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Removing excess fonts
congratulations. now you can enjoy viewing destroyed websites because many systemfonts used by web designers to display content. if, for instance, verdana is missing, you will get some replacement font, but verdana and the like are specialized for screen reading. you will miss them for shure...
Removing excess fonts
This hint is not so much about removing fonts but about beeing able to manage them. I prefer to decide which font I want to use instead of ending up with a page of text all messed up just becuase the kerning in a "system shipped" font is slightly different.
Removing excess fonts
I'm not sure what you mean by Mac OS 9 being so crystalline and integrated. In terms of font management, it had none. Okay, it had a folder named "Fonts" to which you could add up to 128 files (fonts, suitcases, etc.). But other than that, all management was typically done with a separate utility.
Removing excess fonts
Your point is noted. However, as many of us in the creative field who use lots of fonts know, OS X is a headache when it comes to fonts. There are so many conflicts that occur when we just let the system do what it wants.
Removing excess fonts
One aspect of Mac OS X font management that seems to be overlooked is concept of location hierarchy. For example, if you have two fonts of the same name, the font used will be based upon it's location in the hierarchy. Apple has a useful document called "Using and Managing Fonts in Mac OS X" which explains this concept. Bases upon this, it is easy to predict which font would be used in the case of duplicates. My suggestion would be to reduce the number of font locations (if practical). One may also replace the .dfonts with postscript versions (if available). Lucida Grande and Helvetica are essential system fonts.
Removing excess fonts
the idea is to manage fonts through your font management program. an earlier post hit the nail on the head...each version of each font is different...so the goal MUST be to have complete control over what fonts are loaded. |
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