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Default fonts in OS X?
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jan 2001
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Hi,
Does anyone have a *complete* list of the default fonts that come with OS X when you install it fresh, and no other apps?
Thanks!
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Canada, Planet Earth
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Default Fonts & Their Location in Panther
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/pantherdefaultfonts.html
Font Management in Panther
http://discussions.info.apple.com/we...cr.0@.68908e3c
Font Info ...
1) Let's start by listing the fonts you must have. They are located in the System>Library>Fonts folder:
Courier.dfont
Geneva.dfont
Helvetica.dfont
Keyboard.dfont
LastResort.dfont
LucidaGrande.dfont
Monaco.dfont
Some of the OS X supplied applications that will not launch if Helvetica is missing are mentioned in Apple Knowledge Base article 25486. Others require the presence of Courier. Terminal is one application that will launch, but not display correctly if Monaco is missing. I have found no reference that requires the presence of Geneva, but it's best to leave it as it has long been a standard font for the Macintosh OS.
For general system purposes and operation, the seven fonts listed above are the minimum fonts that should always be active on your Macintosh for OS X Panther and are the only ones you must not delete for any reason. Of these seven, Keyboard.dfont, LastResort.dfont and LucidaGrande.dfont are used mainly for menus and other system font display purposes and so are the most important to the OS itself.
2) There are a few fonts installed by OS X and Microsoft programs (Explorer and Office products) that should be left active since the Microsoft applications need these fonts. Also, many web sites use these fonts and will display better if they are available on your system. They are:
Arial
Arial Black
Tahoma
Trebuchet MS
Verdana
Webdings
None of these fonts should interfere with any prepress operation in the form of conflicting with a PostScript font of the same name, so can be safely left as is.
All other fonts in the System>Library>Fonts folder can be removed. You will need Administrative access to delete fonts from this folder. If you wish to save them for other purposes, create a new folder on your hard drive and copy them there first. If there are any removed fonts you want to use for a project at a later date, they can always be activated with Font Book, Suitcase X1, Font Reserve, Master Juggler or other font manager.
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Tiger 10.4.8
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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I followed the instructions to clean up the fonts and only keep the required system fonts, but somehow I accidentally deleted some of those UNnecessary fonts. Is there any way to get them all back without having to redo my system?
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Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Burlington, VT, USA
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Originally Posted by leperkuhn
shoulda used font book.
I did use font book to remove the fonts.
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So I believe I am royally screwed, but just wanted to confirm it.
I've read this thread, and I did the big no-no: I deleted ALL the fonts in system folder but one. I know, I was stupid and was rendering in Final Cut, and then tried to take out one font, but accidentally selected all the other ones but the one whilst having the "spinning ball of death", and dragged it to the trash can. the computer freaked out, tried to make everything run on that damn edwardian script. Damn Edward and his script.
Anyways, I boot up, it won't giv eme any menu items, any options. I can see the program 'stickies", but it doenn't run. The top buttons (finder, view, etc) are all in Edwardian.
I'm not sure what to do. Here's what I think my options are:
1.) Boot from reinstall holding C. (Friend's advice) Then go from there.
2.) Boot up holding T for TGM and then transfer back in the key nine fonts and etc for operation, try to reboot.
What you pros think? I'd really appreciate any help. I'm pretty new to macs in general, but really love them (aside from this catastrophe.... yeah, don't f with system).
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: New York, NY, USA
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Originally Posted by bergy
Excel will not launch unless Geneva is installed. I found this out the hard way.
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The era of anthropomorphizing hardware is over.
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