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What are the minimum fonts needed to run Windows XP?
I have recently had a big problem with font management. I want to delete or
move out all of the fonts that are unnecessary to run Windows XP Home. If I
want a font later I will reinstall it then. I do not want to remove any
system fonts needed to run Windows XP.
The Problem:
The problem that I had was when I was saving a file as a PDF using
AcrobatePDF Writer selected as the printer. When I took the file to Kinko's
they either could not open the file or their computers crashed trying to
open it.
I finally deconstructed the original file which is from a CADD software
called ArchiCAD. I finally found the one element in the file that was
causing the problem. It seems that a piece of text had been shifted from
ArchiText Western (the drafting font that I use in this program) to Arial
Unicode--whatever that is. Once I set the text back to ArchiText Western the
PDF printed just fine. It took several hours to figure out the problem--or
what I believe to be the problem.
I have been told that having a lot of fonts in the Windows/Fonts folder
slows down the machine. I'd like to remove all of the fonts that are not
necessary to run Windows XP, MS Word, MS Outlook, MS Money.
What I Want:
I want bomb proof PDFs. I want to be able to send a file to Kinko's or any
other printer and have it print as I see it on the screen. I thought that
was what PDFs do naturally. I want to make sure that I do not encounter a
problem like this again. I am going to post this same question on the Adobe
Acrobat web forum but I also need to ask the question about the Windows
system fonts here.
Any advice along any of these lines will be welcomed.
Thank you,
John
I have recently had a big problem with font management. I want to delete or
move out all of the fonts that are unnecessary to run Windows XP Home. If I
want a font later I will reinstall it then. I do not want to remove any
system fonts needed to run Windows XP.
The Problem:
The problem that I had was when I was saving a file as a PDF using
AcrobatePDF Writer selected as the printer. When I took the file to Kinko's
they either could not open the file or their computers crashed trying to
open it.
I finally deconstructed the original file which is from a CADD software
called ArchiCAD. I finally found the one element in the file that was
causing the problem. It seems that a piece of text had been shifted from
ArchiText Western (the drafting font that I use in this program) to Arial
Unicode--whatever that is. Once I set the text back to ArchiText Western the
PDF printed just fine. It took several hours to figure out the problem--or
what I believe to be the problem.
I have been told that having a lot of fonts in the Windows/Fonts folder
slows down the machine. I'd like to remove all of the fonts that are not
necessary to run Windows XP, MS Word, MS Outlook, MS Money.
What I Want:
I want bomb proof PDFs. I want to be able to send a file to Kinko's or any
other printer and have it print as I see it on the screen. I thought that
was what PDFs do naturally. I want to make sure that I do not encounter a
problem like this again. I am going to post this same question on the Adobe
Acrobat web forum but I also need to ask the question about the Windows
system fonts here.
Any advice along any of these lines will be welcomed.
Thank you,
John