On 6/3/04 11:57 PM, "Julian Vrieslander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 6/3/04 10:18 PM, "Paul Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The general method of OS X is to look first in your user folder, here >> ~/Library/Fonts/ . If there happens to be a particular font there, it >> overrides any version that may be in /Library/Fonts/ or >> /System/Library/Fonts/ - it doesn't even look there for those. In most >> cases, once it's done with the user Library, it then looks in >> /Library/Fonts/ for any fonts not already found in ~/. Only these fonts from >> /Library will appear in the fonts lists. >> ... > > Good explanation. Thanks, Paul. > > I can easily understand how turning off all copies of my unused fonts can be > worthwhile, perhaps reducing RAM footprint, time to build font menus, etc. > But, considering the priority scheme described above, it is not clear to me > why there is a benefit to resolving duplicated fonts (that is, turning off > all but one copy of the fonts I do use). And yet, this is often > recommended. Probably people still acting as if hard disk space was at a premium (or maybe neatness freaks). The only good reason would be if there were (or to avoid) some sort of conflict, which basically can only come from the OS 9 Classic fonts since the OS X fonts behave themselves according to the user-local-system hierarchy. -- Paul Berkowitz MVP Entourage Entourage FAQ Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/index.html> AppleScripts for Entourage: <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/> PLEASE always state which version of Entourage you are using - **2004**, X or 2001. It's often impossible to answer your questions otherwise. -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
