your fonts folder and not cause OS issues? What if I have multiple folders inside my font folder, will PS 7 recognize all fonts? (hope this makes sense).

Just in case...I'm on a PC running Win2k, 1 gig DDRam, Athlon xp 2400, 80 gig hdd ('bout half full).

Thanks,

Michelle

Actually, you may want to look into a font manager. Font Thing seems to be pretty popular, and it's free. It's not so much a system problem, as PS7 is going to start choking when you you have 400+ fonts. Remember, it's LOOKING at every one of them when it's starting up. You'll run into issues using them in the program, too.

I actually keep my fonts on a completely different drive. I have them in groups according to style, etc. When I want to use certain ones, I use a font manager to install them and uninstall any that I'm not using at the moment.

Works for me, and frees up more memory for OTHER things....

Tandika

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Thank you! Went and got Font Thing. So now are you saying to uninstall the ones I don't use so much, install when I need. So before I unistall do I need to have them all saved to a CD then install as needed (sounds like a pain) or just put in a different folder somwhere else and install as needed...hmmm I may have just figured it out...lol.

Oh yeah, are there any Fonts that I HAVE to keep on my system ie Ariel, Times Roman etc.

Still want to hear from you though...

I also would like to know the default fonts.
I am going to start over and I never saved the orignal folder *OOPS* with just the defaults in it.

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Yes, there ARE fonts that you need to keep. Yes, back up before you uninstall them. Someone posted a link to a website a while back that listed the default fonts for Windows. Hopefully, they'll see this thread and post the link again.

Tandika*

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Onescrappysite.com used to have a list of the system fonts (hopefully still does). If you use the Font Thing, you don't have to make a copy to uninstall and install, but I did anyone. I have a CD of all my fonts. I try to keep them down to just what I know I will use, but you never know how styles will change. Something you hated may suddenly look good to you!

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LOL...your soooo right! Thanks for the info!

defintely offload all the fonts you don' t need and just keep the ones that you use on a daily/weekly basis loaded.

Using a font manager is a super idea.. BTW: if you take a look at a good media organizer (thumbsplus, extensis portfolio, picasa), they all allow you to keep all your files organized in a single program.

For example, I use the program to catalog all my photos, clip art, fonts and embellishments. I assign keywords to all the files such as good, family, fancy, title, etc.. then, when I am looking for a fancy, title font, I just do a search and the system provide me just those fonts and shows me a thumbnail of what they look like. I then install the font, use it and uninstall it again.

Same goes for photos and embellishments, papers, textures.. you name it.. Stay organized!