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How many fonts do you have in the menu on your computer? less then 20  9%  [ 2 ] 21 to 40  13%  [ 3 ] 41 to 70  4%  [ 1 ] more then 70  72%  [ 16 ] Total Votes : 22
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Matt Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 391 Location: Sterling, Virginia	Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 7:32 am    Post subject: How many fonts do you have in the menu on your computer? this might be interesting...
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Derek Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 568 Location: Melbourne, Australia	Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 7:43 am    Post subject: Are we talking types or subtypes?
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lavardera Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 416 Location: merchantville, nj	Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 9:21 am    Post subject: I think you need another choice - more than 120 _________________ -- greg
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pbacot Joined: 15 Apr 2004 Posts: 856 Location: Northern California	Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 9:39 am    Post subject: I have 130 or so and get this... I have conciously installed one set of 5 or so (architect pak) and I use only 3 or 4 regularly. You can't just delete fonts willy nilly can you? the system demands some and Adobe products need some, right? _________________ Peter B
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PaulH Joined: 16 Apr 2004 Posts: 21 Location: Los Angeles, CA	Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 9:40 am    Post subject: Font Survey More than 70 indeed
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Matt Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 391 Location: Sterling, Virginia	Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 10:10 am    Post subject: ok, wise guys. Those of you with more then 120 fonts installed, how many of them do you use in a given week?
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rdwease Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 15 Location: Indianapolis	Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 10:51 am    Post subject: I have 172 fonts in my FONT BOOK (bottom of the FONT BOOK WINDOW has this information) ... As matt has asked how many do I use in a week? Two family are used "UNIVERS" and "TREBUCHET MS" Looks as if I should learn how to use the FONT BOOK application _________________ robert d. wease ra, ncarb www.homepage.mac.com/rdwease www.a2so4.com
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JohnMorse Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 294 Location: Birmingham, AL	Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 11:36 am    Post subject: I probably use 5 in a given week. (Times, Bell MT, Helvetica, Georgia, Verdana) not including the courier, lucida grande, arial, etc. which are default in the system and browser settings. I probably really want to have around half of the 77 installed font families for various 'every-so-often' applications. Wingdings has even come in handy once or twice. Anyone know of any reason not to delete the asian fonts that came installed? (Hei, Hiragino, Osaka, STHeiti) ?
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MikeCharek Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 160	Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 12:42 pm    Post subject: How many fonts? Too many. Many applications shoved a bunch into my machine when they were installed, without even asking me. I use about a half dozen most of the time. I've gone through the Font Book a couple of times and turned some off, but more appear with every new application or (sometimes) application upgrade.
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John Cruet Joined: 30 Apr 2004 Posts: 284 Location: Guilford, CT	Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 1:46 pm    Post subject: I use three of four fonts. Many of the fonts in my computer are, I guess, needed for proper HTML displays while on the Internet. It's a pain but I deal with it. _________________ John Cruet G4/733 w/1028 mb RAM & OS 10.4.10, Classic-free, skuzzy-free (runs PC7) MacBook Pro 2G Intel core duo 2 gig RAM & OS 10.5.4. PowerCadd 8, WT 9 Canon iP710 printer www.johncruet.com
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dwm Joined: 20 Apr 2004 Posts: 569	Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 8:49 pm    Post subject: pared down fonts I used to keep a lot of fonts installed for graphic work, most were maybe's. A few months ago I got tired of scrolling long font menus for my favorites. I removed all the ones I didn't need, keeping only the standard issue for Mac OS and cross platform compatibility, typically called web fonts. When I installed OSX I did a custom install and learned how to use the Font Book. The Font Book makes it change fonts and know which fonts to keep i.e. web compatible. I currently only have about 15 installed compared with about 115 before. I use 1 only fonts with PowerCADD, an architectural font in small caps and standard text for sizes over 10 points and Arial for smaller text. David M
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dwm Joined: 20 Apr 2004 Posts: 569	Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 8:54 pm    Post subject: pared down fonts . . . post correction Sorry . . . I should proof read before posting. I sound illiterate. ... The Font Book makes it easy to change fonts and know which fonts to keep i.e. web compatible. ... I use only 2 fonts with PowerCADD, an architectural font in small caps and standard text version for sizes over 10 points and Arial for smaller text. David M
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Weller Joined: 21 Apr 2004 Posts: 9	Posted: Mon May 03, 2004 7:57 am    Post subject: Matt 12 as you know I believe in keeping things simple and productive. Fred Weller
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