What Fonts are safe to delete from my computer???

Hi Sandie3949,
There have no limitation on the number of fonts which can be installed, although the boot time will be increased due to the requirement to read the information for all those fonts while the system is starting up. To prevent a font from loading without removing it from the hard disk, move the font from the Fonts folder into another folder. Use this method for troubleshooting purposes. This process does not completely remove the font, because font registry information is not deleted. However, it prevents the font from loading. The following is list of fonts XP installs:
   [ Font ]                                            [File name]   
  Arial                                                           Arial.ttf   
  Arial Black                                               Ariblk.ttf   
  Arial Bold                                               Arialbd.ttf   
  Arial Bold Italic                                   Arialbi.ttf   
  Arial Italic                                               Ariali.ttf   
  Comic Sans MS                                   Comic.ttf   
  Comic Sans MS Bold                                   Comicbd.ttf   
  Courier 10,12,15                                   Coure.fon   
  Courier New                                               Cour.ttf   
  Courier New Bold                                   Courbd.ttf   
  Courier New Bold Italic                       Courbi.ttf   
  Courier New Italic                                   Couri.ttf   
  Estrangelo Edessa                                   Estre.ttf   
  Franklin Gothic Medium                       Framd.ttf   
  Franklin Gothic Medium Italic                       Framdit.ttf   
  Gautami                                               Gautami.ttf   
  Georgia                                               Georgia.ttf   
  Georgia Bold                                               Georgiab.ttf   
  Georgia Bold Italic                                   Georgiaz.ttf   
  Georgia Italic                                               Georgiai.ttf   
  Impact                                               Impact.ttf   
  Latha                                               Latha.ttf   
  Lucida Console                                   Lucon.ttf   
  Lucida Sans Unicode                                   L_10646.ttf   
  Microsoft Sans Serif                                   Micross.ttf   
  Modern                                               Modern.fon   
  MS Sans Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24           Sserife.fon   
  MS Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24                       Serife.fon   
  Mv Boli                                               Mvboli.ttf   
  Palatino Linotype                                   Pala.ttf   
  Palatino Linotype Bold                       Palab.ttf   
  Palatino Linotype Bold Italic                       Palabi.ttf   
  Palatino Linotype Italic                       Palai.ttf   
  Roman                                               Roman.fon   
  Script                                               Script.fon   
  Small Fonts                                               Smalle.fon   
  Symbol                                               Symbol.ttf   
  Symbol 8,10,12,14,18,24                       Symbole.fon   
  Tahoma                                               Tahoma.ttf   
  Tahoma Bold                                               Tahomabd.ttf   
  Times New Roman                                   Times.ttf   
  Times New Roman Bold                       Timesbd.ttf   
  Times New Roman Bold Italic                       Timesbi.ttf   
  Times New Roman Italic                       Timesi.ttf   
  Trebuchet MS                                   Trebuc.ttf   
  Trebuchet MS Bold                                   Trebucbd.ttf   
  Trebuchet MS Bold Italic                       Trebucbi.ttf   
  Trebuchet MS Italic                                   Trebucit.ttf   
  Tunga                                               Tunga.ttf   
  Verdana                                               Verdana.ttf   
  Verdana Bold                                               Verdanab.ttf   
  Verdana Bold Italic                                   Verdanaz.ttf   
  Verdana Italic                                               Verdanai.ttf   
  Webdings                                               Webdings.ttf   
  WingDings                                               Wingding.ttf   
  WST_Czech                                               WST_Czech.fon   
  WST_Engl                                               WST_Engl.fon   
  WST_Fren                                               WST_Fren.fon   
  WST_Germ                                               WST_Germ.fon   
  WST_Ital                                               WST_Ital.fon   
  WST_Span                                               WST_Span.fon   
  WST_Swed                                               WST_Swed.fon 
These fonts here are protected by windows file protection:
                                   Micross.ttf
                                   Tahoma.ttf
                                   Tahomabd.ttf
                                   Dosapp.fon
                                   Fixedsys.fon
                                   Modern.fon
                                   Script.fon
                                   Vgaoem.fon
Since you have numerous for graphics, might be best to move to another folder so you can still reinstall for use when necessary.
Hope this helps,
MW

Printer's Apprentice is an excellent font manager that is intuitive and easy to use. Great for keeping track of what you have installed, printing samples, etc., etc., You can see more about it here:

http://www.loseyourmind.com/pa75.asp

I'm not affiliated with the company, I just like the product  :~)

This was taken from the Printer's Apprentice FAQ:

18. What fonts should I not delete when cleaning out my system?
Reducing the number of fonts installed can increase your startup speed. If you want to clean out all fonts on your system, here is a list of fonts you generally should not remove.

• Marlette - This is the font used for the minimize, maximize and close buttons on your window borders. Don't remove this!
• Arial (TrueType)
• Times New Roman (TrueType)
• Courier New (TrueType)
• Any .FON files. These are fixed size fonts used for MS-DOS windows and some dialog boxes.

Microsoft has an excellent page at http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/default.asp that lists what fonts ship with various projects from the company.

No problem... try Printer's Apprentice, it's a free trial. I don't know how I would get along without it.

If you have Corel Graphics Suite 11, it includes Bitstream Font Navigator which is a good font manager, and is free with the bundled Corel application.

It allows grouping of font types, finding fonts on your hard drives and cdroms, installing and uninstalling the fonts, deleting duplicate fonts, previewing the fonts, printing the fonts,etc.

****The Free trial for the Printer's Apprentice Program is shareware, and costs $25.00 after the trial period ***

Message Edited by magikilwizard on 04-03-2004 03:12 AM

Magikil:

I have CorelGraphics, and they do include a font manager, but it's not nearly as robust or well designed as Printer's Apprentice, that's why I bought it for $25, it's a reasonable price and well worth it, with free upgrades on in version improvements and and only $12 for major upgrades. It's now at version 7.5 ...I started out 6 years ago at v6.1 and have only paid for one upgrade, to version 7 over that time, not a bad deal at all and they've made huge improvements over the years. 

If you're really strapped for cash, I suggest you look into Sue Fisher's "The Font Thing"

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~scef/tft.html

It's also a big improvement over Corel's Bitstream Navigator and it's FREEware, though it too, is not nearly as good as Printer's Apprentice.