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Quick reply � about 6000 fonts installed on your system is crazy. Even crazier is having fonts with identical names simultaneously installed - a true recipe for disaster. (Note that for Adobe applications, our internal font handler does max out at around 2500 typefaces; you are lucky Photoshop runs at all!)

Going forward, you need to apply some self discipline in terms of what fonts you install. Don't install fonts you really don't need and never install fonts with duplicate names. Just because some downloaded shareware/freeware font looks interesting, it doesn't make sense to install it unless you actually need it.

In terms of font format (Type 1, TrueType, OpenType, etc.), the font format is not the issue. The issue is the characteristics of the font itself. Congruently-named fonts may have different designs. (There are many fonts named "Garamond" that are quite different from each other!) Thus, there is no simple answer as to which to keep.

Take a few days (that will be what it takes) and go through your font directory, font by font. You need to keep certain Windows TrueType fonts such as Arial, Times New Roman, Tahoma, Microsoft Sans, Verdana, Marlett, Wingdings, and Symbol. For the remaining fonts, you need to determine whether you need them based on whether you are using them at all and for what purpose. Note that you install fonts temporarily and then remove same when no longer needed. For example, if you create a holiday card that uses some cute holiday illustration font, there is no reason to keep that installed all year. Keep it in a separate directory and install it only when you edit and print the holiday card.

- Dov