Some of the fonts might be able to be moved to a folder off the drive and
loaded when needed but you might find you have problems with specific
programs removing fonts. And yes they do all load when your computer starts
up. If you have new fonts you might consider loading them with a font
program when you need them rather then placing them in the systems font
folder. There are a couple very nice programs that you can use or tools for
loading fonts not already installed when needed. Moonsoftware.com carries a
utility called fontloader which is free and adds right click function for
loading or installing fonts when needed.
The only ones that load at startup are ones the System itself uses - see
desktop - appearance - advanced. Which probably means Times; Arial;
Lucida; Tahoma and Courier New. Plus Wingdings and Marlett which are
essential for some graphics symbols. Also keep any fixed fonts
(extensions FON).
You will want more than that if you are doing any work with documents -
and if you want to see web pages as the author intended. What fancy
ones you install is up to you.
If you feel you *need* to reduce the number, start by moving some out
and see if anything goes wrong.
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