too many fonts....

[magius]

over the years i've collected a vast storehouse of fonts, right now i'd like to trim it down to the basic fonts the mac came with plus whatever ps and illustrator bring, and from there add a select few while leaving the rest on cd to use at my discretion.... does anyone know an easier way to reset my font collection? I have no idea what the default fonts are anymore....

also there is a better automater program than fontparade (to automatically sample a folder of fonts and print to pdf for review)?

much thanks.

[cyanide]

I love fonts

I might be crazy, but I actually had to purchase a good collection of classic fonts in addition to the Adobe bundle for business purposes. Having a lot, I'm glad I got a Mac now because Linotype FontExplorer X is an excellent (and free) font manager for OS X (as soon as I got a Mac, I think they have a Windows version now). Anyway, you shouldn't delete the default fonts, but you should organize them by serif, sans serif, slab serif, monospaced, display, blackletter, decorative and script. Activate and deactivate the fonts when you need them and when you don't need them. What I do is store all the fonts in a font folder on my hard drive, then have them in my library. I can view them in my library, but it doesn't mean it'll be loaded when I fire up Photoshop, Illustrator, etc. If I browse through the library or my grouped folders and see something I like, I'll activate it.

As for a list of default fonts, there's a list on the Apple website that says what you can and what you cannot delete. Trust me, you don't want to delete any system fonts.

As for printing previewed fonts, I can't find an option on Font Explorer X, but they have a very good preview system on screen, imo.

[magius]

what a godsend, i had tried out fontexplorer before, but on your recomendation reloaded it. it seems it has an option there that can restore system fonts. you cannot believe how much those fonts were bogging down my system, lol. its almost like i was using windows again.

anyhow, hopefully i figure this out before you reply, but how do i import fonts into the fontexplorerx library to view them without necessarily importing them into my system library (so, like you say, the bastards don't load up everytime i use ps or illustrator)?

anyhow thanks a bunch, i did not want to delete the fonts thats for sure (fontexplorer just moved them), as they are pretty expensive.

i have been using fontdoctor to diagnose any problems, that together with fontexplorer should do wondrously

edit: forget it, i got it. looks like i have 9000 fonts and counting.... i wish there was a way to display fonts similar to how illustrator does, rather than flip through them one by one.... know of a way perhaps?