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re: Question about 'What to Throw Away' Friday, May 31, 2002 at 7:02 pm Posted by Larry (58 messages posted) Just for information, see this article:Windows Fonts That Should Not Be Deleted(Q238096) Also, here's a couple other references: List of Windows 98 default fonts How to restore the Windows default fonts On Friday, May 31, 2002 at 6:56 pm, Thomas W. Hoyt wrote: I have a question about What to Throw Away: Does anyone have a list of FONTS which are required by Windows 98 - - from which I might be able to delete unnecessary fonts? I've got too many - - but I've also been known to delete the wrong font and not be able to use Windows at all!! Thanks - for whatever advise might be available. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'What to Throw Away' Friday, May 31, 2002 at 7:03 pm Posted by Carl D (4179 messages posted) Hi Thomas, I may be corrected on this but on the information I have in front of me here you should only delete fonts you've installed yourself. Windows programs often borrow fonts for menus etc. but definitely do not delete fonts beginning with MS or fonts with red lettering in their icons. Hope this helps, ...Carl... [Reply or follow-up to this message] Too Many...?? Saturday, June 1, 2002 at 5:34 am Posted by GM (6055 messages posted) What's considered too many....?? [Reply or follow-up to this message] Good point GM... Saturday, June 1, 2002 at 8:10 am Posted by Larry (58 messages posted) Hopefully, Thomas realizes that there's no 'specific' number, to determine 'what's too many' -- has to be realistic and use common sense, based on his needs and usage, among other factors. Assuming his system is relatively current, I wouldn't imagine needing to purge any great number of fonts, unless he had some ungodly number over and above what he routinely uses, as this does impact performance. But, I can't define an ungodly number either. If I recall (can't be sure tho), 1000 ttf seems to ring a bell, which I think is way beyond overkill. Having a couple hundred fonts is realistic, but I'd certainly question the need of having 4,5, 600 or more unless you were into graphics/word processing/design type work. On Saturday, June 1, 2002 at 5:34 am, Galaxy Master wrote: What's considered too many....?? [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum