Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/205839-help-minimize-fonts-folder/#findComment-584397353 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rix Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 cyberfrem said: You may wish to check this tool out: Font Frenzy Thanks for the link dude, looks helpfull, downloading :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/205839-help-minimize-fonts-folder/#findComment-584406403 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold_Fortune Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Here you go... ____________________________________________________________________________ C:\WINDOWS\Fonts Sometimes .fon extension fonts (The red A fonts) hide, so you need to run a search for *.fon in Search Assistant. Open your Search Assistant. Be sure under "More Advanced Options" you have "Search for hidden files and folders" selected. Do a search for *.fon About 138 of these Fonts should show up. Now, highlight these specific 15 Fonts... cga40woa.fon cga80woa.fon coure.fon dosapp.fon ega40woa.fon ega80woa.fon modern.fon roman.fon serife.fon smalle.fon sserife.fon symbole.fon vgafix.fon vgaoem.fon vgasys.fon At the top of your Search Assistant click on "Edit". Scroll down and select "Invert Selection". Now delete all at once the other 123 unnecessary Fonts. ___________________________________________________________________________ TTF Font Extentions: Here is a list of the 22 remaining *.ttf Fonts I have in C:\WINDOWS\Fonts. To see them all, because some are hidden, you need to do a search with your Search Assistant for *.ttf You can do the Search Assistant trick above to keep these and remove all the others. arial.ttf arialbd.ttf arialbi.ttf ariali.ttf courbd.ttf lucon.ttf marlett.ttf micross.ttf tahoma.ttf tahomabd.ttf times.ttf timesbd.ttf verdana.ttf verdanab.ttf verdanai.ttf verdanaz.ttf These could not be removed on my new system since I bought this new computer even in safe mode, so I also keep these three now: trebuc.ttf trebucbd.ttf trebucbi.ttf trebucit.ttf These 2 Fonts I think SP2 holds dearly now, because they will not delete for me as they did with SP1: framd.ttf framdit.ttf So I'll just keep them too. __________________________________________________________________________ Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/205839-help-minimize-fonts-folder/#findComment-584407391 Share on other sites More sharing options...
demorgoron Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 cyberfrem said: You may wish to check this tool out: Font Frenzy thx.nice app Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/205839-help-minimize-fonts-folder/#findComment-584408545 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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