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Removing excess fonts
Authored by: webbix on May 07, '04 10:02:25PM
I will add my solution to the list as it may be helpful as well. I was charged with making our DTP and regular users compatible in our mixed OS X and OS 9 environment. We have always had a 'blessed font' selection that was deployed on any new install from OS 9 days. Most of our documents already are using the type 1 and a handful of TT fonts.

I found several articles and by combining what I found (however there still seems to be some voodoo involved with complete font management) we have what appears to be a working font deployment.

I remove the system fonts that were specified in one source document but it may differ from what the original tip contributor here has discovered. No fonts are stored in the /Library or User directory but placed in the 'System Folder'; as stated this is to maintain compatibility with X/9 systems so you can place in /Library or User directory i you do not have a classic boot folder or do not need to maintain the font environment with OS 9 users

  • OS X Font management procedure to replicate 'Blessed Fonts'
    • Create a 'disabled' directory for each font directory you will manage
      • Library>Fonts
      • System>Library>Fonts
      • Users>[user_name]>Library>Fonts
      • System Folder (Classic)>Fonts
    • Copy or Move each directory into the disabled location (User/Shared/?)
      • Library>Fonts
      • System>Library>Fonts
      • Users>[user_name]>Library>Fonts
      • System Folder (Classic)>Fonts
    • Manage or Remove Fonts (See 'Managing Fonts in OS X')
      • Library>Fonts - You can delete these from finder
      • System>Library>Fonts - You will need to use terminal or move to trash and resart to manage
      • Users>[user_name]>Library>Fonts - You can delete from finder
      • System Folder (Classic)>Fonts - Make certain you have exactly the Blessed Fonts 10.2002 (135 total)
    • Restart you computer


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Removing excess fonts
Authored by: Anonymous on May 08, '04 06:37:26AM