Re: Removing fonts from the system (was Re: Adding fonts to the system)

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From: Gordon Van Huizen
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 23:18

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In article <1992Nov9.002230.4660@afs.com> Michael_Pizolato@afs.com  
(Michael Pizolato) writes:
> We just took some fonts we don't use any more out of our  
/LocalLibrary/Fonts
> directory, yet they still appear in our font panel with the message
> <<Unusable font>> in the preview field.  What do we have to do to get  
rid of
> them altogether?
> 
> Thanx,
> Michael
> 
Run buildafmdir on /LocalLibrary/Fonts.

You may need to also run cacheAFMData.

This is made more bulletproof by first deleting .afmcache, .fontdirectory,  
and .fontlist from the directory.

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Subject: Re: Removing fonts from the system (was Re: Adding fonts to the system)
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